NASSAU- A man who stole 14 watches during a raid on the Rolex boutique was on Monday jailed for four years and six months.
Antoin Harvey, 32, and another man smashed two showcases in the store at the Atlantis Resort on February 15 and took 14 watches before running away.
Police arrested Harvey at his home on Palm Beach Street three days after the daring robbery.
Harvey pleaded guilty to stealing from a shop and causing damage when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt. Harvey’s accomplice is still at large and police have not recovered the stolen luxury watches.
Ferguson-Pratt said, “You chose to go to a premier resort and threaten the tourist product. No one wants to go on vacation to place, where there is threat of criminal activity. There is never a justifiable reason for doing wrong.”
“The court must show that it has a zero tolerance for this type of activity, particularly in a premier touristic area.”
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