31 year-old Mark Faber, a resident of Biscayne Village, is spending the first night of a 7 and a half-year prison sentence after he was convicted of burglary in Magistrate's Court. 2 police officers testified in his trial before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith that at around midnight on January 21, 2013, they caught Faber in the act of burglarizing Burritos Place, while they were on mobile patrol at the Burrell Boom Junction.
The officers told the court that they saw him pushing his hand into one of the wooden windows of the shop, so they detained him. They searched him and discovered 13 dollars' worth of snacks, belonging to the establishment, and they charged him with burglary and handling stolen goods.
When he was given a chance, he could not provide an adequate defence, and he even put himself at the scene on the night in question.
After considering the evidence presented before her, Chief Magistrate Smith ruled that the prosecution provided adequate evidence which proved Faber's guilt.
Because this is his second conviction for this offence, she sentenced to spend 7 years and 6 months in prison.
