A couple on holiday who was robbed at Goodman\u2019s Bay on Thursday, yesterday appealed for the return of items they believe will be useless to whoever stole them.<\/p>\n
American resident Vernon Grant and his wife Jacqueline Rosenthal-Grant were enjoying a day at the beach when they discovered that someone had smashed their rental car window.\u00a0 The thief stole Mrs. Grant\u2019s purse, which contained approximately $2,000 worth of items, including two pairs of prescription glasses, a journal and clothes.\u00a0 They said cash was also stolen.<\/p>\n
Mr. Grant said the journal was special to his wife because she used it to document their travels together since their honeymoon two years ago.\u00a0 He said although he was born in the United States, he spent some of his childhood in The Bahamas and visits the country frequently.\u00a0 He said while he had heard stories about the country\u2019s crime problem he did not want to believe them. Mr. Grant said the couple\u2019s first three days of vacation were wonderful. Earlier in the week, they spent time on the same beach where they were later robbed.<\/p>\n
He said the incident made him look at the country in a different light. “The initial shock was I don\u2019t want to come back to this place anymore; it\u2019s terrible, we don\u2019t like anybody,\u201d Mr. Grant said. \u201cAll the good experiences, you just forget.<\/p>\n
The couple implored the thief to take the journal and other personal items that were stolen to a police station so they can be returned. Mrs. Grant\u2019s purse was on the floor of the car between the back seat and front seat. Mr. Grant said because the car windows were tinted the thief would have had to look inside the car to see it. He said he thinks if there was a police presence on the beach the crime would have been prevented.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The robbery] was really such a shock because it was the middle of the day and it\u2019s a fairly decent neighborhood,\u201d Mrs. Grant said. \u201cI felt violated and really afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n
In late July, a U.S. Embassy official was robbed at the beach with his family in western New Providence, an embassy official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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