Three years for chain-snatching spree

Robbing four women of their chains in a ‘snatch and go’ spree has resulted in a Bartletts Tenantry, Sargeant’s Village, man being sentenced to three years in prison, less the time he has spent on remand.

Mario Leon Harris appeared before Acting Magistrate Shakieda Sealy and admitted robbing Makiya Brathwaite of a chain valued at $5 000 on November 5, 2024; Kerrie Blackman-Francis of two chains valued at $4 500; Shanice Jordan of a $500 chain; and Destiny Coward of a $100 chain less than two weeks later, on January 4, 2025.

Sergeant Kenmore Phillips said Brathwaite had been walking along Broad Street when she spotted a man standing close to the Royal Shop. He walked past her, but soon afterwards she felt a tug on her chain from behind. She turned and saw that it was the same man. He ran off, and Brathwaite received scratches on her neck.