Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is reportedly still in good spirits, despite languishing in a United States maximum-security prison since last year

Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is reportedly still in good spirits, despite languishing in a United States maximum-security prison since last year June. He is slated to return to court on July 8, for a scheduling hearing, at which time a date for the start of his trial could be set. Below is a motion filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by Attorney-at-law Stephen Rosen to exclude all wiretap evidence from use at the trial.The defendant, Christopher Michael Coke, through undersigned counsel, files this motion to exclude all wiretap evidence. This motion is filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12.From the year 2005 through the year 2009, federal law-enforcement agents from the government of the United States were engaged in a joint venture...

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JAMAICA Undertakers' pockets impacted by murder drop

WHEN Tommy Thompson and his Brite-Lite Funeral Services shot to fame in the early 2000s, the murder toll in Jamaica averaged 1,000 each year. By the middle of the decade, when the numbers gradually increased to upwards of 1,500, Brite-Lite had become a virtual household name, popular for its extravagant, showy ceremonies and long list of reputed don and gang leader/clientele.The funerals of former Arnett Gardens don William 'Willie Haggart' Moore in 2001, former Clansman leader Donovan 'Bulbie' Bennett in 2005, and former One Order head honcho Andrew 'Bunman' Hope in 2006 were said to have cost millions of dollars each.But those were the good days.Thompson said that since late last year, when the police started announcing a consistent trending down of the murder figures, the undertaking business...

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