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Man charged with public mischief after falsely reporting he was robbed

By Prince Moore
  
A man who falsely reported to the police that he was robbed in Portland has been charged with creating public mischief.
 
He is 31-year-old Joel Reid of Snow Hill district in the parish.
 
The police say on March 8, Mr. Reid reported that he was robbed of a rented Toyota Axio motor car sometime after 3:00 a.m. in Port Antonio.
 
He reported that the robbers posed as policemen.
 
But on Friday March 10, Mr. Reid was among three men charged following a robbery in Snow Hill.
 
He reportedly confessed to lying that he was a robbery victim and was subsequently charged.  


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