Dancehall star Tommy Lee Sparta released after 41 days in custody

Tommy Lee Sparta [Photo: Courtesy]

Portmore Empire crew sensation Leroy Russell Junior alias Tommy Lee Sparta is a free man. The Flankers, Montego Bay native and dancehall star was released on August 17 after spending 41 days in police custody.

This is after being detained on July 7 in St James Parish, north-west end of Jamaica, under the state of public emergency (SOE) as a person of interest over the upsurge in violence in Montego Bay’s capital.  “He has not been told that he is inciting anything. He is just told that he has influence over a gang by the name of Sparta Gang,” said Sparta’s lawyer Ernest Smith on July 22. Under the SOE, a person can be detained for 90 days without charge.