Man offers to pay for item he claims he did not steal

A man who told the court that he would take responsibility for repaying a store owner for an item he claimed he did not steal was admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000.

Anthony Fernandes, 54, is accused of breaking and entering the home and business place of Joanna Wang at Broad Street and stealing a hardware item valued $18,000.

Fernandes, who resides at Lot 264 Grove Housing Scheme,