Two Women Arrested For Stealing Underwear

Johny Netty Lopez

Two women one who resides on Palmar Road, Orange Walk, the other from Ranchito Village, Corozal Town, are on remand tonight for stealing over two hundred pieces of underwear from a store on Orange Street in Belize City on Tuesday of this week. The duo was allegedly caught on surveillance footage and was escorted to court and arraigned for Theft. Donela Smith and Johny Netty Lopez are accused of stealing more than a thousand dollars in adult underwear and close to two hundred dollars worth of children underwear from Ingrid Perez, the owner of Siloe Store. The two initially pleaded not guilty and changed their plea to guilty. Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser denied them bail and remanded them into custody at the Belize Central Prison until January twenty-eighth, 2016. Their attorney attempted to get the matter back into court for bail hearing, but the duo will have to wait until this coming Monday. Smith and Lopez were detained at a bus terminal after they had been identified on surveillance camera.

Donaela Smith