Man charged after allegedly stealing electronics from a Kingston home

Detectives assigned to the Kingston Eastern police division have charged a 21-year-old man with the theft of electronic items from a house in the parish in April.

He is Daniel Walsh of Giltress Street, Kingston 2, according to a police statement issued Sunday.

According to reports from the Elleston Road police, the incident occurred about 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, after a woman securely locked her bedroom door and went to bed.

Upon waking, she allegedly discovered that her cell phone was missing. A further check revealed that her house had been broken into, and several items had been stolen.

Among the missing items were a Samsung Galaxy A04E smartphone valued at $18,000, a black 15-inch Lenovo laptop worth $40,000, a black Samsung Galaxy A14 valued at $25,000, a 10-inch tablet costing $25,000, and a 14-inch Lenovo laptop valued at $20,000.

The woman raised an alarm, and Walsh was later reportedly seen attempting to sell a laptop resembling one of the stolen devices.

A report was subsequently made to the police, and a search of Walsh’s residence was conducted.

He later turned himself in and was arrested and charged following a question-and-answer session in the presence of his attorney.

Meanwhile,the Clarendon police have charged 43-year-old Jerome Green, otherwise called ‘Blacka Pearl’ of Hazard Drive in May Pen, with simple larceny following an incident in the parish on February 13.

The May Pen police report that the complainant rented a jackhammer to Green for four days.

Green reportedly did not return the equipment to the complainant.

The incident was reported to the police, and Green was subsequently arrested.

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