By KEILE CAMPBELL
Tribune Staff Reporter
kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
THREE young men accused of breaking into two New Providence businesses and taking phones, iPads, a cash register and a Sonos speaker worth more than $6,200 were each granted $4,000 bail after pleading not guilty yesterday.
Makhai Knowles, 22, also known as “Muggy”, Devonte Gilbert, 18, also known as “Gully”, and Joshua Strachan, 23, appeared before Senior Magistrate Kendra Kelly on charges of shopbreaking and stealing over break-ins at Wood U Furniture on Madeira Street and Luxxe Bundles on Marathon Road.
All three are charged in connection with an October 14 break-in at Luxxe Bundles, where merchandise worth $5,607.49 belonging to Watson Pierre is said to have been stolen.
According to the charges, the items included an orange Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max valued at $1,410, two pink Apple iPads worth $638.40, seven Samsung Galaxy A17 phones worth $979.30, five Samsung Galaxy A16 phones worth $596 and two Samsung A37 phones worth $684, along with assorted phone screens, charging cables and phone cases.
Knowles and Gilbert are also jointly accused of breaking into Wood U Furniture between 6pm on October 7 and 7am on October 8. Prosecutors allege they took a black cash register valued at $165, a white Sonos music box worth $400 and $80 in cash, a total of $645.
Knowles faces a further charge of receiving. He is accused of dishonestly receiving five iPhone Lightning cables and eight assorted iPhone LCD screens worth $167.75 on October 14, knowing they had been obtained through an offence.
Gilbert was separately charged with unlawful possession after police said he was found with a blue iPhone and a pink iPhone at Burial Ground Corner on October 19. Police allege the phones were reasonably suspected of being stolen or unlawfully obtained, and that he gave no satisfactory explanation for having them.
Sergeant Vernon Pyfrom, who prosecuted, did not object to bail.
Knowles must sign in at the Wulff Road Police Station every Monday and Friday before 6pm. Gilbert must sign in at the Central Police Station on Mondays and Fridays, and Strachan at the same station every Friday, both also before 6pm.
The case was adjourned to January 25, 2027.
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