Mentally-ill man smashes car windshield, steals cash
…after failed attempt at forced home entry
A man who has been described as mentally unstable allegedly broke into a car by smashing the windshield, after failing to gain entry to a home he is suspected of attempting to rob.
This door has been destroyed by the mentally-ill suspect in his attempt to forced entry into the house
The incident occurred at about 2:30h on Thursday at Reliance, East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Home occupant Terrence Bascomhas said he was asleep, but was awakened by the sound of someone trying to force entry into his house.
“We heard someone wrenching the door. When he couldn’t get access, he started hitting on the windows. He then tried another door and wrenched it out, but he couldn’t get in because I have grills,” the 32-year-old Bascom, an employee of the Regional Democratic Council, explained. “I was so traumatised. I didn’t believe people would do this to me.”
Not being able to gain entry into the home, the would-be intruder then went to Bascom’s car and began smashing the windshield.
According to Bascom, about $300,000 in cash was removed from the vehicle along with important documents. Bascom is also alleging that the same man had broken into his car last Saturday and stolen an undisclosed sum of money.
The suspect has been described as a well-known individual in the community whom police frequently apprehend and take to the National Psychiatric Hospital.
“Every time the police hold him, they take him to the Psychiatric Hospital for two days, and then he comes out back,” Bascom stated.
Police arrived on the scene shortly after the incident, but by then the man had already made good his escape.
