Two St Thomas residents who stole over $1 million worth of electronic devices from a phone repair store in Queen Street, Morant Bay, on March 10 have been charged.
Charged with shop breaking, larceny and receiving stolen property are 41-year-old Ricky Francis otherwise called, ‘Bling’ a Higgler of Queen Street, Morant Bay in the parish and 36- year-old Higgler, Andrine Scott otherwise called ‘Rasta.’
Reports are that at about 1:00 in the afternoon, Francis pried open a window at the side of the store and stole sixty- five cellular phones, two tablets and one cell phone case.
He then exited the building using the same window.
The stolen items are valued at over $1.2 million.
On Thursday, the police armed with a search warrant conducted a search of the accused’s home, where one Galaxy A03 cellular phone was found.