Man charged with robbing church

September 29, 2025

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division have charged 39-year-old Robert Barnett, otherwise called 'Mogo' of North Edgewater Avenue, Portmore, in the parish, with sacrilege following an incident at a church on Cecile Avenue, Edgewater on September 13.

Reports from the Portmore police are that at 11:30 p.m., Barnett forced open a sliding window, entered the church, and stole a bag containing $3,000 and a Samsung keyboard valued at $175,000. A security system was triggered when he entered the building, and he was caught inside by members of a security company who had responded to the alert. The police were contacted, and Barnett was handed over to them.

He was formally charged on Saturday, after he was interviewed in the presence of his attorney. His court date has not been finalised.

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