By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A WOMAN was fined $500 in Magistrate’s Court yesterday for failing to declare funds in excess of $10,000 while travelling to Haiti.
Sabrina Jonassaint, 34, of Marsh Harbour, Abaco, stood before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on a charge of failure to declare.
On August 30 at LPIA, Jonassaint was arrested after she was found in possession of over $10,000 in cash while on her way to Haiti.
In court, speaking through an interpreter, Jonaissaint pleaded guilty to the offence. She explained that she had saved up the money working as a chef in Abaco and was only travelling to financially assist relatives back in Haiti. She asked for the court’s mercy as she said she only mistakenly went over the monetary limit.
Magistrate McKinney imposed a $500 fine on Jonassaint. She faces three months in prison if she defaults. The magistrate further ordered that $5,147 of the confiscated money be forfeited to the Crown.
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