Sascha Wil­son

Se­nior Re­porter

sascha.wil­son@guardian.co.tt

Po­lice have re­cov­ered a tele­vi­sion be­long­ing to a col­league that was stolen dur­ing a re­cent bur­glary at Cy­press Hills, San Fer­nan­do. The item was found in an aban­doned apart­ment in the com­mu­ni­ty on Mon­day.

Act­ing on in­for­ma­tion, of­fi­cers of the San Fer­nan­do Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment (CID) went to an apart­ment at Cy­press Hills short­ly af­ter 1.30 pm, where they searched a unit in Build­ing 32 that ap­peared to be un­oc­cu­pied.

Dur­ing the search, of­fi­cers dis­cov­ered a 55-inch TCL tele­vi­sion along with sev­er­al oth­er items.

The own­er, a 42-year-old po­lice con­sta­ble who lives at Mont­gomery Dri­ve, lat­er iden­ti­fied the tele­vi­sion as his.

He had re­port­ed that around 5 pm on March 1, he se­cured his home and left. How­ev­er, up­on re­turn­ing around 10 am on March 25, he found the lock on the met­al door bro­ken.

Miss­ing were a flatscreen tele­vi­sion val­ued at $5,800, a hu­mid­i­fi­er, a blue Ama­zon Echo Dot, a grey Ama­zon Echo Dot, two pairs of Le­Bron James sneak­ers, a black ket­tle, and var­i­ous pieces of po­lice-is­sued equip­ment.

Po­lice said sev­er­al fin­ger­prints were re­cov­ered from the scene and an ar­rest is im­mi­nent.

When Guardian Me­dia vis­it­ed the area yes­ter­day, res­i­dents were re­luc­tant to speak on cam­era but com­plained of a rise in break-ins in re­cent months. They called for in­creased po­lice pa­trols in the com­mu­ni­ty.