45 year-old Henry Humes, a stevedore from George Street was arraigned for obtaining property by deception when he appeared in Magistrate's Court today. It is alleged that he stole Lisbet Castillo's $5,000 vehicle - but it wasn't your standard car-theft - his was a sly and crafty maneuver.
On Wednesday, Castillo, a 53 year old employee of the Income Tax Department, made arrangements via telephone with a man for her white Chevy Metro vehicle to be transported from her workplace to the mechanic shop.
She said that the man told her that he would send someone to come pick it up, so when Humes showed up at work pretending to be the person sent to pick up the vehicle, she didn't question it and handed over the keys.
When she checked back with the man with whom she made the arrangements, he told her that he never did send anyone and that he didn't know who picked up the vehicle.
As a result, Castillo reported the vehicle stolen, and police eventually recovered the vehicle in Humes' possession.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge in court today, and was granted bail of $7,000, but due to fact that he couldn't meet it, he was taken to prison this evening. He will remain there until he can meet bail at a later time.
He is to return to court on May 23.
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