Last Friday, a fight broke out on Pelican Street which is not too far from the home of the ComPol. In the scuffle, the ComPol’s vehicle that was parked in front of his house was damaged when it was hit by stones. Today, three minors and an adult well-known to the court were charged for […]
Two shareholders of Robert’s Groove of Placencia have been at war over the running of the company. Today, the matter was heard in trial by Supreme Court Judge, Sonja Young. Jean Marc Tesse, the majority shareholder of the resort is seeking an injunction to his removal as director of the resort. That removal, his attorney, […]
Belize City police have arrested and charged another suspect for the armed robbery of A and R store which occurred back on twentieth August. During the heist, robbers made off with twelve thousand, two hundred and seventy-nine dollars in cash. So far, three persons have been linked to the brazen daylight robbery, including a security […]
George Street associate, Kareem Lopez, who allegedly discharged a firearm Causing Public Terror on Douglas Jones Street following the Jouvert was granted Supreme Court bail in the sum of eight thousand dollars. The judgment was contained in a written ruling dated Wednesday of this week, but it was not until today that his attorney, Kathleen […]
On Tuesday News Five aired an interview with a Muslim woman who related a disturbing story to us. She is a victim of domestic abuse, and had applied to the Family Court for a restraining order against her husband. The case was called on September twenty-fourth, but when she tried to enter the court she […]
The Business Manager for MJ’s Bar, a well known and local spot in the city, located on West Collet Canal, was today before the court to answer to two counts of Employing a Person Not in Possession of an Employment Permit. Ray Herrera appeared before Magistrate Herbert Panton and pleaded guilty to the two charges. […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Miguel Segura, on interdiction for the manslaughter of Yolanda Valencia, was arraigned on a string of traffic-related offences, including driving with alcohol concentration above prescribed limit, on August nineteenth. It has since been confirmed that Segura’s blood-alcohol level was indeed above the legal limit. Segura was returning to Benque Viejo del […]
Gary Sewell has been behind bars since 2010 fighting an extradition request by the U.S. On July third, 2014, Justice Michelle Arana handed down a decision to extradite Sewell. But through his attorney, Anthony Sylvestre, Sewell is appealing that decision. Following the denial of the application to the Supreme Court for a habeas corpus, Sylvestre […]
A teenager who is only thirteen years and nine months of age is claiming that a young man she is acquainted with had sexual intercourse with her against her will. Police have detained twenty-two year old Enrique Poot Junior and this morning he was taken to court to face a single criminal charge of one […]
A thirty-nine year old man is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison accused of burglarizing a house and stealing about two thousand dollars worth of household items. Lance Samuel Welch, of Belize City, was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until December third, 2014, after Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser upheld the prosecutor’s objections. […]
Belize City resident, Allan Moody, is tonight serving his first night of a ten year jail term imposed upon him this morning in the courtroom of the Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith. Moody was found guilty of the charges of Kept Firearm and Ammunition Without a Gun License and sentenced to two, five-year jail terms […]
We reported on Monday that a businessman is alleging he was pistol whipped then robbed by a group of men who surrounded him as he walked on Wagner’s Lane in Belize City last Saturday. Today, three days after the armed robbery, police say they have two suspects and have detained Shane Budram, who was identified […]
A flood mitigation project is being funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, which is a good thing because the City Council seems to be chronically cash-strapped. A significant portion of the financial burden on City Hall is its sanitation debts to companies like Belize Waste Control and Belize Maintenance Limited. The situation where BML is […]
In a cleansing of the police department, three police officers were before the court today to answer to criminal offenses. First to be arraigned were two alleged rogue cops who have been fingered for attacking Belize City resident, Tramane Ciego. They are police constables Jefferson Gilbert Dawson of Belize City and Eber Depaz, of San […]
A third cop and his girlfriend were arraigned but were able to get bail today. Police officer Jamille Scott is accused of stealing jewelry and other items from the house of Randolph Gentle. He was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith for two counts of Theft for stealing a black hand-held radio valued at […]
Police say fifty year-old John Aaron Popper committed a number of criminal offenses when he breached a protection order to stay away from his ex-common-law wife, forty-one year old Cecilia Jackson. Allegations are that he also entered her house armed with a machete, threatening to kill her. Popper, who is a deportee, is also accused […]
There have been a number of weighty matters in the court this week. Today, Government suffered a blow in the Supreme Court in their legal battle concerning the takeover of the International Business Companies Registry and the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize, I.B.C. and IMMARBE. When the Government took over the Registries in June […]
There is another case which we reported on Tuesday against the government for which closing arguments were heard in the courtroom of Justice Shona Griffith. The Belize Bank Limited is taking government to court seeking enforcement of a final arbitral award of thirty-three million dollars plus interest in relation to a 2007 Loan Note for […]
Back to the courts on criminal matters…Two brothers Giovanni and his older sibling, Denton Requeña and their friend, David Sedacey, were freed of a very serious offense. They were acquitted of the Attempted Murder of Simeon Velasquez, who at the time of the incident was a minor. The case fell apart when Velasquez, who is […]
In the Supreme Court today, Justice Shona Griffiths heard arguments from The Belize Bank and the Government of Belize. The proceedings today concerned the enforcement of an arbitral award obtained by the Bank against the Government of Belize for thirty-three million Belize dollars plus interest. The Award originates from the Government’s failure to settle Universal […]
This morning, Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith heard closing arguments in the case against Police Corporal Darius Martinez. The cop was facing charges for Attempting to Corrupt a Public Officer back in May 2011. Martinez was accused by W.P.C. Stacey Smith of the GSU. At the time of the allegations, Martinez was working as a […]
Bahamians Rohn Knowles and Kelvin Leach, both legally embattled financial advisers, are tonight with their families after posting a hefty sum to secure their freedom. The duo had been in custody at the Belize Central Prison since September fifteenth when they were detained and arrested pending extradition proceedings. Knowles and Leach, who are wanted in […]
According to Courtenay, the rush to incarcerate Knowles and Leach led to procedural errors being committed by government’s attorneys. For his part, Smith also confirmed that the extradition request has not been made official. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for Kelvin Leach and Rohn Knowles “I think it was a procedural error on the part of […]
In September 2013, forty-nine-year-old Rudolph Tucker returned home to hisCotton Tree property only to discover that it was no longer his. The home, trees, and all his equipment had been removed, resulting in damages. The land had reportedly been taken away from him and given to two men, Dennis Williams and Gabriel Castillo. According to […]
Eighteen-year-old Rasheed Elijio was shot and killed in Punta Gorda Town in May 2013 while attempting to escape police custody. He was reportedly shot to the left side of the body in the Carib Reserve Area. It has been over a year since the incident and the family is finally getting some closure. Police Constable […]
