ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – A St Andrew man has been slapped with two charges after he reportedly broke into dancehall artiste KipRich’s Portmore, St Catherine apartment.

Charged is 21-year-old Kemar Jones of an 11 Miles Bull Bay, St Andrew address.

The unemployed man was on Monday charged with housebreaking and larceny following his arrest last week, a source close to the entertainer told the OBSERVER ONLINE.

It was reported that the culprit broke into the deejay’s apartment between 10:15 and 10:45 am on March 11 and took off with name brand sunglasses, jewellery and cash.

READ: Kiprich robbed of US$39,000 worth of jewellery at Portmore Airbnb

Last Thursday afternoon, KipRich had a change in fortune and he collected his chain and Rolex at the Constant Spring Tax Office in St Andrew from an alleged bus driver after following several leads. He did not, however, recover the cash that was stolen.

READ: Kiprich retrieves chain and Rolex, but no money

“Mi know how the cash woulda go, mi just glad say mi get back the Rolex and the chain. Respect to the street network, the police and the fans for all their help,” KipRich told OBSERVER ONLINE last week.

KipRich said he got an Instagram message from a female fan that she knew the whereabouts of the culprit, who had burglarised the unit he had been staying in Portmore.

The artiste said he jumped on a bike and zoomed off to downtown Kingston early Thursday morning.

At first, he was unsuccessful, then he returned two hours later with his brother and another friend. This time, the reconnaissance mission yielded success.

“About five minutes after we reached, we saw him crossing the road towards a bus. So my brother and my friend got out and tracked him. The police arrived later and grabbed him,” KipRich revealed.

After being interrogated by the cops, the man finally revealed that he had already been robbed of the cash by “some bwoy”, but he had given the jewellery to another man for “safekeeping”.

“When I called that bredda, he started to tell he was a fan and that he had tried to contact a producer to reach me so I could get back my things. But mi just push through to the matter at hand, him is a bus driver and him never want to show up his face, and he agreed to leave the chain and Rolex at the Constant Spring tax office,” he said.

The deejay eventually retrieved the items.

“When I reached the tax office, a man saw me come in and gave me a scandal bag with the items. I still have the black scandal bag,” KipRich joked.

The deejay had reported last weekend that an Airbnb apartment that he was renting was broken into by a lone thief who got away with more than US$50,000 (approximately $7.6 million) in cash and other valuables.