Singer in San Juan robbed

A LAVENTILLE man was caught redhanded by police early yesterday morning with a bag of cellphones and cellphone accessories, which he and another man allegedly stole from the San Juan branch of Singer. The 21-year-old man was also held with a 9 mm pistol and 15 rounds of ammunition.  Senior police officers said he will be placed on a series of identification parades to determine if he is a “customary robber.” His accomplice remained at large up to late evening. Police said it was around 8.30 am that officers of the San Juan Sub Station received information that the Singer branch was being robbed.  A party of officers, headed by Cpl Paul and others responded to the call and caught the suspect leaving the Singer premises, located at Saddle Road, San Juan.

The man, police said, had the items in a bag over his shoulder.  It is reported that the suspect and another man entered the Singer compound and went upstairs where they robbed a female cashier of an undisclosed sum of cash. The suspect was held with some money, but police sources said they weren’t certain if it was stolen cash. A worker at Singer told Newsday that about seven employees, including managers and credit managers, were in the store at the time and were all traumatised.  The workers all gave statements to the police yesterday and staff from the head office in Trincity was called to the San Juan branch to run the business for the day. Cpl Paul is continuing investigations.