Minor charged in robbery of laptop

A Belize City teenager is tonight behind bars, accused of stealing a laptop. According to court reports, Errol Gentle of More Tomorrow Village was walking on Neal’s Penn Road around five last Thursday evening when two young men armed with a handgun held him up. The minors demanded Gentle’s silver Dell laptop computer. When the victim refused, his attackers beat him up, took the device and ran off. Gentle immediately reported the incident and later that same day he identified a sixteen year old boy as one of his assailants. That teen appeared in court today where he was read the charge of robbery in the presence of his mother. Because the offence involves a firearm no plea was taken and the minor has been remanded to prison. Police say they continue to search for the second youth involved in the incident. The weapon has yet to be recovered.