Jerome Omar Waterman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 20 theft, criminal deception, and forgery offences over a three-year period.
Standing in the dock of the No. 5 Supreme Court before Madam Justice Pamela Beckles, the resident of 3rd Avenue Bannisters Land, Martindale Road, St Michael, admitted to the crimes, which occurred between June 2017 and June 2020.
He forged multiple cheques, using them to fraudulently obtain cash, shoes, and car parts.
The charges include:
On June 19, 2017, he forged and uttered a bill of exchange purporting to be an RBC Limited cheque made payable to Ryan Ray Clark in the sum of $1 100 with intent to defraud Fusionz Boutique, knowing the same to be forged and; that he obtained one pair of shoes valued $220 and $880 in cash from Fusionz Boutique by virtue of a forged RBC Limited cheque made payable to Clark in the sum of $1 100; that on December 23, 2017, he forged and uttered a bill of exchange purporting to be a RBC Limited cheque made payable to Bruce Holder in the sum of $1 200 with intent to defraud Fusionz Boutique, knowing the same to be forged and; that he endeavoured to obtain one pair of shoes valued $220, three pairs of slippers valued at $225 and $775 in cash from Fusionz Boutique by virtue of a forged RBC Limited cheque made payable to Holder in the sum of $1 200.
On that same day, not being in his place of abode, he had with him a Barbados identification card bearing the name of Bruce Holder — an article for use in the course of or in connection with theft, and that he attempted to dishonestly obtain from Fusionz Boutique a pair of shoes, three pairs of slippers and $755 in cash by virtue of a forged instrument purporting to be a RBC Royal Bank of Canada cheque payable to Holder for the sum of $1 200, knowing the same to be forged.
On May 28, 2018, with intent to defraud, uttered a certain forged bill of exchange to Welches Road Post Office, purporting to be a CIBC First Caribbean International Bank Limited cheque payable to Omar Alex Harris in the sum of $ 1 436.66 drawn on the account of the National Insurance Benefit Payment Scheme, knowing the same to be forged, and endeavoured to obtain the same sum from the post office by a forged instrument.
On October 21, 2017, with intent to defraud he forged and uttered bills of exchange purporting to be RBC Limited cheques made payable to Nassco Limited in the sum of $2 494.20 and $1 503.83, knowing the same to be forged; that he obtained from car parts in the value of $2 494.20 and $1 503.83 by virtue of forged RBC Bank cheques, knowing the same to be forged; that he dishonestly obtained the car parts by uttering the forged bills of exchange, which he presented as good and valid for the payment of the sum.
On June 30, 2020, he stole two weed whackers, two chain saws, and one welder, worth $11 542, belonging to Williams Equipment Limited.
On June 10, 2020, he stole two weed whackers, two pressure washers and one chain saw, valued at $11 543.78.
Senior State Counsel Kevin Forde prosecuted the case, while Senior Counsel Angella Mitchell-Gittens represented Waterman.
The case has been adjourned until February 26, when the court will hear the details of each charge.
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