By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was fined $2,000 yesterday after admitting to having police body armour that he claimed he found in the garbage last week.
He was also fined $500 for stealing two car batteries from government trucks at the Department of Marine Resources.
Magistrate Lennox Coleby charged Dwayne Johnson, 36, with possessing body armour and stealing.
Johnson was arrested near Hammerheads bar on Bay Street after police on October 29 found black body armour with the letters CDU printed on it in his car. Following his arrest, Johnson told authorities he found the body armour in the trash and claimed he was going to give it to police.
He is accused of stealing two car batteries from government Nissan trucks at the Department of Marine Resources on October 27.
After pleading guilty, the accused apologized. He said he was intoxicated during the incidents.
He was fined $2,000 on the body armour charge and could spend 12 months in prison if he fails to pay the fine. Half of this debt must be paid before his release.
He was further fined $500 for the theft charge and could spend three months in prison if he fails to pay. He was also ordered to compensate the government $300 for the batteries or risk an additional three months in jail.
The accused must return to court for a payment report on November 3.
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