A 44-year-old man who scaled a gate and stole bread to feed his drug habit has been jailed for six months.Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes sentenced Allan Decurtis Junior Crichlow, of no fixed place of abode, on Monday after he pleaded guilty to three offences.Crichlow admitted to stealing 12 bars of chocolates and three boxes of wax paper belonging to Savings Plus Supermarket Inc on December 30, 2021.He entered the store with a trolley and was observed by security. He was seen taking up the items and placing them in a bag that he was carrying. As he made his way to the exit he was stopped by security and told of the observation but left the establishment with the items.
An apology was not sufficient to keep a 49-year-old man from being sentenced to 12 months in prison for theft.Michael Dacosta Layne of Scott’s Gap, Brittons Hill, St Michael had pleaded guilty before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes to stealing several items belonging to a Construction company., including tools and clothing, between February 19 and 20 this year.Station Sergeant Crishna Graham told the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court that acting on a tip, lawmen approached Layne who was walking along Suttle Street, St Michael and told him of the theft report. He admitted to committing the crime and took police to different locations where some of the property was recovered.
Several serious charges, ranging from illegal gun possession to endangering life, were dismissed by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes on Friday due to a lack of police files on the cases.The decision resulted in six men walking out of the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court without those charges hanging over their heads.“This is wunna opportunity now . . . to grasp life, take care of your little children,” Magistrate Weekes told Adigun Rabbi Hinds, of 5A Maddison Terrace, Deacons, St Michael; Malik Derick Fenty, of 2nd Avenue Redman Road, Deacons, St Michael; Richad Barry Boyce, of 2nd Avenue Kellman Land, Black Rock, St Michael; Richard Shamario Worrell, of Derriston Road, Grazettes, St Michael; and Ranak Kadeaine Brathwaite, of Fairfield Cross Road, St Michael.The men were jointly charged with damaging a window belonging to Rosanna Ifill on May 16, 2018 as well as recklessly and without lawful authority or excuse discharging a firearm along Fairfield Road, a public place, that
A woman was remanded to Dodds until August 23 following claims that the disrespect meted out by a former partner led her to damage several of his belongings.Akilah Itasha Lavia, of Hopewell, St Thomas pleaded guilty before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to damaging a television, a fan and a speaker belonging to Dwayne Fields on August 5.She however denied entering the man’s house as a trespasser and stealing $3 700 belonging to him.
Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes believes a national parenting programme needs to be introduced to “turn this society around”.He made the suggestion on Monday as he dealt with 17-year-old Serrian Jamali Scott-Fagan who was charged with using insulting language towards a police officer and having a knife in his possession on Hastings Road, a public place, on August 6.The Jackman’s Alley, Orange Hill, St James resident, who said he is a farmer but has ambitions of becoming a rapper, pleaded guilty to the charges.When the Chief Magistrate asked him what he had done to get the necessary education to become a rapper, Scott-Fagan said he had applied to a skills training school.