Twenty-three-year-old labourer Devonte Brown, otherwise called ‘Rasta’ of Prosper district in Lucea, Hanover, has been charged with embezzlement in relation to an incident in the parish capital on Thursday, February 15.

Reports from the Lucea Police are that about 3:00 p.m., Brown and two other men were tasked with exchanging a quantity of goods and collecting a sum of money in return. The goods were successfully delivered and the sum collected; however, it was not handed over to the person who had contracted them for the job. A report was made after they failed to hand over the money, and Brown was taken into custody. He was charged, and his court date is being finalized.