Burglar caught red handed in King?s Park

They say that luck favours the well prepared…and that adage proved true this morning for law enforcement authorities on mobile patrol. News 5?s Jacqueline Woods has more.

Jacqueline Woods, Reporting

Belize City police say twenty-seven year old Jason Fitzgibbon acted alone when he used this steel cutter to gain access into a downstairs window and into the offices of the Belize Mission of the Seventh Day Adventist in the Kings Park. The burglary occurred just after two this morning and authorities estimate it took Fitzgibbon only thirty minutes to steal an A.C. Unit, small refrigerator, two keyboards, three monitors, two CPU?s, UPS, a printer, three fans, a T.V. stand, along with assorted calculators and wall clocks. The items were then stashed away in an area outside presumable for later pickup and Fitzgibbon then left by jumping over a fence, but he did not get very far. A police mobile patrol not only caught the thief, but also his favourite tool.

G. Michael Reid, Police Press Officer

?Police also found a clipper with this individual and we believe he cut the burglar bars and took out some louvers and entered through a window.?

Today the window and burglar bar were replaced. Fitzgibbon, who is no stranger to the police, was charged with burglary.

Jacqueline Woods

?I think this is the second incident in recent weeks where by police, who have been on patrol, actually happen to stop a crime while in progress. I think the last one involved a hold-up. Are these rare instances here??

G. Michael Reid

?They are not. As a matter of fact, there are many instances you don?t hear about that indeed occurs. Police on patrol prevents lots of crime; a number of crimes are thwarted in the cat. Sometimes we don?t blow our horns loud enough, but certainly we need to highlight some of these efforts, commend the police officers who were on duty for their keen observance for situations and I think this shows that the patrols are working and are needed.?

Meanwhile the police ask neighbourhoods to remain vigilant and to call 911 if they suspect that a crime is occurring. Jacqueline Woods for News Five.