Nassau, BAHAMAS-It’s the slammer for a 48-year-old speaker thief.
Joseph Nicholas Rolle stole the $700 Audiopipe speakers from Tall Boy’s Conch Stand at Potter’s Cay Dock during the coronavirus lockdown.
Rolle admitted to stealing the speakers during the lockdown that started at 9pm on April 8 and ended at 5am April 14.
Dwain Bastian, who owns the stand, confronted Rolle about the theft and he confessed, the court heard.
As a result, Bastian took Rolle to the police.
While at the station, he confessed again.
Rolle said that he sold the speakers so he could buy something to eat.
However, he said he knew what he did was wrong.
Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes said, “One thing we learn from we are very young is that if it doesn’t belong to you, leave it alone. I’m hoping that at 48 you would have gotten that by now.”
The magistrate sentenced Rolle to three months in prison. He said he hoped the sentence deterred Rolle from committing future crimes.
As a result of Rolle’s guilty plea, the prosecution withdrew a receiving charge against Craig Meadows.
Prosecutors had accused him of buying the stolen speakers from Rolle.
Police recovered the speakers. The court ordered them returned to Bastian.
