Cpl. Oscar Itch is Arraigned for 10 Counts of Forgery

Oscar Itch

Also appearing in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court today was Corporal Oscar Itch; he was arraigned for ten counts of forgery, for which he pleaded not guilty. On Monday, the firearms section of the Belize Police Department in Belmopan was closed as an investigation ensued into the allegation of fraud. The investigation revealed that between December 2019 and June 2020, several persons were issued gun licenses that did not carry the signature and sealed authorization of the Commissioner of Police which is to be presented to a gun dealer for the purchase a gun. Further checks were made with the Firearms Clerk Office and those gun permits issued by the gun dealer also did not appear in the register. The investigations revealed that Corporal Itch was the only officer involved in the illegal firearms ring. It is alleged that he sold just under thirty licenses at three thousand dollars each. We caught up with Itch’s attorney today, Leroy Banner for a comment on the matter, but he told us that that his client informed him to not provide an interview.  Itch is set to reappear in court on the October twenty-eighth.