{"id":344262,"date":"2025-07-03T14:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=344262"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:02:46","slug":"grand-bay-man-fined-and-given-suspended-sentence-for-theft-and-malicious-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/grand-bay-man-fined-and-given-suspended-sentence-for-theft-and-malicious-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Bay man fined and given suspended sentence for theft and malicious damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-290620\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Court.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Court.png 632w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Court-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yannick Phillips Charles, a male adult residing in Grand Bay and living in Roseau, has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft and malicious damage of a Samsung phone valued at $379.00, and a sum of US$100.00. The phone, model 414CAB, belonged to Jean-Noel Bonnie of Good Hope, who resides in Porterville.<\/p>\n<p>In relation to the malicious damage, Charles was fined $500, payable by September 30, 2025, with a default of three months&#8217; imprisonment if not paid. For the theft of the phone, he was ordered to pay $379.00 in compensation by July 3, 2025, with a default of three months&#8217; imprisonment. For theft of\u00a0 US$100, he was ordered to pay a compensation of $291.00 by August 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he received a suspended sentence of three years.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, any offense involving dishonesty committed between July 3, 2025, and July 3, 2028, will automatically activate the sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yannick Phillips Charles, a male adult residing in Grand Bay and living in Roseau, has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft and malicious damage of a Samsung phone valued at $379.00, and a sum of US$100.00. 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