Man charged for stealing sheets

A 55-year-old man was arrested by the police after he was allegedly caught stealing sheets at a house in Hope Pastures, St Andrew on Sunday.

The man, Devon Brown, of no fixed address, has been charged by the Matilda's Corner police with housebreaking with intent.

Reports are that about 9:30 p.m., the police were alerted to a home on Monterey Drive in Hope Pastures, where Brown was caught packing sheets in the home. He was accosted and a machete was taken from him.

He is booked to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on February 8.