UPDATE: 15 months prison time for yacht burglar
The Jost Van Dyke resident had pleaded guilty to the charge of burglarizing a boat at Conch Charters with another person on August 14, 2013. He has refused to disclose the name of his accomplice.
Ms Richards also said a three year sentence that was imposed on the construction worker in the High Court will now be activated and is to run consecutively with the sentence handed down by her.
The Magistrate told the court she took into consideration the high cost of the items stolen and that they were never recovered in passing down her sentence.
See previous article posted October 28, 2013
JVD man allegedly refuses to ‘rat’ on burglary accomplice
- defendant was allegedly caught on CCTV camera
Kempest Bailey, 22, of Jost Van Dyke reportedly told officers that he doesn’t want to 'rat' on anybody, refusing to give up the name of his accomplice after allegedly confessing to being involved in a burglary on a boat at Conch Charters with another person on August 14, 2013.
Bailey, who told the court he was a construction worker yesterday, September 27, 2013, was allegedly a trespasser on the vessel ‘Bean’ at Conch Charters at about 1:30 A.M. The unrepresented defendant was not required to plea to the indictable charges.
According to Crown Counsel Leslie Ann Faulkner, ‘Bean’ was moored at the marina at Conch Charters at about 3:30 P.M. on August 13, 2013 and the boat had a number of items including iPhones, iPads, etc.
It was discovered on August 14, 2013 that the ‘Bean’ was ransacked. A search was carried out for any missing items and it was discovered that iPhones, iPads, a Louis Vuitton bag and Nokia phone were among those missing. The items were valued at $3,450.
Police were informed and a report was made resulting in an investigation by officers from the Scenes of Crime Unit. Latent fingerprints were lifted from the scene.
An officer reportedly visited the marina office and uplifted surveillance footage taken by a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera for the corresponding period and it was discovered that two young men were observed as having ventured on to the vessel when it was moored; one was allegedly identified as the defendant.
Officers were given a copy of the footage and on September 23, 2013 Bailey was met and informed of the report. Footage was reportedly shown to the defendant at the CID office where he allegedly admitted to police that he was at Conch Charters and stole the items.
He later allegedly confessed in an audio/visual interview as well but refused to say who the other person in the video was because he ‘doesn’t want to rat on anybody’.
Bailey reportedly told officers that the items were sold on the street for $200 apiece and the money was shared.
He was granted $60,000 bail signed by two sureties and was restricted from applying from any travel documents after telling the court he had lost his passport.
He will return to court on October 18, 2013 to determine whether his matter can be transferred to the High Court.
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23 Responses to “UPDATE: 15 months prison time for yacht burglar”
THIS DAME BOY MOTHER IS FROM VINCY. AND HIS FATHER IS FROM VINCY,SO HOW HE COME FROM JVD? SEND HIS "$$ OUT TO VINCY
So where does his parents come from have to with this. The fact is he is from right here, born and bread. St. Vincent don't know a thing about him if you ask me. Why when people do good we are quick to claim them even if they do not even born here like M. Amarro, but once is something negative we are quick to remember where their parents are from. A lot people here who are successful, their parents are not from here but we never tend to remember until something goes wrong. We are just a bunch of hypocrites, that's why this country is in the position it is.
Everything outta vg soff meh boi.
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