The Tribune

By NICO SCAVELLA

Tribune Staff Reporter

nscavella@tribunemedia.net

THREE men between the ages of 22 and 25 yesterday pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining a number of Hyundai vehicles from a local rental company during the latter part of last month.

Sean Roberts, Akeem Storr, and Sean Bain all admitted to committing multiple fraud related offences stemming from their actions between February 15 and 24 concerning vehicles from Avis Rent-A-Car.

Regarding Roberts and Storr, both men admitted they fraudulently obtained a Hyundai Accent worth $400 from Avis Rent-A-Car near the British Colonial Hilton on February 15, and again fraudulently obtained another Hyundai Accent worth $900 from the same agency on February 27.

Roberts also pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining a Hyundai Accent worth $850 from Avis Rent-A-Car on February 17, and another Hyundai Accent worth $1,200 on February 25.

Bain and Storr also pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining both a Hyundai Accent worth $500 and a Hyundai Tucson worth $600 from Avis Rent-A-Car on February 17, and also admitted to fraudulently obtaining both a Hyundai Accent worth $900 and a Hyundai Tucson worth the same amount on the 20th of that month.

Bain and Storr also admitted to fraudulently obtaining a Hyundai Elantra worth $1,000 from Avis Rent-A-Car.

The matter was ultimately adjourned to Thursday, at which time the Crown will read of the summary of the facts and hear pleas in mitigation from their attorney Ian Cargill.

They were remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services in the interim.