Last November Eugene Bailey and Raymond Montes were arrested and charged for burglarizing Lucky Star Supermarket on Central American Boulevard. Bailey and Montes allegedly entered the store and stole $2000 in cash and a stash of groceries. Police arrived on the scene before they could escape, so both men fled into the freezer in the back of the building where they were found chilling and were detained. Both men pled not guilty to a charge of burglary and were denied bail.
They appeared in the Magistrate's Court today, where Montes stuck to his original plea of not guilty. However, Bailey had a change of heart and pled guilty. The new plea was accepted, however Montes's charges were not withdrawn and he was remanded back to prison until his trial.
Bailey is currently serving a 5 year sentence for possession of a firearm and ammunition without a license, and was in the news earlier this year when he briefly escaped police custody. And so today, he was sentenced to an additional 7 years in prison, which is to be served consecutively with his current sentence - meaning he will end up serving 12 years.
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