SEVERAL charges have been laid against two men following a housebreaking incident in Cox Piece, St Mary, between Wednesday, April 15 and Thursday, April 16 as well as the daylight theft of a goat in Carron Hall, St Mary, last Friday.

Charged are 39-year-old Tadroy Gibore of River Road, Gayle, St Mary; and 47-year-old construction worker Shawn Fagan of Mount Edgecombe, Runaway Bay, St Ann.

They are facing charges of housebreaking and larceny, larceny of cattle, transporting agricultural produce without a receipt, and operating contrary to the terms of a road licence.

Reports from the Gayle police are that about 2:00 pm on Wednesday, a man securely locked his premises and left.

He returned a day later and discovered that it had been broken into and a 30-inch television, a DVD player, and a clothes iron, worth a combined value of $41,000, were missing. Several articles of clothing, shoes and perfumes valued at 176,500 were also stolen.

In the second incident a man was in his yard when he observed a white Toyota Probox, with two men aboard, at his gate. He reported that one of the two men exited the vehicle, entered the yard, and grabbed one of his goats.

The goat was then placed into the trunk of the vehicle and they sped off. The goat owner made an alarm and the police were alerted.

The cops managed to intercept the vehicle in another section of the parish and both men were arrested. A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of the items which were stolen in Cox Piece district a few days earlier. The men later confessed to stealing two goats and led the cops to where they had hidden them.

Gibore and Fagan were charged on Saturday, April 18 after a caution statement and a question-and-answer session.

They are scheduled to appear in the St Mary Parish Court on Thursday.