A 20-year-old Glen woman has been given one month to pay a gas station store EC$234, representing the value of items she stole on five days in October.
Kennelia Guy’s theft spree was broken after one of the store’s employees asked the manager to review the footage after hearing something fall just before Guy left the store.
The footage revealed that Guy, who works at a “Syrian store” in Kingstown, had stolen from the gas station on Oct. 21, 22, 23, 24, and 29.
On Oct. 21, Guy stole items valued at EC$53.75, then EC$53.75, on Oct. 22, EC$41.25 on Oct. 23, value EC$42 on Oct. 24 and EC$47 on Oct. 29.
The facts, as presented by the prosecutor, Inspector of Police Renrick Cato, are that
Richardson Motors comprises three sections — a gas station, variety store and a garage.
Sindey Noel, of Calder, is the office manager and on Oct. 29, about 8:30 a.m. a worker at the variety store asked her to review the CCTV cameras.
The employee said a female had been in the store earlier and the employee had heard something fall to the ground.
Noel reviewed the cameras and saw that about 8:01 a.m. on Oct. 29, Guy entered the store and removed several items from the shelves, placing them into her bag and exiting without paying for them.
The footage showed that Guy stole one Supligen sea moss, valued at EC$7.75; one bottle of Tus-t flavoured water, valued at EC$3.25; one Hyper Malt, valued at EC$4.50; one burger, valued at EC$13.75; one Fruta box juice, valued at EC$9, and one Bickles patty, valued at EC$8.75 — total value EC$47.
Noel told the staff what the footage had revealed and a member of the staff pointed out that Guy frequents the store on mornings.
Based on that information, Noel further reviewed the CCTV footage, which showed that Guy had entered the store Oct. 21, 22, 23 and 24 and had removed items from the shelves, placed them into a hand bag and left without paying for them.
On Oct. 21 she stole two packs of BBQ Lays chips valued at EC$6; two bottles of Tus-t flavoured water, valued at EC$6.50; one Arizona tea, valued at EC$5; two cans of Fruta juice, valued at EC$6.50; one bottle of Coca-Cola, valued at EC$5; one Holiday snack, valued at EC$1.50, two packs of Welch, valued at EC$14; and one Bickles patty, valued at EC$8.75 — total value, EC$53.75.
On Oct. 22, she stole one bottle of Tus-t flavoured water, valued at EC$3.25; two Caribbean dreams, valued at EC$9.50; one bottle of Sprite, valued at EC$4.75; one Devon biscuit, valued at EC$3.25; two fruit slices valued at EC$20.50; and one Bickles patty, valued at EC$8.75 — total value EC$53.75.
On Oct. 23, She stole one bottle of Tus-t flavoured water, valued at EC$3.25; one Devon biscuit, valued at EC$3.25; one bottle of Ensure, valued at EC$12.25; one Hyper Malt, valued at EC$4.50; one Caribbean delight biscuit, valued at EC$4.75; one Snickers Brownie, valued at EC$4.50; and, one Bickles patty, valued at EC$8.75 — total value EC$41.25.
On Oct. 24, she stole one bottle of ginger ale, valued at EC$4.75; one Arizona tea, valued at EC$5; one bottle of Coca-Cola, valued at EC$5; one Dixee biscuit, valued at EC$2, one slice of lasagne valued at EC$10.50; one bake and codfish, valued at EC$6 and one Bickles patty, valued at EC$8.75 — total value EC$42.
PC 1090 Williams conducted an investigation and interviewed Guy on Nov. 8 in the presence of PC 871 Lewis.
Guy gave a written statement detailing what she had done one each of the days.
In mitigation, Guy told the court that she attended Carapan and Mountain View Adventist Academy, leaving school at Form 4 after she became pregnant.
Responding to questions from Senior Magistrate Colin John, Guy said the father of her child hardly takes care of him.
She said it makes no sense suing him before the Family Court for child support because the man would still not take care of their son.
Guy said her son’s father works in construction.
One of the woman’s eyes appeared to be swollen and when the magistrate inquired, she said that it began swelling on Friday.
John asked Guy if she knew that she could be jailed for crime and she said, “Yes.”
“Are you prepared for that?” the senior magistrate asked.
“No,” Guy told the court, adding that she does not have anyone to take care of her child.
“Did you think about that?” John said.
He sentenced Guy to three months in prison suspended for three months.
John further ordered her to pay compensation in the sums of
EC$47, EC$53.75, EC$50, EC$41.25, EC$42 in one month go to prison for three months.
The sentences are to run concurrently.
No reason to steal
The economic situation is driving citizens banana.