Taxi driver lands on misappropriation charge

A taxi driver, who is alleged to have fraudulently converted funds given to him to buy spare parts, was on Friday released on $60,000 bail after he denied the charge.

The charge against Michael Belle, 54, of East La Penitence, stated that on November 16, he fraudulently converted $95,000 to his own use and benefit, which was the property of Dianne Persaud, who entrusted the money solely to him.

Belle, the court heard from Prosecutor Deniro Jones, collected the money from Persaud to