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St Elizabeth lock-up escapee found in bar, 7 remain at large
Richard Brown, a resident of Middle Quarters in St Elizabeth. Brown was charged with robbery with aggravation.
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September 9, 2023

St Elizabeth lock-up escapee found in bar, 7 remain at large

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — One of eight inmates who escaped during a jailbreak on June 19 at the Black River police station lock-up was captured by the St Elizabeth police at a bar in Buena Vista near Myersville on Saturday.

He is Richard Brown, a resident of Middle Quarters in St Elizabeth. Brown was charged with robbery with aggravation.

Police sources say Brown was at the bar sometime after 5:00 pm when he was apprehended.

The jailbreak, which caused widespread debate, resulted in a shakeup of the leadership of the St Elizabeth police division.

Read: Entire St Elizabeth police leadership transferred after jailbreak

Among the other escapees who remain at large is Anward “Kirkie” Hinds, charged with a quadruple murder.

Hinds has been charged in relation to the murders of four farmers — Archibald Brown, 60; his brother George Brown, 57; Maurice Sanderson, 40; and Ezra Wright, 73 — in the remote community of Claremont in St Elizabeth on May 27, 2015.

At that time, police had said he was believed to be the leader of a gang, which was a remnant of the infamous Stone Crusher gang.

In July 2015 he was found hiding in the ceiling of a house in Hatfield, Manchester, and apprehended.

The other detainees who escaped are Oral Cole, 31, from Comfort Hall, Manchester; Alrick Hutchinson, 38, from Brighton District, St Elizabeth; and Dean Simpson, 34, from Turner Top, St Elizabeth, who were all in custody charged with robbery with aggravation; Jevaughn Simms, 25, from Copperwood, St James; and Kenneth Stewart, 30, from Beacon Hill, St Catherine, were both being held for murder; and Demar Williams, 29, from Gravel Heights in Spanish Town, St Catherine, who is facing a shooting with intent charge.

— Kasey Williams

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