Posted by KINGSTON, Jamaica – The home of Jamaica’s 2008 Olympic Games hero Usain Bolt, was broken into and robbed in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, as his younger brother Sadeke Bolt slept in another room of the house, unharmed, throughout the whole incident.
The irony is, this robbery took place just mere hours before Usain laced up his spikes in the city of Ostrava Czechoslovakia, more than 26 hours of flying time away, to bring more joy to the proud nation of Jamaica, located South of Florida, in the Caribbean sea.
His house, which is located on Lady Musgrave Avenue, St Andrew, was broken into sometime between the hours of 12 midnight and 4a.m.
It was reported that the robbers took electronics valued at more than US$1,100.
Deputy Superintendent of St Andrew’s Central Police Station Michael Phipps, confirmed the breaking in, which he said was reported by Sadeke Bolt, who also lives at the premises.
Sadeke, who was sleeping at the time of the break in, could not be reached for comment, but Usain’s mom Jennifer Bolt confirmed the incident.
According to Jennifer Bolt, amongst the items stolen were, digital cameras, cellphones and a laptop – which alone were valued in the region of US$1,000.
"Those were all they took," added Jennifer, who also said "Sadeke was in another room sleeping at the time".
The scene was processed and investigations are still underway.
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Oh Lord. This is so sad. Why would somebody wanna do such a thing. I am glad nothing happened to his brother though. People have to be extremely careful these days…Thanks for keeping us inform on this site, keep up the good work.
So sad..who di hell could do something like this…Why can’t these criminals stop robbing our heros.
And I hope nobody tells me maybe they did not know it was Bolt’s house, because somehow, I suspect they knew.
Its so sad to hear this news.
This unlawfulness needs to stop. The same person who is bringing positiveness to the country is the one whom they are cheating from…What’s wrong with these idiots….Quit these crimes for once and go work for your own.
Why was his street name and city given on the article? This just makes it more possible for others to do the same.
IT MUST BE SOMEONE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH USAINE AND HIS HOME!
They knew what they were going for and they took them.
Anybody want to bet that those nincompoops who stole from our hero has no idea how to use that laptop? an trus mi dem a go sell it fi $5.00
the gov should ketch dem an jail dem an let dem out wen dem need dentures.
Angella u r so ignorant to the present world….laptop, cell phone, digital camera? that sond like someone who know exactly what they were doing. It’s obviou that the perpetrators are trying to get evidence of some sort, maybe to blackmail or simply just to extort Bolt.