4 ladies charged for purchasing with stolen debit card

Photograph: Deandra Parham, charged with card theft

by Charles Gladden

BELIZE CITY, Tues. Dec. 27, 2022

4 ladies who went on a pre-Christmas purchasing spree at a lot of shops utilizing a stolen debit card appeared on Friday, December 23, within the Justice of the Peace’s Court docket in Belize Metropolis, the place they have been charged for the offense. The ladies, who collectively spent a complete of roughly $7,000 on gadgets that reportedly included groceries and alcohol, are Candice Parham, 37; Kecha Miller, 35; Catherina Cadle, 32; and Deandra Parham, 21.

The debit card utilized by the ladies belonged to Symone Ogbujil, 29, who reportedly final had her purse in her possession on December 16, however didn’t discover that it was lacking till three days later, on December 19. On that very same day (December 19), she filed a report that her purse, which contained her Atlantic Financial institution debit card and her ID, was lacking. Police then started an investigation, throughout which they discovered that, for the reason that reported disappearance of the purse, a lot of purchases had been made at a number of shops with a debit card belonging to Ogbujil. They later recognized the 4 ladies because the individuals who had made these purchases.

Police first apprehended Candice Parham and Catherina Cadle, then on Thursday, December 22, Deandra Parham surrendered herself into police custody.

Final Friday, the 4 ladies appeared in court docket unrepresented and have been charged with a single depend of card theft. Solely one of many 4, Deandra Parham pleaded responsible to that cost. In accordance with Parham, who confessed to utilizing the cardboard to buy a complete of $5,165.00 of products, she had discovered the debit card. The opposite three ladies, nevertheless who reportedly used the cardboard to make purchases totaling $1,642.00, pleaded not responsible.

Deandra Parham, who apologized for what she had performed, was not given a jail sentence, however was as a substitute fined $2,500 plus a $5 court docket price, which she must absolutely pay by March 31, 2023. In any other case, she must serve 4 months in jail. She was spared a extra extreme sentence as a result of, in keeping with the Justice of the Peace presiding over the case, she was a primary offender who appeared sorry for what she had performed, and he or she promptly pleaded responsible, which saved the court docket time. The three different ladies have been every granted bail of $1,500 and one surety of the identical quantity. They’re scheduled to return to court docket on February 20, 2023.

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