St Catherine, Jamaica – A person who pleaded responsible to evading a toll price and stealing a tag from a plaza sales space has been slapped with fines totaling greater than $100,000 by the St Catherine Parish Court docket.
The accused, Dwaine Williamson, driver of a Toyota Probox, was fined:
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$10,000 or 5 days for toll evasion
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$4,000 or three days for possession of an offensive weapon
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$100,000 or 30 days for easy larceny
The sentence was handed down on Tuesday by Appearing Senior Parish Court docket Choose Janelle Nelson-Gayle.
Williamson was unrepresented in court docket.
In line with police stories, on June 5, a lawman touring alongside the freeway close to Caymanas noticed Williamson’s car bypass the toll with out cost. He then reportedly stopped, stole a toll tag, and sped off.
A close-by checkpoint was alerted, and Williamson was intercepted shortly after. Police say they recovered the stolen toll tag and located a machete beneath the motive force’s seat.
He was taken into custody and later charged with easy larceny, toll evasion, and possession of an offensive weapon.
Investigations are ongoing.
