A 36-year-old ex-convict was sentenced to ten years in
prison Thursday for kidnapping and robbing two insurance agents in a bizarre
incident in 2006.
Steve McCalla, who made the headlines in 2001 when he made a similar attack on then President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Beverly Lopez, was sentenced to a total of 20 years in the Home Circuit Court, but will only serve ten years.
He was convicted last month on two counts of robbery with aggravation and kidnapping.
McCalla, a deportee, was captured in March 2006 by members of the Organised Crime Unit, following the attacks on the insurance agents.
He was initially charged jointly with two women, but at his trial they became witnesses for the prosecution.
Investigators reported that the three conspired to kidnap and rob the agents in March 2006.
It was reported that on March 14, 2006 one of the agents received a call from a woman who told her she needed life insurance.
Arrangements were made for the agent to meet the woman at an apartment on Seymour Avenue in St. Andrew.
Investigators say the agent went to the apartment where a man blindfolded her, beat her and took her cash and credit cards.
One hour later a second call was made to another agent requesting insurance coverage.
When the agent turned up at the same Seymour Avenue apartment she was also blindfolded, beaten and robbed.
The battered women freed themselves and were taken to the police station by security personnel at the apartment complex.
They were later taken to the doctor.
Following an investigation, the police arrested McCalla and the women in a sting operation at another apartment along Sullivan Place, Kingston 8 on March 23.
Investigators say they recovered some of the items stolen from the two agents.
The cops say McCalla planned the robberies just three months after he was released from prison for the 2001 attack on Mrs. Lopez.
He was sentenced to nine years for that attack, but the sentence was reduced to six years by the Appeal Court.
Steve McCalla, who made the headlines in 2001 when he made a similar attack on then President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Beverly Lopez, was sentenced to a total of 20 years in the Home Circuit Court, but will only serve ten years.
He was convicted last month on two counts of robbery with aggravation and kidnapping.
McCalla, a deportee, was captured in March 2006 by members of the Organised Crime Unit, following the attacks on the insurance agents.
He was initially charged jointly with two women, but at his trial they became witnesses for the prosecution.
Investigators reported that the three conspired to kidnap and rob the agents in March 2006.
It was reported that on March 14, 2006 one of the agents received a call from a woman who told her she needed life insurance.
Arrangements were made for the agent to meet the woman at an apartment on Seymour Avenue in St. Andrew.
Investigators say the agent went to the apartment where a man blindfolded her, beat her and took her cash and credit cards.
One hour later a second call was made to another agent requesting insurance coverage.
When the agent turned up at the same Seymour Avenue apartment she was also blindfolded, beaten and robbed.
The battered women freed themselves and were taken to the police station by security personnel at the apartment complex.
They were later taken to the doctor.
Following an investigation, the police arrested McCalla and the women in a sting operation at another apartment along Sullivan Place, Kingston 8 on March 23.
Investigators say they recovered some of the items stolen from the two agents.
The cops say McCalla planned the robberies just three months after he was released from prison for the 2001 attack on Mrs. Lopez.
He was sentenced to nine years for that attack, but the sentence was reduced to six years by the Appeal Court.
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