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Stole A Bike? 3 Months In Jail
posted (May 26, 2017)
41-year-old Jerry Garbutt is at the Belize Central Prison after admitting in Magistrate's Court that he stole a bike.

At around 8:15 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, May 9, the bike owner, Pastora Galvez, went to the Human Services Department, and she left her chrome beach cruiser bicycle in the corridor of the first floor. She had to go to the Second floor, and when she returned, her bike was gone.

Surveillance cameras caught Garbutt stealing the bike, and today, the police charged him with theft. He was arraigned before Magistrate Carlon Mendoza, where he pleaded guilty.

After consideration, the Magistrate sentenced him to 3 months in prison.

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