Corozal police have made an arrest in a broad-daylight armed robbery of a Chinese store in the town. The defendant, a free zone fireman named 28 year-old Anthony Alexander Patnett was caught in the act on security camera. He wasted no time, and, appearing before Senior Magistrate Patricia Arana on Tuesday pleaded guilty to robbery. He won't be going to jail for the crime, however. The Senior Magistrate deliberated overnight and decided that Patnett will not serve a jail time for this offense. That's because it is his first conviction - and because he did not waste the court's time. Instead, he was sentenced to pay a fine of $3,000.
The robbery happened at at around 3:00 last Saturday, at China Store, on 7th Avenue in Corozal Town. The business owner was having a conversation with a customer when Patnett who had his face covered with a mask barged in, brandished a firearm, and then reached over the counter, and grabbed money from the cash drawer.
This heist took only a few seconds and Patnett immediately jumped on his bicycle and rode away.
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