One charged after robbers chased off

Local residents chased off three hold-up men on Wednesday night as they were shaking down a man who had just come out of the Ebenezer Church on Antelope Street in Belize City. The victim, Marvin Dales, told police that around nine p.m., three men on bicycles came up to him as he was walking to his car. One pulled a small handgun and took away his cell phone, gold chain and wallet. A group of neighbours saw what was happening and angrily approached the robbers. The trio ran off in such a rush, they dropped two bikes, a shirt, a cap, and their gun holster. Dales identified one of the robbers, Eugene Bailey, who lives not far from him on Raccoon Street, and he was picked up and charged with robbery today in Magistrate’s court. He was remanded to Hattieville Prison until August twelfth.