Man charged for allegedly stealing woman's phone in Hanover
Published:Tuesday | March 5, 2024 | 12:28 PM
Twenty-four-year-old Javaine Crooks, otherwise called 'Ratty' of Montego Hills, St James, has been charged after he allegedly stole a woman's mobile phone along Industry Cove district, Hanover on Friday.
he is charged with larceny from the person.
The police say about 9:30 p.m., Crooks allegedly attacked a woman as she made her way home from work, and grabbed her cellular phone from her hand.
An argument ensued and Crooks refused to return the cellular phone, a black Samsung A11, valued at $25,000.
The woman reported the incident to the police and Crooks was arrested and charged on Monday.
He is scheduled to appear in the Hanover Parish Court on March 27.
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