Accused in bogus land sale nabbed in police sting

Joseph Stewart

Joseph Stewart, held in a police sting operation earlier this week, was yesterday charged with conning two persons out of $300,000 by pretending he could get them land at Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

It is the police’s case that sometime between September 5th and September 6th, Stewart obtained $150,000 each from Trevlyn Mason and Nolan McGusty by pretending that he was in a position to obtain for them a plot of land at Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, knowing the same to be false.

The unrepresented Golden Grove, East Cost resident appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the