Wanted man captured in St Catherine

Forty-year-old Sherwin Newell, otherwise called ‘Peck’, a reputed member of the ‘Taylor Land Gang’, was captured by members of the SWAT team of Specialized Operations Branch and members of the St Catherine North Police in the early moring hours on Wednesday, January 05.

Newell who was wanted for murder was taken into custody in August Town, Glengoffe in St. Catherine between the hours of 11:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m., during a mission-driven operation.

Newell was featured as wanted by the St. Andrew Central Police for the July 2011 murder of Odarie Maitland, otherwise called ‘Pow Pow’, which occurred on Lyndhurst Road in Kingston.

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