Jul 10, 2009 0
Teen Steals Mandingo Drink & Hennessey
Eighteen year old Andrew McKenzie of Portmore, St. Catherine pleaded guilty in the Spanish Town Criminal Court to a charge of stealing a bottle of Mandingo Roots Drink and a bottle of Hennessey from a Portmore supermarket.
McKenzie was arrested and charged with simple larceny for the stolen items which were valued at J$1,200. He had his station bail of J$30,000 extended and the case adjourned until August 20 (for sentencing then). The court ordered that he give his fingerprints to the police in order to determine his criminal record.
The police told the court that on Sunday, June 20, at approximately 8:45 p.m., McKenzie went into the Mega Mart supermarket in Portmore, took up the bottles of drinks, hid them in his shirt, then walked out of the store without paying for them. He was stopped by employees, and when he could not produce a receipt, he was handed over to the police.
In court, he appealed to the Resident Magistrate to not send him to prison, as he had dreams of becoming a police officer. The Magistrate requested a probationers officer report on McKenzie in order to determine the degree of sentence to be imposed.