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(PLTM) - Irone Lafranco who stole items amounting to $729.25 from VI Pet Planet, was sentenced to pay a fine of $2200.
The Magistrate’s Court handed down this decision when Lafranco made an appearance earlier today, September 21st.
The accused, who pleaded guilty to the charge of theft in an earlier appearance, was ordered to pay $2000 or serve 4 months in prison for the offense, in addition to an extra $200 to compensate the store for an item that was not replaced.
According to the allegations, sometime between March 20th and April 20th 2016, the accused stole items which included brushes, scissors, aprons, bandannas, clipper oil and clipper guards, from the store.
The court heard that after the owner of the company realized several things were missing, she questioned the defendant, who then stated he had no knowledge of them.
It was noted that Lafranco was the only employee of the establishment at the time.
After missing other items, the owner asked the lone employee again and he gave the same response.
Police were summoned to the scene and began their investigations into the matter. In questioning the lone employee, he informed officers that he would like to speak to his boss one last time.
The court heard that Lafranco then came clean, informing the store owner that he had indeed taken the items and knew of their whereabouts.
He was subsequently arrested and charged.
In mitigation, the accused told the court that he had stolen the items to cut his own hair.
“I took the clippers to cut my own hair. I didn’t take it to groom dogs. I cut my own hair.”
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