West Ruimveldt teen gets 48 months for simple larceny

EIGHTEEN-year-old Joshua Joseph, who pleaded guilty to a simple larceny charge on Friday will spend the next 48 months of his life in prison as punishment for the crime.Joseph, of Lot 28 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Magistrate Ann McLennan.

According to the charge, on November 18 at Leopold Street, Georgetown, he stole a stereo set valued $ 100,000, property of Jermain Peters.
The court also heard that on October 16 at Leopold Street, Georgetown, he stole a DVD player valued at $ 20,000, property of Jermain Peters.
Police Prosecutor Dinero Jones told the court that the defendant lives at Peters’s home at Lot 19 Leopold Street and on the day in question, November 18, the virtual complainant (VC) returned home and discovered his stereo set missing. Peters confronted Joseph who reportedly denied stealing the set. As a result, the matter was reported to the police and an investigation was launched. Joseph subsequently confessed to the crime and he was then arrested and charged.
Additionally, as it relates to the stolen DVD player, the defendant confessed to the police that he had removed the said appliance, but told the court that he had taken the DVD player across the street to be fixed and that it was still there to be uplifted.
The magistrate sentenced Joseph to 24 months imprisonment on each of the two charges, and ordered that the sentence run concurrently.

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