Two Sangre Grande men appeared virtually on Tuesday before a Master of the High Court charged in connection with a report of house breaking and larceny that occurred last month.
BRANDON ALI, also called ‘Chinee, ’ 29, unemployed, of Barker Trace, Coal Mine, Sangre Grande, pleaded guilty to the offence and was sentenced to 10 months hard labour in prison by Master Shabiki Cazabon.
Meanwhile, JOSIAH MORENO, 27, unemployed, of Barker Trace, Coal Mine, Sangre Grande, pleaded not guilty and was granted $80,000 bail with a surety.
As part of his bail conditions, MORENO was ordered to report to his local
police twice per week.
The stolen TV was not recovered.
The duo was charged by PC Lezama, of the Sangre Grande Criminal Investigations Department who was the lead investigator into the incident.
According to police reports, at 2 pm on February 27th, 2024, a woman returned to her Sangre Grande home where she saw two male suspects exiting the back door of her home, one of whom allegedly had her Samsung 42” Television in his hand.
The woman subsequently made a report to the police and detectives attached to the Sangre Grande CID responded and conducted further investigations which led to the suspects being apprehended.