Nassau, BAHAMAS- A man has been jailed for four months after a car was stolen from a police station.
Gerald Mackey pleaded guilty to receiving a white Nissan Cube that was being kept at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on University Boulevard.
The vehicle had been reported stolen by its owner.
When police recovered the car, they didn’t return it to her immediately because it appeared that the chassis numbers had been altered.
While the car was impounded, it was stolen from CID’s parking lot.
With the help of surveillance footage, police arrested Phillano Williams, who’s on bail for murder, and Mackey.
Mackey told police that he had been asked to drive the car home.
He said that he was told to wait at the gas station next door while the car was retrieved.
Mackey was also ordered to pay $480 in restitution to the vehicle’s owner in order to avoid serving a consecutive sentence of three months on a charge of causing damage.
Meanwhile, Mackey’s co-accused Williams pleaded not guilty to stealing, receiving, causing damage and trespassing.
He was granted bail and is scheduled to return to court on October 16 for his trial.
Copyright Bahamas Court News 2023.
