Newspaper editor Alfonso Noble, who is named in the suit, is being represented by Senior Counsel Michael Young. Both Young and his client reiterated that what was published in that edition of the Guardian is based on the freedom of the press to express statements on matters of public interest. Those statements, they contend, were […]
In October of 2015, a well-known notorious street figure, Edward Albert Robinson was targeted by gunmen but he escaped the shooting and instead a bystander, Jamil Betancourt, was fatally shot and killed. The gunmen were believed to be two known Supal Street residents. And on October twentieth, 2015, police escorted twenty-two-year old Devon Sankey, and […]
Glenford Baptist, who is serving a twenty-five-year sentence for his part in a murder, has picked up another charge that could lead to further time behind bars. Baptist, who is the longest serving member on death row, was before the court today to answer a charge of drug trafficking for sixty three grams of marijuana […]
A preliminary inquiry in the case of slain newspaper journalist Kareem Clarke was held in the magistrate’s court on Monday. Clarke was allegedly shot and killed by a minor on July sixth, as he was riding his bicycle near the intersection of Lakeview and Vernon Streets in Belize City. The minor, it is reported, is […]
A constitutional challenge filed by Belize City resident Allison Major in which he disputed the amended firearm act, concluded in the Supreme Court earlier this week. The suit came on the heels of the arrest and imprisonment of Major in April 2012, when police stormed into a residence and detained a family of seven for […]
An elderly Sand Hill resident was hit on the head with an axe in a family dispute this past Sunday in the village. Eighty-four year old Nicholas Ozaeta Senior had to be rushed to the hospital for treatment by his son and later requested court action against his own daughter, Lily Ozaeta. Lily was detained […]
Businessman Jitendra Chawla was in the headlines and in court earlier this year over rice importation. Today, Chawla took three employees to court for stealing from his store a pack of Triple AAA batteries, valued at two hundred and eight dollars. The three employees are David Fuller, Jose Moralez, and deft mute, Oliver Flowers. Moralez […]
A Guatemalan national residing in San Martin Village, Belmopan is facing five criminal offenses tonight. It all went downhill for Victor Sagatume after police searched and found on him point two grams of cocaine on Sunday while the cops were on mobile patrol through Taylors Alley in Belize City. While he was being escorted to […]
Almost a month ago, a cyclist of the Hattieville area was crushed by a bus. Today, thirty-four year old Hattieville resident and bus driver, Franco Audinett was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser. He was read three traffic offenses: manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, and drove motor vehicle without due care and […]
After numerous adjournments, twenty-five year old coastguard officer Keyren Tzib, who is accused of the July second, 2015 stabbing murder of her estranged common-law husband, Thythis Blancaneaux, learnt her fate. And it was not good news when she appeared in court this morning. Following a preliminary investigation, Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith ruled that there […]
Three persons, a Mexican national and two Belizeans, were busted at the departure lounge of the P.G.I.A. on Tuesday. Today, they were taken to court on separate charges after they were found in possession of a significant amount of undeclared cash, over a quarter million Belize dollars. The trio was about to leave Belize to […]
Today, Iranian-American businessman Michael Modiri went public for the first time since it was allege in January 2016 that he was the intended victim of an execution plot. In a sensational story which dominated the news for weeks, American investor Bradley Paumen was accused of putting a hit on Modiri and three other persons. Paumen […]
But back to Paumen…He’s the millionaire owner of Dark Night Cave Tours, and as we said, the man who was arrested and charged for organizing and paying for a hit on Michael Modiri early this year. It got somewhat complicated, but Police investigators believed that the motive was land. Modiri owns the land in Frank’s […]
The way forward for Paumen, Modiri and Dark Night caves seems fraught with obstacles, even with the judgment handed down in the Supreme Court today. Modiri claims that in an ideal scenario, access to the caves would be opened up to local tour operators so that one man doesn’t make all the money. It sounds […]
A fifty-year old granny from Carmelita, Orange Walk, has been fined ten thousand dollars for attempting to smuggle four hundred grams of weed into the Hattieville prison. Florence Chuc pleaded guilty to drug trafficking when she appeared before Senior Magistrate, Sharon Fraser for the incident which happened back on September fourth 2011. As a first […]
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the case of Rosalia Castillo who was found not guilty of the stabbing death of Carla Perez in December 2010 and sentenced to twelve years in prison. On the night of the fatal stabbing, Castillo and Perez were reportedly at an establishment in Cayo when a young man made […]
The Angelus Press Limited which is located just across from the Queen Street Police Station was burglarized during the Easter holidays. The police did not detect that a crime was taking place nearby, but surveillance camera footage captured the image of the burglar. Late this evening, thirty-eight year old Anthony Morris Junior, a Customer Care […]
An alleged sexual offender was arraigned this morning before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. Forty-two year old Irvin Pitts was arraigned on a single charge of rape which reportedly occurred on Saturday, April second, 2016. A woman is claiming that around three o’clock that morning, she was sexually abused by Pitts who was transporting her […]
Another case of sexual assault was before the Chief Magistrate today. Twenty-six-year old Lorenzo Garbutt is accused of raping a minor four times in the period between March twenty-fifth, 2015 and March thirtieth, 2016. Tonight the fisherman, a resident of Faber’s Road, is on remand at the Belize Central Prison, for four counts of unlawful sexual […]
One of two persons accused of executing a broad daylight robbery at River Valley Supplies Gas Station in Scotland Halfmoon was granted Supreme Court bail today by Judge Troadio “John” Gonzales. Twenty-two year old year old Trevor McFoy received bail of eight thousand dollars but was having trouble meeting it as of this afternoon. Conditions […]
On the eve of his thirty-ninth birthday, notorious street figure, Roger Anthony spent the night in lockdown at the Queen Street Police Station for the possession of a miniscule amount of controlled drugs which the Gang Suppression Unit says it found on him. Anthony was taken to court in hand cuffs this morning for one point four […]
Thirty-nine year old Javier Constantino, a Belize City resident, was before the court on Wednesday for a charge of common assault but an old conviction came back to haunt him and landed him behind bars. The new charge of common assault relates to an incident against his brother Corey Constantino which occurred on March twenty-eighth, […]
This morning, ten months after their arrests, the Santa Cruz Thirteen were back in court. A police raid in the early hours of June twenty-fourth of last year, resulted in the arrest of twelve villagers from the southern community of Santa Cruz and MLA Spokesperson Cristina Coc. A number of officers descended on the homes […]
Tonight, Coastguard officer Keyren Tzib remains at home as she waits to learn her fate in the stabbing death of her common-law husband, Thythis Blancaneaux. He was fatally wounded on Saturday, July eighteenth, 2015 at their home in the Lord’s Bank area, Ladyville, on the Phillip Goldson Highway following a domestic dispute. This morning, Tzib […]
Following the arrests of Trevor McFoy and a seventeen-year-old student for allegedly robbing a gas station in Scotland Half Moon, officers attached to Rural Eastern Division have come under fire for reportedly beating up the two suspects. Both young men were arraigned before Magistrate Deborah Rogers on Monday. Immediately after their court appearance, Senior Counsel […]
