Essequibo labourer gets 12 months, fined $50K for larceny

– Porter granted $200K bail for similar offence

Cleveland Calestro, 31, a labourer of La Belle Alliance, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon–Supenaam), was jailed for 12 months and fined $50,000 for praedial larceny (theft of agricultural produce, livestock, fish, or farming equipment/inputs from farms and estates).
The crime was committed against Terry Bissoondyal, a taxi driver of Aberdeen, Essequibo Coast, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Anna Regina.

He appeared before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir at the Charity Magistrate’s Court and pleaded guilty to the charge. As such, he was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment and a fine of $50,000.
Meanwhile, Alvin Tucker, a porter of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, who was accused of simple larceny, was granted $200,000 bail by Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir.

Police stated that the act was committed on February 28, 2026, against Shania Rebai, a 21-year-old school teacher of Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast.
Tucker appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, where the charge was read to him, to which he pleaded not guilty after the Administration of Justice Act (AJA) was applied.
The prosecutor objected to bail, which was overruled by the Magistrate, who granted the accused bail in the sum of $200,000. He will make his next court appearance on April 1, 2026.