Nassau-Police arrested a man for stealing after his “friend” double-crossed him, a court heard.
Brandon Neymour, 20, admitted stealing $7,800 from a home in Foxdale between March 31 and April 1 at his arraignment.
Neymour, of Garden Hills, did not have a lawyer. He told Magistrate Samuel McKinney that his friend JJ set up the theft.
Neymour claimed that JJ was holding the cash for his uncle Orkell Mathiex..
However, Neymour said JJ owed some men from Kemp Road for drugs.
In order to get the money, Neymour said that JJ gave him the keys to his uncle’s home and gave him the location of the money.
Neymour said he let himself in the house and took the money.
Then, the pair split the loot.
However, Sergeant Bridgette Strapp said that JJ reported the theft to the Fox Hill Police Station on April 1.
JJ told police that his uncle left the money in his care and that he didn’t give anyone permission to remove it, Strapp said.
And, he would have been called as a prosecution witness had the case gone to trial.
McKinney ordered Neymour to repay the stolen cash to avoid spending 18 months in prison.
But Neymour said he didn’t have the money and asked for time to pay.
McKinney told him he would be released if he paid at least $3,800. Then, he could pay the rest in monthly payments.
Neymour said that he committed the crime out of fear.
The magistrate said, “You knew what you were doing was wrong. You’re an adult and responsible for your own actions. You could have walked away.”
