A teenager, who has a long list of of convictions for theft, has been jailed for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to, guess what, stealing.
Ronald Marie, 19, admitted that he stole a gold wedding ring, two cell phones and $400 in cash from Dwight Seaman in the early hours of Christmas Day.
The value of the items are $6,150.
Court reports, as presented by acting police inspector Valda Powel indicate that Seaman, who resides on Upper Lane, Roseau, was on his way home from Newtown at about 3:00 am when he was accosted by a group of men, including Marie, on Kennedy Ave.
The men demanded that he give them all he had.
He was stripped of his wedding ring and the phones and cash taken.
Seaman immediately made a report to the Roseau police station and on February 2, 2014, Marie, who was in police custody for another matter, was accosted by the investigating officer who told him of the report.
“I take the BlackBerry … I was with the boys ….and gave it to my grand mother,” he admitted. “The money was shared and someone else took the ring.”
The grandmother was called and indeed she had the phone, which she handed over to the police.
Asked to comment before sentencing, Marie said he had nothing to say.
He was told by magistrate Candia Carette-George that he needed to change his friends and take stock of his life.
“You need to change or you will spoil your life,” she warned. “Change your friends … you are hanging around the wrong people … you are lucky because you could have been charged indictable and go to the high court where it would be worst for you.”
She told Marie that he was still young and could do many positive things with his life.
“Reflect, take stock of your life, I am going to send you away for a while …. tell yourself that you won’t ever do that again,” she told him.
He was then sentenced to 18 months behind bars.
This teenager is a chronic thief. He spends some time in prison and after his release will re-offend. This is what will happen if he does not get help to rehabilitate. People do not change their bad habits easily. The public is not safe with someone like that.
What about his friends in whose presence he was and who helped him? They should also be charged.
Pertaining to the grandmother, I suppose the police had pity on her which is why she was not charged.
It can be clearly seen that the grandmother is not a good example for this youngster.She probably never spoke with him about staying on the straight and narrow.She probably does not know better.
Is the grandmother going to be charged with Receiving Stolen Goods?
Is the grandmother going to be charged for Receiving Stolen Goods?
He is habitual and his grand mother knows what he’s doing she should be held accountable and charged for the phone.
” A teenager, who has a long list of of convictions for theft, has been jailed for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to, guess what, stealing.” …guilty to, guess what, stealing…..
the granny get a phone for christmas,no case and when she open it ,it have soo much phone number in it she still taking it.what a granny.bad influence.i would send her backside to jail.sakway sotewai
not only that phone the granny recieve but all the information which the owner had stored in the phone that clearly show what kind of granny this is our law officers must charge this granny for recieving stolen goods
He will learn from his intraGluteus attacks.
Sometimes, example just have to be made.
I always say that laws only work if everyone is held to task by them. No exemptions.
If granny knew he did not have a job she should not accept the phone. She should be penalized for taking stolen goods. So what about the others involved? The 18 months behind bars will teach him and others a lesson. Thou shall not steal.
He sjould be bugged while doin time. Lol . Teach him a lesson. He shall not want to go back. Hahaha.
Its a foregone conclusion.Any visitor there for more than 1 night becomes a wife for inmates. take a census
What about the other accomplice, that was with him? no one is talking about them.
Definitely,he must pay the consequences for breaking the law, but I don’t think that his grandma should face prison time.
However, the question we need to ask ourselves is what can we do as a society to ensure that this young man does not become repeat offenders thus, losing their way in life?
Here are some suggestions:
1.Education: I believe that the prison need to have a system whereby those young people can get an opportunity to learn about the benefits of education through lectures and practices.
2.Technical training: I firmly believe that there must be programs that will accommodate those who are technically inclined to be able to learn a valuable skill.
3.Counselors: I believe that it is imperative for the prison to have counselors who can help these young people recognize the issues that are affecting them in life, and also be able to provide them with the resources to overcome these obstacles.
4.Out of prison programs: There must be programs that will hold them accountable for a period of time after leaving prison. fro example, reporting to their probation officer weekly. proof of evidence that they are seeking employment or are abiding to the rules set forth by the system.
5.Work creating program: Create a committee whose main objective is to seek and find jobs for those young men when they leave prison.
6.while incarcerated, ensure that these young men are used throughout their prison term to perform community service especially in the area of their residence. Some may become embarrassed, and not want to continue the trend.
7.Drug counselors:
Why didn’t the police charge the granny with receiving stolen goods when she handed them the blackberry?
Why wasn’t granny arrested and the young man enroll in therapy?
The boy gave his grandmother a cell phone as a Christmas gift, why all you want to blame the lade for recieving a Christmas gift.
a chrismas gift with peoples name and numbers you have no idear who they are and which number it is the granny is more than ecouraging the grand son to go and steal from other people things to bring to her thats why she should be ponished cee ee pa nee sutiwe i pa nee vole
i would have put the grand mother in jail for 18 months too.what he doing with black berry who she going and bb.
the police should search old grams home for any other stolen stuff or even drugs <<<<< wat a bad example she showing
hey guess wattt old grams should have get at least 6 months for accepting the blackberry <<<< helllo the situeweh worse dann dee voller
“I take the BlackBerry … I was with the boys ….and gave it to my grand mother,” he admitted. The grandmother was called and indeed she had the phone, which she handed over to the police.
My mother use to tell me, “See parni soutiweh parni vole”, which in English means, is no one supports a criminal their will not be crime.
Did granny not support her grandson by accepting stolen goods? If the grandson has such a long past record, would I be wrong to conclude that granny knew? What about granny was profiting all along? What Granny doing with Blackberry in Dominica? I guess granny is a young granny? Why did the court not also send a lesson to grannies, grandpas and parents so all would learn that they must not accept things from children without questioning them about their source? I guess if it were grandpa that had received that Berry he would be charged as well. DA and the justice system!
He will not change, unless our leaders change, u think it easy for the youths with no role models in de country.
u guys are quick to talk about the leaders….. fathers are the main role model the leaders did not send the yng man to steal.. there are no jobs i understand but blamin the leaders is ridiculous in d statement u jus made…MY OPINION
I think they should charge the grandmother too, for receiving stolen property.i bet u she know his caracter.if it don’t have supporters u don’t have theives.
The granny should have received at least 3 years for accepting stolen property. Shame on her! The person who you think should be helping this young man to turn his life around. She knows he has no job and a history of taking what does not belong to him. Where did she think he got the money from to buy her a Blackberry?
I am against all crime but tell me why jail,i know off a young man who kill another young man last year cut off his hands, legs,head and chest and is on the streets walking but i tell you that mother and father God is in controll and what you sow is that you reap.
“A teenager who has a long list of convictions for theft”, should be taught a lesson. Hopefully he will not want to return “among hard core criminals”, so he will change his “career”
she do right give them an inch they take a mile. and didnt you hear is not the first time, numerous times. so let him go there and reflect.
If he didn,t go and rub and steal he wouldn,t be doing time he did the crime so he have to pay. When the start so they worst than the hard core criminal that is to show him a lesson
what?
so what about the others and the grand mother
I have to shake my head. A man breaks into a woman’s home, beats her and he gets a thousand dollar fine. A teenager (yes I do hold him responsible for his actions) steals and gets 18 months in prison? Based on his past history, I do believe he deserved time however, I feel that 18 months is quite harsh. My question is, if this young man was on a path of destruction, why did it take so long to intervene? Now i have a question about “grandma”. The article did not disclose if this young man was employed, so i’m going to assume he was not. So, grandma, if you know your grandson was not employed and he brings you a blackberry, wouldn’t you assume that he did not buy it? I will also assume that if the police did not catch this kid, grandma would’ve kept the blackberry and i hoped they checked her fingers for the ring. LOL!!
I blame the grandmother too, your grandson not working one place and he bring you blackberry and you just accepting with no question.
Ce ye pa nee sutiwoy yue pa ne volere.. Jail her too for accepting stolen goods.
19 years ok is a young adult ..not a teenager
Teenage years are between the ages 13 to 19
A 13 year old though a child is also a teenager
an 18 year old though considered an adult is still a teenager.
Your age gives you some pluses and minuses
depending on the situation.
imagine today you are twelve and a child and tomorrow you are 13 and a teenager isn’t that person still a child?
@Concerned
.this is not his first offense…he surely did not learn in the past so now he needs hard time.
.you have to pull the plug sometimes
Agreed then…
Why not community service or some other punishment? Putting a teenager with hard core criminals will only influence him to get worse as his stay at the prison will be one where he has to defend himself and develop criminal survival skills which would have otherwise be avoided.
No, his stay in prison can either make or break him. If he is bent on being a criminal he will learn the skills. If however he just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, he can make a decision to change. I have seen people who went to prison and make a vow never to go back there again. And yes, they too were among hard core criminals.
But he robbing people! He not a criminal then?? Let him pay for gis actions! Criminals that does rob people. If he had fo and work hard for his money he wouldn’t be going jail
There are lots of hard working peeps that get jail time…what are you trying to say? only unemployed people go to jail?
that one cannot rehabilitate again.
As for the grand-mother. I would give her jail too, for handling stolen goods….yes, I said it, so go right ahead and thumbs me down.
No I would not give you thumbs down. If grandma knows that he is a thief, you are right and she is wrong. Come on, we are talking about Dominica/Roseau. Grandma jolly well knows that her grandson is a bad character. She should not accept any gifts from that young man.
LOL