On Tuesday, five Cubans who were heading to the United States ended up in Belize when their vessel shipwrecked after they set sail from Honduras. They ended in Belizean waters and were rescued by a vessel that dropped them off in the area of the Supreme Court. This is where they walked directly into the […]
Former police officer Wilfred Garcia, accused of the murder of Luke Nunez Junior, was acquitted of that charge earlier today in the Dangriga Supreme Court. Nunez was stabbed twice to the chest and once to the back on December twenty-sixth, 2012. Garcia’s trial commenced back in July and after five days, Justice Denys Hanomansingh reserved […]
On Monday’s newscast, we reported on several shootings in the city following the 2015 Carnival Road March. The first occurred around nine-thirty p.m. on Curassow Street, about two blocks away from the Raccoon Street Police Station. As a female corporal of police socialized in front of her house along with friends and her common-law husband, […]
A third person linked to an alleged gun assault that occurred back in August was arraigned this morning before Magistrate Ladonna John. Belize City resident Barry Johnson was charged with Aggravated Assault with a Firearm upon Delbert Palacio. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded to the prison until October twenty-sixth, 2015. […]
Government gets to pay some one hundred and sixty two million dollars but how much has it spent on legal fees? There has always been speculation on that figure and at this afternoon’s press conference at the Biltmore Plaza, where cabinet also met prior to the announcement, the PM turned to the Financial Secretary, for […]
While employees of F.C.I.B. stage a sickout; in court this morning, one of five men linked to the July 2015 robbery of the bank received bail. Erwin Castillo now joins Jermaine Belgrave, Patrick Jones, Emmerson Skyers and Jareth Crawford who are out on bail granted to them on August twenty-first for robbery. Castillo’s bail was […]
US national, Timothy McNamara, was killed at Christmas on December 2014 at his farm in Boston Village, Belize District. At first the local police deemed it a suicide based on what his companion had reported, but investigations would indicate that he was in fact murdered. Police then issued a warrant for the arrest of McNamara’s […]
A B.D.F. solider has been arraigned for Unlawful Sexual Intercourse and Grievous Harm; he is twenty-nine years old and the alleged victim is fourteen. Late Friday evening, the B.D.F. soldier Kenneth Gary Swazo, a resident of Dangriga, was arraigned for the August twentieth, 2015 incident. Due to the sensitive nature of the offenses, no […]
A woman’s house was burglarized while she was at home and when she tried to confront the burglar, she and her daughter were attacked. But tonight, the alleged culprit is behind bars. Kevin Buller, who was before the court last week on an unrelated matter, was this morning accused of burglary and harm. Buller was […]
Eighteen year old Rick Chambers is serving his first night of a three-month jail term behind bars after pleading guilty to the robbery of a cell phone belonging to Luis Montenegro on September third, 2015. Chambers’ family was stunned at the sentence but because he saved the court’s time and has no previous record for […]
Twenty-four-year old female coast guard officer, Keyren Tzib, remains behind bars tonight; she was taken to court this morning for a second time on criminal charges. Tzib is on remand for the Manslaughter of her boyfriend, Thytis Blancaneaux. The violent incident occurred in July 2015 at the couple’s Lord’s Bank home. The two were hanging […]
Classes have just resumed, but tonight a student, who is a minor, is a suspect in the robbery of an even younger student. The incident happened on Princess Margaret Drive in Belize City. A fourteen year old student and his father both on foot and are from Ladyville, were pounced upon by three males who […]
A Western Pine resident, who had two unpaid drug trafficking bills, was escorted to court today on a third charge. He is twenty-eight-year old Andrew Smith, a resident of the mile eight community located on the George Price Highway. This morning, Smith picked up his third conviction when he appeared before Magistrate Deborah Rogers […]
Embattled politician Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez was slapped with additional charges today when he appeared in the Orange Walk Magistrate’s Court. The P.U.P. Orange Walk East Area Representative was charged with carnal knowledge; adding to six previous charges, including aggravated assault of an indecent nature and common assault, brought against him back in February. The […]
In court this morning, a trio was charged jointly with Handling Stolen Goods and one of the three was also charged with the theft of two air condition units from businessman, Sanjay Hotchandani. Elmer Trujillo, Celedonio Ortiz, and Fermin Zabaleta, all residing at Lord’s Bank were arraigned for handling stolen goods; they pleaded not guilty. […]
A seventy-two year old man of the Buttonwood Bay area, Belize City, claims he is the recent victim of theft and is accusing a Buttonwood Bay mechanic of stealing over five thousand dollars in cash from his personal Scotia Bank account. The theft took place within a two-week period in which eighteen cheques were cashed […]
Today, twenty-three year old Raheem Marsden, a resident of Belize City who was busted in possession of nine small parcels of marijuana, was arraigned at the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for the offense of drug trafficking. Marsden appeared unrepresented, but there was no objection to bail by the court prosecutor. Marsden was granted bail by […]
A Taiwanese businesswoman who was caught with eighteen undersized lobster tails at her business was today dragged to court on fisheries offenses. But she pleaded not guilty and is challenging the Fisheries Department to prove its case against her. Pin Yin Wu Li was read a single charge of possession of undersized lobster tails found […]
A room being rented in the city by Harold Perriott was burglarized last week Thursday. This week, two men were charged with the offense of handling stolen goods; one took the rap, while the other pleaded not guilty to two separate charges of Handling Stolen Goods. The first to be arraigned was Egbert Ferguson. Allegations […]
A man reported to police that he was robbed at gunpoint, but today in court, he claimed he never told police a gun was used and when he tried to withdraw the charge, the magistrate rejected his request. This morning, Mark Anthony Lopez appeared before Magistrate Ladonna John. Lopez is the brother of now deceased […]
A second suspect in the murder of a Mennonite businessman four years ago walked free today. On October seventh, 2011, Wendelin Reimer was shot and killed during a robbery at Eagle One Hardware Store located at mile four and a half on the Phillip Goldson Highway. While the robbery cost him his life, the robbers […]
Eighteen year old Jayear Flores of a Curassow Street appeared in court this morning and was charged for robbery. The charge stems from the robbery of a laptop bag containing two thousand one hundred dollars in cash, cheques and two deposit books from retired teacher, Eric Neal, an employee of the Saint Joseph Parish. This […]
B.D.F. soldier, twenty-eight year old Rigo Zuniga, is also in trouble with the law tonight for attempting to avoid paying Courts Belize for a flat screen television. Zuniga made a false report to police on June third, 2015 alleging that all his household items were destroyed in a fire. But police found out otherwise and […]
An eighteen year old student, Daniel Bradley, was back before the court today. In June he was accused of sexually abusing a fourteen year old girl, and today he was brought back for a similar offense. He appeared before Magistrate Ladonna John and was charged for one count of Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with another […]
Eaton Belisle, a Belize City bus driver is identified as the driver of a Mercedes Benz which collided into a Chevy pickup truck which caused the loss of life of two Belize City men. Belisle was arraigned for six traffic offenses this morning in the Belize City Magistrate Court before Magistrate Ladonna John. The charges […]
