Teen jewel thief fined $4,700

A Pembroke man has been fined and ordered to pay compensation after pleading guilty to stealing more than $4,700 of jewellery and a stereo.

Deanie Devon Rogers, 18, of Glebe Road, Pembroke broke into a Devonshire home on May 5 this year and was picked up by Police the same day.

They found a quantity of jewellery on him plus white socks which Rogers said he had used to cover his fingerprints.

Jewellery worth $3,245 was recovered but the stereo Rogers said he had hidden in Parson's Road was missing when he took Police to the location.

Crown counsel Shade Subair called for a custodial sentence but Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves took into account Rogers' age and fined him $1,000 for breaking and entering and ordered him to pay $1,510 for property still missing from the burglary.

Rogers was also fined $500 after pleading guilty for having an instrument used for house breaking which were the white socks.

Would-be burglar admits addiction

A would-be burglar has been fined $500 for attempting to break into guest apartments to get cash for his heroin habit.

Derek Herbert, 39, of Somerset Road, Sandys was caught after Police found his fingerprints at the Willowbank cottages.

Crown counsel Shade Subair said Police were alerted after a Canadian visitor left his room briefly on June 2 this year but heard noises inside when he returned.

Window panes had been dislodged but nothing was missing from the cottages.

Herbert later admitted to Police he had tried to break-in but had been disturbed.

Herbert pleaded guilty before Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves yesterday and said that it was out of character and that he was a working man.

He said: "I am seeking help for my addiction."

Mr. Greaves said he noted these factors and that nothing was taken and fined him $500.

Angry outburst costs Pembroke man

A man has been fined for wilful damage after pushing over 19 mopeds.

Antwone Leroy Simons, 37, of Two Way Lane, Parsons Road, Pembroke, told Police he was angry because someone had stolen his bike.

Crown counsel Shade Subair said Simons had pushed over a bike in one of the bays in Par-La-Ville Road causing six to go down in a domino effect.

He then repeated the action in another two bays causing a total of 19 bikes to fall over. A nearby traffic warden alerted Police and Simons was picked up nearby.

Yesterday, Simons pleaded guilty to three charges of causing wilful damage to three bikes on September 17 this year which resulted in more than $180 of damage according to the prosecution.

Simons, who has previous similar convictions, was fined $250 for each offence by Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves and ordered to pay $64 compensation for one of the damaged bikes.

However because the prosecution could not state the exact cost of the damage in the other two cases compensation was not awarded.

Drunk driver fined and banned

A Warwick man has been banned from the road for a year and fined $1,000 after admitting drink driving.

Ronald Glavan, 27, of Sun Valley Road, had been spotted riding erratically along Harbour Road by an off duty Police officer on October 19 this year.

He was followed and stopped on Camp Hill Road, Warwick and other officers were called. Glavan pleaded guilty and apologised to Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves in Plea court yesterday.

Challenged computer tech admits theft

A Devonshire man has been fined after admitting receiving a stolen lap top computer.

When Police raided his home, Noel Stafford Brown, 23, of Cedar Park, threw the $2,000 Packard Bell computer out of the window. He told Police he had done that because he didn't want to get in trouble and that he had been fixing it because he thought it was a challenge.

The computer was recovered still working. Brown apologised for the offence and was fined $500 by Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves.

A laugh a day keeps the judge at bay

A man left Magistrates Court in peals of laughter on Monday after being brought in by Police on a warrant for missing his trial date.

John Eldon Johnson, 62, of Camp Hill, Warwick, pleaded not guilty for driving while impaired. He explained that he had turned up for his earlier trial date, but said that someone told him that there were no records.

Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves asked Johnson when was the last time he had a drink and Johnson said that he had stopped drinking. But Mr. Greaves suggested that it was only since the Police had him in custody.

Mr. Greaves set bail of $1,000 and a trail date for January 14. He warned Johnson that the only excuse for not turning up would be if he were dead.

Johnson then began laughing and said: "I'm not laughing at you sir, something just went through my mind.

Johnson added: "You know how women are always saying that a baby is cute even when it is ugly, well a woman and her baby were on the train and a man said, `what an ugly baby'. The woman then pulled the chain to stop the train and the conductor came to investigate. The woman told the conductor why she wanted to get off the train and the conductor said that she couldn't. However the conductor said if she went to the cafeteria he would give her a free meal and a banana for the monkey."