Another case of feuding neighbors came up in court today, this time before Magistrate Roberto Ordonez. Twenty-four year old Dwayne Anthony Almendarez and twenty-year old Juan Tot, both residents of Mile eight on the Western Highway, have an old beef over the murder of one of Tot’s relatives in which Almendarez was accused. But while […]
The report that a four year old had been sexually abused spread over the airwaves in September and the sickening crime outraged residents countrywide. But it was even more upsetting when months passed and the suspect named by the young victim had not been charged. Well, that changed today as thirty-three year old Curl Thompson […]
Three men were freed today of charges because of alleged witness tampering in the murder of Herman ‘Yagga’ Morris in March 2008. Morris was gunned down in an alley off Lakeview Street while attending a wake in the neighborhood. Twenty-seven year old Art Skeet and twenty-six year old Giovanni Gentle as well as Marvin Cruz-Reyes […]
A same sex couple whose obsessive relationship went sour was charged today with disorderly conduct following a fight on Tuesday night on Mahogany Street. According to one of the young ladies, a minor, her lover became possessive and refused to accept that their relationship was over. In court the seventeen year old testified that her […]
A pair of Belize City youths charged with the attempted murder of twenty-two year old George Carr on New Year’s Eve was able to meet bail today after being remanded overnight at the Belize Central Prison. Twenty-four year old Glenford Miller Jr. and Leo Palacio Jr. will stand trial during the April session of the […]
Turning to the courts, a Honduran national was arraigned on two criminal charges for allegedly beating another man with a hammer. The victim, twenty year old Kevin Martinez had to undergo surgery for head injuries he sustained during the altercation last Friday. Today, thirty-five year old David Castillo was charged with Grievous Harm and Use […]
A fifty-eight-year-old housewife and grandmother from Burrell Boom has been accused in a burglary at the home of her neighbor, John Wade. Glenda Neal was arraigned before Magistrate Sherigne Rodriguez today on charges of Burglary and Damage to Property. Allegations are that on January twelfth, Wade’s stepson, Delmont Black spotted Neal hanging around the house. […]
A thirty-eight year old shopkeeper spent five months in jail after being charged for the Carnal Knowledge of a thirteen year old girl. The accused man, Arden Middleton was granted bail of twenty thousand dollars in December, 2011 and he was back in court today for the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry. Chief Magistrate, Ann […]
The trial against Kaycia Fuller, ended in mid December with a conviction for Use of Deadly Means of Harm with Intent to Cause Dangerous Harm. Today, there was more bad news in court for the twenty-four year old, who stabbed Hibiscus Street resident Judean Brown multiple times on October second, 2009. Fuller appeared in court […]
After he was treated and released from the K.H.M.H, the minor who was stabbed during an attempted robbery of Arcade World on Freetown Road, was handed over to the police last week. The boy was charged with Attempted Robbery but during court proceedings today, he was unable to furnish basic personal information, and as a […]
In court today, a Belize City man was charged for allegedly breaking into the Ordonez Street residence of his brother and stealing over a thousand dollars in items. According to Alvaro Avilez he became aware of the burglary when he saw forty-seven year old Andy Avilez, walking on Orange Street dressed in his stolen clothes. […]
On Thursday, nineteen year old Dale Tillett succumbed to gunshot wounds he sustained during an altercation on New Year’s Eve. He is the first murder victim recorded for 2012 and today charges against his alleged shooter, thirty-two year old Renan Briceño Junior, were formally upgraded by Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. Briceño was initially charged on […]
There is another murder suspect that headed to court today. Twenty year old Edwin Millian appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer in connection with the brutal slaying of fifty-five year old Santos Benito Elvir, a farm worker from the Stann Creek District, whose body was discovered on a feeder road on October seventh, 2011. Millian […]
Twenty-three year old Jason Tingling, a resident of Gentle Avenue, was today arraigned on four counts of unlawful carnal knowledge after being accused of engaging in a series of sexual encounters with a minor dating back to 2010. Tingling appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer in the company of attorney Ellis Arnold where he was […]
Anthony Major, aka “King” of Pink’s Alley was shot and left paralyzed for over a year until Boxing Day when he passed away. The alleged shooter, thirty-one year old Chadrick Tingling, was charged on December first, 2010 with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. This morning, Tingling appeared before Senior […]
Turning to the courts, twenty-two year old Sheldon Coleman of Independence Village was arraigned on a single charge of Grievous Harm upon Leroy Harrison Banner, for a stabbing which took place on Monday in Lemonal Village. Police have also charged Orlando Banner with abetment to commit grievous harm in connection with the same incident. Banner […]
Twenty-eight year old Elvis Haylock has been sentenced to attend a Batterers Intervention Program at the Women’s Department after his wife, Shawn Haylock, accused him of domestic abuse. Today, Haylock was arraigned on a single charge of harm, after it was reported that on Monday, he intentionally and unlawfully caused harm to his wife. Haylock […]
While he was arrested at Palm Island soon after the shooting, Renan Briceño Junior was formally arraigned this morning. The thirty-two year old Orange Walk resident appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court and was charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm upon Dale Tillett. In court, Briceno Jr. […]
A preliminary inquiry has concluded in the case against Belize City resident Nelson Henry, who is accused of the murder of notorious street figure, Edward Lord Junior. The twenty-three year old was shot at least seven times on June twenty-ninth, 2011 as he stood on Mahogany Street. Today, Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer found that there […]
There is another voice that has not yet sounded its own concern about the KHMH procurement practices. That voice belongs to COLA. The president of Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action had been dealing with a personal matter that vilified his character. However, earlier today political activist Moses Sulph was freed of a single charge […]
The infamous acupuncturist, Kun Lin Lee, also known as Kevin Lee has been offered bail. On December twenty first, the sixty seven year old massage therapist appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer for the second time on a single charge of aggravated assault of an indecent nature upon a twenty-year-old woman. He was granted bail […]
While on mobile patrol on Thursday morning, police officers on Castle Street spotted a suspicious man carrying a black plastic bag. The man ran upon being spotted and officers caught him on Freetown Road after seeing him throw a bag in a yard. Inside the bag, officers found what appeared to be cannabis. The suspect […]
Cayetano will see 2012 behind bars; however, a teenager who happens to be a former police officer will not usher in the New Year behind prison walls. Police reported that on June ninth, the ex-cop ran and abandoned his bicycle because he allegedly had eight rounds of nine-millimeter ammunition in his possession. Police also claimed […]
A domestic dispute on Christmas Day which led to a police officer calling for backup ended in an attack on Police Constable Carl Smith by his estranged common-law-wife, Sharlet Bainton. Smith was involved in a domestic dispute at his home on Gaulin Street in the Ladyville area where he called for assistance to remove his […]
A Christmas Day brawl between two women over a cellphone number allegedly found inside a common-law-husband’s phone ended when one woman was attacked and injured with a knife. The incident occurred on Humphrey’s Avenue in Burrell Boom. This morning, twenty nine year old Kimberlee Humphreys a resident of the village was arraign in the Belize […]
