ALTHOUGH, he did not steal anything yet, a man from Princes Town was fined $5,000 for conspiring to commit burglary.
Matthew Moses, 31, will also in default have to serve 12 months’ hard labour after he appeared before Princes Town Magistrate Indira Misir-Gosine on Thursday, police reported. He pleaded guilty.
Moses, of Iere Village, Branch Road, charged during an anti-crime exercise conducted in the area.
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Police stated that while officers were on mobile patrol along Iere Village, they saw three men lurking near a house.
Upon seeing the officers, the men ran away. A chase ensued and Moses was subsequently held hiding in a bamboo patch.
He was arrested and taken to the Princes Town Police Station. Following investigations by officers of Princes Town Criminal Investigation Department, Moses confessed to conspiring with other persons to break and enter a house in the area.
He was charged after advice was received from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS’s) Legal Department.
Investigations were supervised by Sgt Teeluck and the charge was laid by PC Basdeo.
