He jacked a 75-year-old woman, and for his crime a man was today sentence to prison. 34-year-old Lester Bailar Smith appeared in Magistrate's Court today to answer to charges of theft.
At around 8:45 on the morning of June 26, a man ripped off 75 year old Sylvia Pollard's $450 gold chain as she was walking on Water Lane at the corner of Duck Lane. The man then ran down Duck Lane. Fortunately for Pollard, a passerby, Evan Gladden, spotted the snatcher and began to chase the thief on his bicycle. He could not hold on to him however as the man identified as Lester Smith, pulled out a knife. The pursuit was not fruitless though as Gladden managed to stop a police patrol vehicle, which later apprehended Smith.
In court today Smith gave an unsworn statement in which he claimed that it was not he who stole to chain, but that it was another man who he was with. That did not wash with Magistrate Henry Usher who sentenced him to three years in prison.
No sooner had he received that sentence than he was taken over to court number 4 where he was charged with burglary. Dorita Allen alleges that on August 15th Smith broke into her home and stole a number of household items. He has another burglary charge pending, and will additionally be charged for escaping from the Patrol Branch in August.
