By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A WOMAN was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday after admitting to stealing $2,600 from someone’s Bank of the Bahamas account.
Patrice Wilchcombe, 52, appeared before Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on charges of stealing, money laundering (acquisition) and money laundering (possession).
On November 4 in New Providence, being concerned with another, it is said Wilchcombe stole $2,600 from a Bank of the Bahamas Carmichael Road account. It is further said that between November 4–7 in Grand Bahama she was found with the stolen funds knowing the money was the proceeds of crime.
In court, Wilchcombe pleaded guilty to all three charges. The judge ordered the accused to fully compensate the complainant for the stolen funds or risk a year in prison. For the remaining charges, Wilchcombe was given six-month sentences at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, to be served concurrently.
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