Sanikah Allen, STAR Writer

GREEN ISLAND, Hanover:

A St James woman, who is accused of stealing a cellular phone during a bus ride, was offered bail in the sum of $50,000 in the Green Island Resident Magistrate' s Court in Hanover, on Wednesday.

Pauline Hamilton-Mitto of Unity Hall in St James pleaded guilty to charges of simple larceny. RM George Burton gave her an April 15 date to return to court.

Allegations are that the complainant, Norma McKenzie, was travelling in a bus when she lost her Motorola phone. When she asked the driver if he saw the phone, he gave her information that led to the accused woman.

It is said that the complainant's phone was discovered after Mitto was subsequently found in the Lucea Bus Park and searched by the police.

During her court appearance, Mitto told the judge that she found the phone on a seat in the bus.