Eamon Courtenay is the attorney for Fiesta FM, the station on which it was said Cervantes caused the offensive recording to be broadcast. But Courtenay claims that the recording from Fiesta FM was never introduced into evidence, so Vega has no case against his client. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for Fiesta FM “That is where […]
Williams admits that indeed, he has been forced to rely on secondary evidence because they could not get a copy of the allegedly offensive broadcast. He’s hoping that the Justice will allow that secondary evidence. Their case against Fiesta FM and even against Ramon Cervantes Jr. depends on it. Rodwell Williams, Attorney for Gaspar […]
A mother of seven children, forty year old Stephanie Moreira, who is a resident of Iguana Street, Belize City, will have to spend time behind bars for using insulting words to Georgia Curry and causing harm to Shasta Flowers. This morning, Moreira pleaded guilty to charges before Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith and was sentenced […]
A driver of the Human Services Department appeared in court this morning and pleaded guilty to causing harm to a fourteen year old child. Forty-one year old Frederick Neal was accused of causing injuries to the young girl when he attempted to discipline her for a love bite on her neck. The incident occurred on […]
There is another investigation ongoing by the Crime Investigation Branch in which a well-known Belize City tailor is at the center of a sexual assault allegation. A fourteen year old is claiming that on more than one occasion, sixty-six year old Felipe Santiago Montejo touched her inappropriately. Today in court, Montejo was arraigned on a […]
A school warden appeared in court today and was charged with claiming upon a forged document. She is Shanile Faber, who is related to Tanisha Sutherland who in May of this year was accused of theft and eleven counts of forgery from her former boss. A number of cheques were reported missing and one of […]
Tonight, a warrant for his immediate arrest has been issued against thirty-year old Gilbert Alamilla, who is the well known performing artist, “Mister Program”. This follows his conviction in absentia for aggravated assault and using obscene words to Corporal Aniber Castellanos. In court, the officer testified that Alamilla kicked him in his chest and used […]
Forty-seven-year-old David Nanes Schnitzer, a Mexican/American businessman wanted for defrauding thousands of investors while serving as president of Stanford Group Mexico, pleaded guilty to uttering upon a forged document in magistrate’s court this morning. Nanes was busted in San Pedro last Tuesday when he was found in possession of a fraudulent driver’s license. He was […]
A police officer assigned to the Orange Walk formation is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being charged for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Thirty-one-year-old Police Constable Hector Esquivel appeared in court this afternoon before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer, where he was read a single count. It is alleged that on […]
Wilfred Ramirez was the youth who police caught with a sawed-off shotgun during the funeral of street personality, Julian Willoughby back in May 2014. Today, Ramirez changed his not guilty plea to guilty for the offenses of Kept Prohibited Firearm and Ammunition and was sentenced to four years behind bars in the courtroom of Chief […]
On election eve, police in San Pedro made the arrest of a high profile international figure wanted by International Criminal Police Organization who has been residing in the island for more than two years. David Miguel Nanes Schnitzer has reportedly obtained Belizean nationality, driver’s license and social security status under a different name. Schnitzer is […]
A single mother of five children, Odette Lambey, who was accused of placing the hand of her five year old son over a flaming stove causing him to sustain second degree burns, was sentenced on Tuesday. Lambey pleaded guilty to Grievous Harm but was spared jail time and instead the Chief Magistrate, imposed a nine […]
Tonight, a Belize City resident is accused of having unlawful sex with a foster child from a child care home in the City. Nineteen year old Guillermo Silva, of Antelope Street Extension, was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court before the Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith this morning. A fifteen year old girl claims that […]
Sentencing took place today by Judge Adolph Lucas, of Viola Pook who set her common-law-husband, Orlando Vasquez, on fire on December thirty first, 2008. Pook was sentenced to eight years behind bars last week minus the time she has served since the incident. After calculations, today Pook learnt that within a year or less she […]
A delegation of leaders of the Maya Communities in the south sat today in the chambers of Justice Michelle Arana where by teleconference a decision was delivered by the Caribbean Court of Justice. The ruling was delivered by a panel of six justices headed by CCJ President, Sir Denys Byron. The CCJ reaffirmed that the […]
A resident from Teakettle is free of the charge of murder after spending twenty-four years in jail for the killing of his father in 1991. Leroy Arnold was set freed today by Judge Adolph Lucas, ending more than two decades of imprisonment. A number of factors led to his freedom. During a trial after the […]
Two other men were also freed today after being accused of kidnapping a youth near Faber’s Road. Businessman, Amir Reid and Construction Worker Alexander Lopez, were accused in March of this year of forcing Abel Lara Junior into a vehicle. Lara Junior also claimed the men took him up the highway and before they could […]
Viola Pook, the woman who doused her common-law husband Orlando Vasquez with kerosene on New Year’s Eve of 2008, and set him on fire was sentenced today by Judge Adolph Lucas. The judge imposed eight years in prison on her less time she has already served. Pook has been diagnosed with Battered Women Syndrome after […]
Three Belize City men accused of the November twenty-third 2012 murder of B.D.F. soldier James Noralez learnt their fate this morning. Noralez’s bullet ridden body was found lying on the pavement at the intersection of Faber’s Road Extension and the Western Highway. Judge Troadio Gonzalez ruled that Tyrone Meighan, Orel Leslie, and Brandon Baptist had […]
Tonight, thirty-one-year-old Thomas Card is serving more time behind bars after he was slapped with five additional years behind bars at the conclusion of his trial for the wounding of his ex-common-law wife. Card was accused of beating Claire Kelly unconscious on Freetown Road in front of her five year old daughter. The incident […]
A protest was held today in Punta Gorda where another court appearance of the Santa Cruz Thirteen took place before Magistrate Emerson Banner. Supporters gathered around the courthouse in solidarity with the thirteen Maya leaders who were charged on June twenty-fourth for the unlawful imprisonment of Rupert Myles. Myles, the husband of a Maya woman, […]
A trio of Belize City men, accused of the November 2012 murder of Belize Defense Force soldier James Noralez, appeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez today where submissions in the matter concluded this afternoon. Twenty-two-year-old Tyrone Meighan, twenty-seven-year-old Orel Leslie and thirty-year-old Brandon Baptist are awaiting their fate when a Supreme Court decision is handed down […]
A claim against the Government of Belize filed by businessman Mike Menjivar, proprietor of La Cabana Restaurant and Bar, was dismissed this morning in the Supreme Court. The protracted legal battle followed a raid on Menjivar’s residence in Belmopan in May 2011. The lawsuit fell apart today when his attorney failed to comply with specific […]
According to Menjivar, the dismissal of the matter will force them back to the drawing board. The case against government however, will only rear its head in another form. Miguel Menjivar, Suit Against G.O.B. Dismissed “They had abused in such an extreme way all of our things, business, family, rights and everything. So, I […]
A decision was handed down today in the Supreme Court of Judge Adolph Lucas in a trial of judge without jury in which a San Pedro man was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. Jason Reyes was accused of the fatal stabbing of Lionel Pinelo on November fifth, 2010 in front of […]
