Woman Admits Trying To Cash Check Stolen In Armed Robbery

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A 24-year-old woman who was arrested after she tried to cash a cheque for $3,000 that was taken from an armed robbery victim has pleaded guilty.

Danella Mia Knowles changed her plea in the middle of her trial before Justice Joyann Ferguson-Pratt.

Knowles changed her plea to guilty after jurors viewed surveillance footage of her trying to cash the check at the Carmichael Branch of FirstCaribbean International Bank on July 22, 2022.

A bank teller testified that while processing the cheque, she saw an alert on her computer that prompted her to call the police, who came and arrested Knowles at the bank.

Knowles, who was on bail, has been remanded to prison pending a sentencing hearing that will commence on Friday.

Her former co-accused, Mark Rolle Jr.,  maintains his not guilty pleas to armed robbery and kidnapping.

Vashti Glinton testified that she was accosted by two men, one of them armed with a gun, as she was about to open the Coral Harbour Food Store around 6:20 a.m. on July 22.

Glinton said the men demanded cash and she gave them $700. After getting the money, the robbers forced Glinton into her husband’s truck and took her into bushes where they tied her up and demanded more money.

Glinton, who testified that she doesn’t use bank cards, said she wrote the assailants a check for $3,000.

She said the gunman, whom she identified as Rolle, cocked the gun and warned her: “This is for you if the cheque doesn’t go through.”