Two U.S. felons to be extradited
Two U.S. citizens are behind bars tonight awaiting extradition to their homeland. Forty-nine year old Michael Mendenhall was arrested in San Pedro on April twenty-ninth on charges of using indecent words and obtaining property by deception following an altercation with the manager of a shop in that island town. Subsequent investigations by the Belize Police Department with INTERPOL revealed that Mendenhall was wanted by cops in Florida for violation of parole as well as several sexual offences.
The same fate befell forty-year-old Paul Lenney, who was arrested on La Isla Bonita on April twenty-ninth for burglary after he allegedly duplicated a key to a liquor store and was regularly using it to stock up on booze and smokes. While that charge was eventually dropped, the same INTERPOL inquiry that snagged Mendenhall also implicated Lenney, who is wanted in Texas for attempted murder and violation of parole. The two men are cooling their heels in Hattieville while Uncle Sam and Belmopan complete the paperwork. It is not known whether the pair will have to go through the sometimes-lengthy formal extradition process or will simply be expelled quickly as undesirable aliens.