Venezuelan gets 12 months in jail for simple larceny

A Venezuelan national was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for simple larceny on Wednesday.

Janithan Garcia, 28, of North Road, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a charge that between March 19 and 20, 2022, at Cummings Street, Bourda, he stole a Samsung Galaxy cellular phone valued $200,000, a pair of Timberland sneakers, valued $29,000, and a pair of Aldo sneakers, valued $16,000 – a total of $245,000 – being the property of Sharmilla Watson.