Bert Aubert. * Photo from Facebook
One of nine people arrested by police in connection with a series of burglaries recently in Micoud has been denied bail after making a court appearance yesterday (June 8).
Bert Aubert, 19, of Micoud is accused of being involved in several burglaries in Micoud village between late Monday (June 1) and early Tuesday (June 2). Police allegedly found several bags containing some of the stolen items in his possession.
The teen is scheduled to reappear in court on July 6.
A relative told St. Lucia News Online (SNO) this morning, June 9 that the teenager is currently at the Micoud Police Station, awaiting transfer to the Bordelais Correctional Facility.
Reports are that between Monday, June 1 at about 11 p.m. and Tuesday, June 2, at about 4 a.m., Wayne’s Bakery, owned by Wayne Providence, was broken into and items such as flour, sugar, bread, lard, and butter were stolen.
The thieves unsuccessfully tried to break into Anto’s supermarket after a resident saw them and raised an alarm.
The crime spree led the criminals nearby to an unoccupied dwelling house from which clothing and electrical appliances were stolen. It is reported that the owner of Wayne’s Bakery, Providence, lives in the house, but he was off island at the time of the incident.
Investigations led police to search several houses located near the scene of the burglaries. During the search, some of the stolen items were recovered from one of the houses while a quantity of cannabis was discovered in another.
Police then arrested nine people, including eight teenagers as young as 15, and two females.
Aubert is the only one to have been charged in connection with the incidents. The other persons were released.
Aubert was charged for unlawfully possessing the stolen goods from the bakery and the house, as well as possession of cannabis in connection with the cannabis discovered in one of the houses. Some of the stolen items have yet to be recovered.
Aubert is reported to have been serving probation or a bond to keep the peace in connection with an altercation in which he allegedly wounded another male. He was initially on the run for several months before being caught.