Sophia man fined for burgling father’s house

A city man was yesterday fined for breaking and entering his father’s house and stealing a quantity of items.

Wazim Pereira, 23, of 111 North Sophia, pleaded guilty to breaking into his father Raymond Pereira’s house and stealing a glass cutting machine, a bicycle, a bicycle pump, a tin of paint, and an artificial gold chain, all amounting to $128,000.

The crime was committed on August 1st at North Sophia.

Prosecutor Deniro Jones told the court of Magistrate Ann McLennan that Raymond Pereira secured his home on July 31st and left his keys with another son.