Security Guard Arraigned in A & R Robbery

Leroy Ciego

And in the Magistrate’s Court… A security guard of the A and R Store on the Phillip Goldson Highway was arraigned for conspiracy to commit robbery before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. Twenty-eight year old Leroy Ciego is the first to be charged for the robbery, but it is believed he assisted in the commission of the crime. No plea was taken from Ciego, but before leaving the court room, he asked the Chief Magistrate for permission to speak. An unrepresented Ciego told the court that he had nothing to do with it and did not want to go to jail for something he didn’t do. But because the robbery was committed with a firearm, bail could not be granted and Ciego was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until October ninth. Just after the close of business last Wednesday, armed masked men stormed on to the A and R Compound and terrorized workers and their children, who were still inside the establishment. Approximately thirteen thousand dollars in cash was stolen.