ST. JAMES WOMAN CHARGED

Twenty-one-year-old Tamika Jones, otherwise called ‘Nin’ of Gutters in St. James, has been charged with Wounding with Intent in relation to an incident along Barnett Street in the parish on Thursday, February 13.

Reports from the Barnett Street Police are that at about 12:30 p.m., a woman was walking along the roadway when Jones confronted her. A physical altercation developed between them during which Jones used a knife to stab the woman to her back. Lawmen who were in the vicinity saw what transpired and intervened. Jones was disarmed and taken into custody. The woman was assisted to hospital where she was treated and released.

Jones was charged whilst in custody after a complainant statement was recorded.

A court date is being finalised for her.