October trial for Denise Stanley for alleged theft, false accounting
Stanley made a second appearance in the Magistrate's Court on Friday May 20, 2016 charged with six counts of theft, pleading guilty to five of them and not guilty to one. She was also charged with false accounting to which she pleaded guilty.
Stanley first appeared before Magistrate Tamia N. Richards February 19, 2016 charged with the indictable offences of theft and false accounting.
The mother of four is said to have stolen an amount of over $5,000 over the course of a 10 month period. She denied stealing an amount of $3,000 between February 28 and September 30, 2015.
Stanley was charged along with two other men, a 28 year old and a 35 year old. The 28 year old, who is said to be from Carrot Bay, will appear in the Magistrate's Court on June 24, 2016 while the 35 year old resident of Fat Hogs Bay will appear on July 8, 2016.
The 'arrangement'
In February, the court heard that Stanley had an arrangement with Bailey Penn where she agreed to transfer the sum of $300 a month to the law offices of JS Archibald and Co on his behalf until a specified amount was paid off.
The court further heard that she allegedly failed to make a number of those payments. According to the facts of the case, Stanley allegedly collected five of those payments, ranging from $370 to $380, which she failed to turn over to the law office as arranged.
This continued until Penn called the law office to inquire about whether payments have been made on his behalf only to hear that no payments had been made between August and November 2015.
The court heard that Penn, who was overseas attending to his sick wife, became suspicious when the defendant contacted him to tell him to inform her when he is about to return to the territory.
He then contacted the law enforcement authorities on December 22, 2015. A report was made to the Road Town Police Station and an investigation conducted by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) who visited the Moneygram office to inquire about the transactions between the defendant and Penn showing all of the dates and amounts sent.
Police also searched Stanley's home but nothing was found there. She then visited the Road Town Police Station and was informed of the charges against her. When cautioned, she said, “Let me be honest. Lying and running will not help. Yes, I took the money.”
She was thereafter arrested for the offence of theft. Police also searched her car and found two Moneygram forms. An audio interview was conducted by the Police where the defendant allegedly admitted to taking the money for July, September, October and November of 2015.
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