By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was sentenced to two and half years in prison yesterday after admitting to a recent housebreaking crime in New Providence.
Magistrate Samuel McKinney arraigned Antonio McCartney for housebreaking, stealing, and receiving.
The defendant reportedly broke into a residence and stole a sum of cash from the property owner.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the housebreaking and stealing charges; the receiving charge was subsequently withdrawn.
McCartney was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for the break-in charge.
He was also ordered to pay a fine of $200, return the stolen cash or risk an additional month in prison.
Inspector Deon Barr served as the prosecutor.
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