By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was sentenced to three and a half years in prison yesterday after admitting to receiving several stolen cars in New Providence over the past two months.
Senior Magistrate Kendra Kelly arraigned 23-year-old Geovany Octavien on six counts of stealing and three counts of receiving stolen property.
Prosecutors allege that Octavien and his accomplices stole a silver 2013 Nissan Note, valued at $6,000, from Rashad Sturrup on January 27. He is also accused of stealing a burgundy Nissan Cube, valued at $6,500, from Michelda Laguerre on January 29, and a 2012 silver Nissan Note, valued at $6,800, from Janestine Dejean on January 31.
Octavien was reportedly found in possession of several of these stolen vehicles earlier this month.
While he pleaded guilty to the receiving charges, Octavien pleaded not guilty to the stealing charges.
He was sentenced to three and a half years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS).
The trial for the remaining charges will begin on April 15.
Sergeant Vernon Pyfrom served as the prosecutor.
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