A Hamilton Parish man was jailed for more than four years for a series of crimes including theft and damaging an electronic monitoring device.

Temasgan Furbert, 40, earlier pleaded guilty to both offences in Magistrates’ Court but the matter was referred to the Supreme Court for sentencing yesterday.

In the higher court, Furbert also admitted receiving stolen appliances and fixtures between June 10 and 11 last year and receiving a stolen chainsaw and edger between an unknown date and December 21.

Puisne Judge Alan Richards sentenced Furbert to a total of four years and ten months for the offences; however, he said the punishment would run concurrently with a previous six-year sentence for aggravated burglary.

Furbert was arrested on suspicion of theft in November 2023 after a series of incidents in which he was alleged to have taken items from grocery stores without paying for them between July 4 and August 9 that year.

While the total value of the stolen goods was not confirmed, in two of the incidents he was seen placing multiple bottles of Hennessy in a bag before leaving the premises.

Furbert was identified by CCTV footage and records from an electronic monitoring device, which was fitted to him previously, placed him at the scene of all the thefts.

During a search of his home, officers discovered clothing matching what the thief had worn.

They also found Furbert’s EMD on the top of his refrigerator in a damaged state with the strap no longer attached.

Kael London, for the Crown, noted that Furbert had recently been sentenced to eight years behind bars, with two years suspended, for an aggravated burglary that occurred on January 1, 2026.

Mr London said that the sentence was intended to be a “global sentence” with the other matters to be included.

Mr Justice Richards sentenced Furbert to a year behind bars for the thefts and six months in custody for the damage to the EMD.

He further sentenced Furbert to 24 months and 16 months in prison for the two counts of receiving goods.

While he ordered all four sentences to run consecutively to each other for a total of 58 months, Mr Justice Richards said that the period would run concurrently with the earlier aggravated burglary sentence.

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