teen arrested after attempting to extort doctor
CLARENDON, Jamaica — A 17-year-old boy of a Clarendon address is now in police custody after he allegedly attempted to extort a medical doctor in St Catherine.
Reports from the Four Paths police are that about 10:49 am on Thursday, the teen sent a text message to the St Catherine based doctor demanding a sum of money and making threats for non-compliance towards the demand.
The police were alerted and a digital forensic analysis was done which implicated the teen. He was subsequently arrested and charged with demanding money with menace.
He is to appear in the Clarendon Parish Court on Friday, July 5.