THE 14-year-old pregnant girl caught with marijuana was yesterday placed on three years probation.
And one of the conditions of her sentence is attending parenting classes.
The four-months-pregnant Pleasantville teen was grounded and denied use of her cellular phone by Magistrate Melvin Daniel after her first appearance in the San Fernando Second Court last month.
She was charged with having three grammes of cocaine in her possession and was placed on $40,000 bail.
The court was told that PC Joaneal Coomansingh, attached to the San Fernando City Police, and other officers were on patrol duty along Sinanan Street in Vistabella, San Fernando, three weeks ago when the teen was stopped and searched.
She told the court she was holding the illegal substance for Devon Wankin, the 21-year-old father of her unborn child. Wankin has since been charged with having sexual intercourse with a minor. He is on $50,000 bail and will reappear in court next Wednesday.
In passing sentence yesterday, Daniel told the girl that she needed to assist the probation officers, or she will have to return to court for sentencing.
"The court is concerned and displeased with the non-cooperation given," he said, after learning of her past meeting with probation officers.
"Slow down a bit. Right now, you are in gear three or four. Get down to gear one," Daniel told the teen. -Nikita Braxton
And one of the conditions of her sentence is attending parenting classes.
The four-months-pregnant Pleasantville teen was grounded and denied use of her cellular phone by Magistrate Melvin Daniel after her first appearance in the San Fernando Second Court last month.
She was charged with having three grammes of cocaine in her possession and was placed on $40,000 bail.
The court was told that PC Joaneal Coomansingh, attached to the San Fernando City Police, and other officers were on patrol duty along Sinanan Street in Vistabella, San Fernando, three weeks ago when the teen was stopped and searched.
She told the court she was holding the illegal substance for Devon Wankin, the 21-year-old father of her unborn child. Wankin has since been charged with having sexual intercourse with a minor. He is on $50,000 bail and will reappear in court next Wednesday.
In passing sentence yesterday, Daniel told the girl that she needed to assist the probation officers, or she will have to return to court for sentencing.
"The court is concerned and displeased with the non-cooperation given," he said, after learning of her past meeting with probation officers.
"Slow down a bit. Right now, you are in gear three or four. Get down to gear one," Daniel told the teen. -Nikita Braxton