The Coye Family was back again in court this morning because even though they were exonerated of a money laundering charge, their assets remain frozen. In a raid of their house in December of 2008, approximately one point five million dollars were discovered and the family’s assets and bank accounts were subsequently frozen. Well it’s […]
The FIU had indicated that it would appeal the ruling of the Appellate Court. But the forty-two days in which that leave of appeal would have had to been made to the Caribbean Court of Justice has already elapsed. That aside, however, Saldivar says that his clients are still facing the challenge of the unpaid […]
A woman, who allegedly made threats against another woman to allegedly set her house on fire with all her family members inside, was before the court today to answer to two serious indictable offenses. She is thirty-eight year old Belize City resident, Hilda Locario Kelly, who was arraigned for threat to damage of property and […]
Thirty-five-year-old William Rubio appeared this morning in the court room of Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith where he was slapped with charges for four criminal offenses. Two counts of aggravated assault with a hammer upon his common-law-wife, thirty-year-old Virginia Lopez, and upon his stepdaughter fifteen-year-old Reina Lopez. He was additionally charged with two counts of […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Andy Alford, a resident of Burrell Boom, was convicted of drug trafficking at the conclusion of his trial before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. Alford, who was unrepresented, was charged with drug trafficking of one hundred and thirty-three grams of cannabis. The bust was made by police officers from the Burrell Boom area, who […]
The Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith today sentenced a Belize City man to three years in prison for the indecent assault of young girl. Thirty-eight Edelmiro Oliva was found guilty of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature. The Chief Magistrate said that, “These kinds of cases are prevalent and we must ensure we send a […]
Special Constable Jose Haylock, who was charged jointly with his girlfriend, Corrine Diane Martinez, was convicted late this evening before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith for firearm and ammunition offences. The couple was busted in February 2012, at their residence on Louise Bevans Street. Inside their home police found a point twenty-two pistol and eleven […]
On Tuesday, twenty-two-year-old Melvin Antonio Avilez Cruz, a Honduran national was found living in Belize illegally. Cruz, who was unrepresented, appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser where he was read a single charge for being illegally in Belize. He pleaded guilty and was fined one thousand dollars and was ordered to pay forthwith or in […]
Forty-three year old Rueben Cox, a resident of Biscayne Village, has been sentenced to seven years in prison effective today, after being found guilty of burglarizing a building at Croc Land in April 2013. Cox had been arraigned from his bedside at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital eight days later, after falling from a beam […]
Meanwhile a Belize City youth was spared jail time when his attempted murder case was thrown out of court. Forty-eight year old Marco Obdulio Valle was shot once in the head on New Year’s Day 2013, as he was purchasing food at Battlefield Park. His recovery has since been a long and arduous process. Valle’s […]
Tour operators Yhony Rosado and Vitalino Reyes both share a history of rivalry with each other. In December 2013, Rosado and Reyes became embroiled in a physical altercation and were later summoned to appear in court where they were charged with the offense of disorderly conduct. Today, the trial of the two men began before […]
Shortly after Patrick Bevans was gunned down in the Jane Usher Boulevard area early this morning; police set chased after a teenager who they caught up with and who was seen handing over a gun to a businessman. The weapon turned out to be a license nine millimeter pistol which belonged to Edward Westby, a […]
George McKenzie Junior was hauled before the courts on Thursday morning accused for the murder of fifty-seven year old Alfonso Cruz. Cruz was killed on the night of April twelfth as he stood inside his yard on Rhaburn’s Alley. Four days later, nineteen year old McKenzie Junior was picked up by police, arrested and charged […]
Attorney Matura-Shepherd as well as McKenzie Junior’s family maintained from the onset that he was wrongfully accused for Cruz’s murder. While the attorney questions the actions of the arresting officer, McKenzie’s mother says that the police have been constantly harassing her son because he carries his father’s name who was a reputed gang leader killed […]
A caretaker of the Gracie Rock area is being accused of eight counts of theft which allegedly occurred at the Everyday Supermarket, located in Hattieville, a well-known grocery store in that community. This morning, twenty-seven year old Sherman Hemmans was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. Allegations are that between March twentieth and April first, […]
Nineteen year old George McKenzie Junior was escorted to the court this morning in handcuffs in connection with the murder of fifty-seven year old Alfonso Cruz. But about an hour after his arrival, the head of Prosecution Branch explained to Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser that they were seeking to hold off McKenzie’s arraignment. It is […]
Two persons, an interdicted cop and a Ladyville businessman, were offered Supreme Court bail today. The cop, PC Ronald Sutherland, was on remand for not adhering to bail conditions. Sutherland was initially charged for the aggravated assault of his common-law-wife, Tanisha Ortiz, back in October 2013. In the alleged domestic dispute with Ortiz, Sutherland was […]
After several weeks of litigation in the Supreme Court to settle outstanding arrears of some three hundred thousand dollars owed to Belize Waste Control, Mayor Darrell Bradley can rest easy tonight since the matter is now behind the Belize City Council. Both parties had been locked in a legal battle that led to a war […]
While there won’t be any further court action, Mayor Bradley says they still need to sit down to iron out the kinks of the present agreement, particularly where it concerns the exclusivity of certain aspects of the contract. Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “We are still hoping to work out issues in relation to […]
Attorney Bryan Neal was able to secure Supreme Court bail for Marquin Drury, a resident of Santa Barbara Street in Belize City, who police alleged fired shots at them back in March. The firearm, however, was never found in the vehicle that Drury was driving. Drury was arraigned on March thirty-first for two counts of […]
A domestic dispute between a business man and his wife turned ugly on Sunday night at their home in the King’s Park area. Enfield Reyes is now being accused by his wife of pulling out his licensed firearm and shooting at her. While he missed his target, she has been left traumatized and is seeking […]
Another businessman was before the court today. Darrell Carter of Carter’s Upholstery located on Cemetery Road was taken to court by the GST in respect of an outstanding bill amounting to twenty-three thousand eight hundred and forty-seven dollars. Carter was picked up on Monday and spent the night at the Queen Street lock up because […]
Three Belize City pirates were arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for two counts each of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm. They are Lionel Emmanuel Sedacy, Giovanni Murrillo, and Everal Teck Junior. The trio has been in police custody since last Thursday after they were apprehended for a shootout with the Belize Coast […]
The Gang Suppression Unit conducted a search on Sunday at the home of a K.H.M.H. nurses’ aide where the Unit found nine millimetre ammunition and some marijuana. The home owner is forty-eight year old Bernadette Samuels who had to be hospitalized after the bust for hypertension. There were other persons at the house including two […]
There was a big bust at the P.G.I.A. on Thursday when a Avianca flight touched down from El Salvador. On board were two Cuban twin brothers with fraudulent Guatemalan passports and a Nigerian who had a fake Belize visa. Joel Gonzalez, in his fraudulent Guatemalan passport went by the name of Nestor Bayona Carreno, while […]
