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Thieves break into senior citizen’s home, cart off TV

Feb 25, 2010 News

While senior citizen, Rachael Stanley, enjoyed blissful rest on Tuesday night last, two bandits broke into her house and carted off a television set that was in her living room. The intruders were apparently thirsty since they also visited Stanley’s refrigerator and feasted on several bottles of aerated drink she kept there.
One of them then left the half empty bottle of drink where the television once stood.
Stanley lives with her grandchildren at 343 Savage Street, North East La Penitence, and operates a small grocery shop in a structure adjacent to her home.
She said that she retired to bed around 21:00hrs leaving the television in the living room. Ms. Stanley said that she awoke around 06:00hrs and was about to turn on the device when she discovered it missing. Puzzled, she tested the main door and found it still secured. Further checks revealed that the thieves had entered through the eastern window of an unoccupied bedroom.
More perusal revealed that the thieves had attempted to enter through a western window but aborted their efforts after discovering that entering by that means was almost impossible.
Ms. Stanley said that her son is a freelance journalist who spends most of his time in Berbice. She said that he had only recently paid her a visit and had returned to the Ancient County about three days ago. Several of her other children are residing overseas while her eldest daughter lives at another location with her husband and children.
The building also houses a tenant in an apartment adjoined to the back of the house.
Shortly after making the discovery, Ms. Stanley said that she visited the Police Outpost at East Ruimveldt. She said that only one officer was on duty and he informed her that he could not leave his post. The officer further advised the distraught woman to return later in the morning for a rank to accompany her to the house.
In the meantime, Ms. Stanley said that she decided to carry out further investigations. She said that one of the drivers at a nearby taxi service told her that two men fetching a television set had attempted to hire a taxi from the base. The taxi driver told her that he became suspicious and told the men that his vehicle was not working. They left shortly afterwards and flagged down a car about 100 metres from the base.

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