By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
COLOMBIAN man was remanded to prison after he was accused of fraudulently having guest cards for the Atlantis and Margaritaville resorts.
This same man was fined $1,000 after he admitted to overstaying.
Freddy Carvajal, 29, with the assistance of an interpreter stood before Magistrate Kendra Kelly on charges of attempted fraud by false pretences, overstaying and two counts of unlawful possession.
It is alleged that on February 7, Carvajal gained access to Aquaventure water park at Atlantis by false pretences, with entry being valued at $190.
On that same day the defendant is further alleged to have been in possession of 12 guest cards for the Atlantis and Margaritaville resorts, reasonably believed to be stolen.
Then on February 13 Carvajal was charged with overstaying in the country after only being granted a two-week stay upon his arrival on December 29, 2022.
In court the defendant pleaded guilty to overstaying while pleading not guilty to the remaining charges. Carvajal also claimed he found the guest keys on the floor of the Atlantis casino.
Although the defendant initially argued that he had attempted to apply for an extension of his stay by email, he accepted that he had failed to apply for it properly.
As such he was fined $1,000 for the overstaying charge with the recommendation that he be handed over to immigration officials for deportation following the end of his trial.
Regarding his remaining charges, as prosecutor Sergeant Vernon Pyfrom objected to bail on the basis that Carvajal is a flight risk, it was denied and the defendant was remanded back into custody.
Carvajal’s trial will begin on February 21.
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