By LAUREL V WILLIAMS Tuesday, May 13 2008

TWO men, including a TSTT employee, appeared before magistrates in San Fernando yesterday to answer charges of larceny of cellular phones valued over $20,000, from a TSTT office.

Daurelle Salazar, 33, appeared before deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington in the first court charged with larceny of $19,593 worth of cellular phones and accessories. The charge alleged that sometime between March 28 and April 1, Salazar stole eight phones and cellular phone accessories, from TSTT’s St James Street, San Fernando offices. The father of one pleaded not guilty.

Wellington remanded Salazar into custody for tracing. The matter was transferred to the Fourth Court and postponed to May 15.

In the Third Court, TSTT employee Lester Lake, appeared before magistrate Alicia Chankar and pleaded not guilty to stealing a cellular phone valued $1,799. Court prosecutor Sgt Robin Rampersad, read the charge which alleged that sometime between February 12 and April 1, Lake stole a Sony Ericsson cellular phone from the St James Street, San Fernando office where he works. Lake was granted $10,000 bail and the matter was adjourned to May 16.