Repeat offender Earlsworth Henderson of Thibaud will spend the next three months reflecting on his actions at the Dominica State Prison after pleading guilty to stealing a flashlight and charger from the Shine Union store in Roseau.
Henderson’s justification for stealing the $37.99 flashlight and its matching charger valued at $20 was that it is the hurricane season and he has no electricity in his home, which he shares with his 78-year-old grandfather.
Revealing Henderson’s lengthy record of theft, Magistrate Candia George said: “You want to see light and you can’t afford, light a fire! Shine Union is not your paweh.
“You have me scared of you…. It seems that every time you out of prison you stealing something,” she stated before sentencing him.
“I see for the past year you have been doing well. Go and reflect…. Tell yourself what you were doing for the past year you going to continue to do it,” George told Henderson.
The incident occurred on August 31 at about 3 p.m.
first someone should have investigated his story and if he does live with his &8yrs grandmother with no light the store should give that lady help and try to employ that boy to give him a chance in society. These magistrates just sit on their a.. doing some foolishness.3months foe a flashlight….. me man
all i can say is,as a repeat offender and most likely has been to prison before,i see he did not learn.another form of punishment should be implemented not prison.maby a public flogging would do the trick
of all the news to put online lol… PETTY very very PETTY!!
allu too mad. If allu want Dominica to move forward how you expect them to bing cat o nine back? we living in a democratic world my friends!!
don’t steal from big name places because it is important that the magistrate impress the big boys, if you steal from a little man you will only get to do community service or probation but thou shall not steal from no big name store. You must keep these store owners happy
I totally agree with the cat o nine – a flashlight mister thiefing man? Where’s your dignity….
I am appalled by the punishment. That’s an instance where the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. People fail to realize the person’s circumstance. He lives with an elderly family member with no electricity. There are folks in Dominica that deserve to be placed in prison but there are still walking the streets. For example, those for the murders of these young men found in the boat.
Make him clean the road side for three months dont feed him for stealing.
“Magistrate Candia George said: “You want to see light and you can’t afford, light a fire! Shine Union is not your paweh.”
Delivering a sentence to a criminal is one thing but can this magistrate gain some class ?!?
@Homeboy: Please bring back the cat o nine.
What a waste of resources. Give him 37 lashes with “Cat-O Nine” as opposed to feeding him in Stocky for 3 months!