Security guard, businessman charged with theft of solar panels from Bartica School

Shawn Caesar, 26, a security guard of Two and a Half Miles, Bartica, Potaro Road, Essequibo appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s on Wednesday to answer to a charge of Simple Larceny.

The accused pleaded not guilty and was placed on $90,000 bail with the condition that he report to the Bartica Police Station every last Friday of the month until the trial commences.

Meanwhile, Sunil Ramcharan, a 44-year-old of 1st Avenue, Bartica, Essequibo River, was also charged with the offense of receiving stolen articles.

He too pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of $100,000.

The matter was then adjourned to May 15, 2024.

A 27-year-old security guard is the main suspect in the theft of four solar panels from the Two Miles Primary School in Bartica.

The men were charged in relation to the theft of four solar panels from the Two Miles Primary School in Bartica.

On Monday, Melanie Gardener, the school’s Canteen Manager was cleaning in the vicinity where the panels were stored and observed that four of the panels were missing. As a result, she brought it to the Head Teachers’ attention, who later reported the matter to the police.

Acting on information received, the police visited the home of the Bartica businessman, who gave them some information; the guard was then contacted and questioned, and he admitted to the theft.

The businessman was further questioned and he took the ranks to a vehicle where two of the panels were stored; he then went to the roof of his building, removed two other panels and handed them over to the police.

Both the guard and the businessman were told of the offense committed, cautioned, arrested, and placed into custody.