MONTEGO BAY, St James — The case against businessman Jerome Ron Gallimore, who is facing multiple charges following a police raid at his printery, has been officially committed to the St James Circuit Court for trial.

Gallimore, who resides in Montego Bay’s upscale Mango Walk community, appeared before Judge Natiesha Fairclough-Hylton in the St James Parish Court on Tuesday.

He is facing a raft of charges, including three counts of possession of forged seal, forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud, possession of official justice of the peace (JP) seal, possession of identity information with intent, possession of access device, and uttering forged document.

Gallimore is being represented by attorney-at-law Martyn Thomas, who was absent due to trial proceedings in the Westmoreland Circuit Court. Attorney Michael Hemmings appeared on his behalf.

The matter has been transferred to the Circuit Court for mention on September 18.

In the interim, Gallimore was granted bail in the sum of $400,000, with up to two sureties. He was ordered to report to a specific police station on a designated day and surrender all travel documents.

The charges against him stem from a police operation conducted around 12:00 pm on September 12, 2024, when officers descended on his commercial property. During the search investigators reportedly found a box near a computer desk containing a trove of suspicious items — including Jamaican and United States driver’s licences, immigration stamps from multiple countries, two JP seals, and several passport-sized photographs.

A deeper dive into Gallimore’s computer allegedly revealed digital files of police certificates, motor vehicle titles, and driver’s licences from Jamaica, the US and Canada — along with identity information of people residing overseas.

The police also said Gallimore’s cellphone was analysed and found to contain several
WhatsApp conversations with people who had sent him photographs of themselves.