Fish vendor placed on $1,500 bond for theft

Amanda Mason has been told to stay out of trouble for the next year, if she wants to avoid going to prison for six months.

The 21-year-old fish vendor of Ottley Hall appeared at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court yesterday, August 31, before magistrate Carla James, and was placed on a $1,500 bond for one year or spend six months in jail if she breaches the bond.{{more}}

This, after Mason pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of groceries from Save-A-Lot supermarket, valued at $109.

On August 25, at about 1 p.m., an employee had been viewing the surveillance cameras when he saw the defendant walk into the supermarket with a diaper bag and begin placing powdered milk and other items into the bag.

Mason was then observed walking past the cashier without paying for the items.

She was stopped by the security guard and, following a search, the items were recovered from the bag. (KW)