By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A TEENAGE boy admitted to breaking into a store on John Chipman Street last month and stealing items worth over $500.
Magistrate Algernon Allen, Jr., charged the 13-year-old, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, with shopbreaking, damage, stealing and causing harm.
A guardian was present during his arraignment.
The defendant and accomplices reportedly broke into Gibson’s Petty Shop and caused $138.60 in damage to a white security screen between 11.30pm June 1 and June 2. The suspects reportedly stole $590.50 worth of grocery items belonging to Michael Gibson.
The defendant also allegedly injured a fellow TA Thompson Junior High School student during a fight on February 2.
While the defendant pleaded guilty to the stealing charges, he entered a not-guilty plea to the causing harm charge.
He will be remanded to Simpson Penn until his probation report is produced on October 3.
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