Two jailed cops not yet charged
Published:Thursday | October 2, 2008 | 11:51 AM
The names of the policemen have not been released, as they are to face an identification parade.
The men are being investigated for allegedly extorting $100,000 from an American who was wanted by US authorities.
One of the two policemen is a constable attached to the Savanna-la-Mar police station, while the other is a special corporal attached to the Little London police station.
A third cop said to be involved in the robbery is still on the run.
He is attached to the Savanna-la-Mar police station.
The Gleaner/Power 106 News Centre understands that money was taken from the American who was staying in the country illegally.
The American, 33-year-old Mark Christopher Blanton of Florida, was arrested by the police in Westmoreland last week.
He was brought before the Savanna-la Mar Resident Magistrate’s court on Tuesday for breaching the Immigrant Act and was ordered deported to the US.
Blanton fled to Jamaica in 2003 after he was implicated in a number of crimes in the US.
He is wanted in America for felonious assault, armed kidnapping, drug trafficking and other offences.