MONTEGO BAY, St James — Described as known thieves, Oneil Dennis and Jason Stephenson pleaded guilty to stealing two motorcycles from Irwin Police Station in St James but Judge Natiesha Fairclough-Hylton has decided not to send them to prison.

Instade the judge is hoping that having them watched for the next two years will make them change their ways.

“For the next two years, you will be working with the probation officers to become better citizens. I do that because I understand that both of you never had an easy upbringing, especially you, Mr Stephenson,” Fairclough-Hylton told the men when they appeared before her in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday.