A man who was awaiting sentencing for larceny has been further remanded after he denied stealing some of the articles mentioned in some of the charges laid against him.
Devon Rodney, 45, of 243 ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, who is accused of stealing over $5 million worth of articles from city businesses was remanded until May 31 by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts when the matter was called for the second time on Monday.
While Rodney had entered guilty pleas for the five charges against him and the magistrate was awaiting a probation report before sentencing the man, he denied details of some of the charges, thereby resulting in not guilty pleas being entered for him.
He pleaded guilty to the charges that between March 18 and March 19, at Croal Street, Georgetown, he broke and entered iBet Supreme and stole a quantity of television sets valued $560,900; that between March 22 and March 23, at South Road, Georgetown, he broke and entered Vidya’s Enterprise and stole a quantity of articles amounting to $575,000, property of Vidya Lewis; and that between April 10 and April 12 he stole a quantity of items, jewellery and cash, amounting to $3,544,000, also property of Lewis.
He entered not-guilty pleas to the charges which state that between March 22 and March 23, at South Road, Lacytown, Georgetown, he broke and entered the law firm of Britton, Hamilton and Adams and stole articles, including cash, amounting to $80,000, property of Jennifer Britton; and that on April 14, he broke and entered iBet Supreme and stole a number of television sets amounting to $160,000.
According to the facts presented to the court by the Police Prosecutor, Rodney and Lewis, who is the virtual complainant in the matters involving Vidya’s Enterprise, know each other. He said that Lewis secured her store and upon returning she found that the articles which were reported as missing to the police were gone. The court heard that the man was later apprehended for the offence. The court also heard that Rodney was seen walking on the road with one of the articles from the second charge involving Lewis.
However, Rodney said that he did not take all the articles that are mentioned in the first charge involving Lewis. He said that he took some pants but he doesn’t know where the extra items were conjured from. He added that the item he was apprehended with was not in the store. He said that he did not break into the store. Rodney told the magistrate that the store was open and that the item which was recovered on him was actually on the road when he picked it up.
Additionally, Rodney said that he did not steal items from iBet supreme. The Magistrate entered a not guilty plea on behalf of Rodney for the charge involving iBet Supreme and told the prosecutor that advice would need to be sought for the first charge involving Lewis. She said that the items on the charge would either have to be restructured or the matter will have to be tried at the court.
The matter was then adjourned until May 31 for report on the charges and a probation report for the sentencing for the charges which retain a guilty plea.
