Teen bailed after assault

A Sandys teen was granted bail of $2,000 in Magistrates' Court on Monday after he denied assaulting a Police officer and stealing a motorcycle.

Kenneth Tucker-Thompson, 18, of School Crescent, pleaded not guilty to stealing Albert Fubler's $2,500 cycle in Sandys on September 25.

He also denied an alternative charge of knowingly receiving the stolen cycle on a date between September 25 and October 6.

Tucker-Thompson also denied assaulting P.c. Braithwaite on October 6, doing him bodily harm and violently resisting arrest at the same date and time.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo released Tucker-Thompson to appear for trail on November 4.

However, before he was allowed to leave court, Tucker-Thompson had to face several outstanding traffic tickets.

He pleaded guilty to speeding at 75 kph for which has was fined $500 and banned from driving all vehicles for 12 months.

He also admitted driving in a dangerous manner for which he was slammed with another $500 fine.

Two more tickets cost the teen $100 each - for failing to stop for a Police Officer and driving without a valid licence.

Tucker-Thompson was ordered to pay $1,200 by November 18 or spend 50 days in prison.

Homeless man stole power tools

A homeless man who admitted to stealing $1,200 worth of tools in Middle Town will be sentenced in November pending the outcome of two reports from Court Services.

Roderick Tucker, 48, of no fixed abode pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to stealing a $450 drill, a $250 saw and a $500 hammer from Michael Powell's truck parked outside No. 4 Middle Town Drive in Pembroke.

Crown counsel Oonagh Vaucrossen said Mr. Powell saw Tucker approach his truck and drive off in a car.

Police found Tucker at a church on Curving Avenue where he was washing the car he had used to make his getaway.

Duty counsel Leo Mills said the tools had been recovered and recommended a fine.

He said Tucker could pay as he is employed as a car washer and part-time cleaner at a church.

Tucker told the court he may have been under the influence when he committed the crime and, as a result, he was ordered for assessment for the drug court programme.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo warned that he would be continuously screened and monitored until his trial on November 30.

"I hope stealing will not be something you resort to in the interim," Mr. Tokunbo warned.