Two Belize City men will face a jury of their peers for charges in connection to a double murder that occurred earlier this year. On February fourth, seventeen year old Daniel Puerto and thirty-four year old Ian Martinez were killed in a drive-by shooting, while Puerto’s twin brother Darnell was injured. The accused gunmen are […]
A man accused of stabbing a police officer in 2009, argued his way to freedom as he represented himself in court during a four day trial before Justice Adolph Lucas. The charge, Use of Deadly Means of Harm with Intent to Cause Grievous Bodily Harm, was levied against twenty-five year old Eusebio Cal following a […]
Also in court, a Belize City Shopkeeper, thirty-eight year old Arden Middleton was granted bail of twenty-thousand dollars after being on remand at the Belize Central Prison for five months. In July of this year, Middleton was charged with carnal knowledge for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a fourteen year old girl. The minor told […]
A Belize City man who was accused of setting on fire the bed where his family slept was freed today in court. Thirty-seven year old Gary Clark of Hunter Lane, was accused a year ago of trying to kill his wife and, in the process, injuring his young daughter. At the time of the incident, […]
A sixteen year old high school student alleged in September 2008 that she was kidnapped and raped. But the now nineteen year old victim, took the stand today and told the court that she does not wish to proceed with the case against thirty year old Richard Russell. She provided no explanation as to why […]
Forty-six year old Mark Conorquie, who was caught red handed stealing a government vehicle assigned to Director of Human Services Ava Pennil on December twenty-third, 2010, was today sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of wounding the driver of the van, Edwardo Perez. While attempting to take the vehicle Conorquie was […]
For a month five men were on trial for the murder of twenty year old Randy Coye. Late Friday night, a jury of twelve emerged from the deliberating room and announced that the five were found not guilty. It is believed that there were six perpetrators involved in the brutal killing; Edwin Flowers, Bandon Smith, […]
Javier Castillo, a former teacher from Escuela Mexico who was also once elected as U.D.P. Councilor to the Corozal Town Council was savagely murdered in October 2009 and Hilberto Hernandez from the village of San Narciso was initially charged with Murder. But during trial on November fourteenth of this year, Hernandez pleaded guilty to the […]
There were two murder cases before the court today; one was for sentencing while a verdict is being deliberated at this time in the other case. Two weeks ago forty-one year old Kim Brannon, who also uses the last name McLaughlin, became the second woman this year to be convicted of murder. Brannon was charged […]
While Brannon learned her fate today, five men on trial for the brutal slaying of Randy Coye in October 2009 are still in the court of Justice Adolph Lucas, awaiting a decision. A jury of seven women and five men stepped into the deliberation after four o’clock this afternoon, which means that the verdict will […]
The trial of a man who was accused of killing his cousin ended today. Mark “Pele” Vernon was initially charged for the brutal murder of seventeen year old David Alexander Burgess. His charge was eventually dropped to manslaughter, but the court could not secure a conviction on that lesser charge, even though three witnesses had […]
Forty-five year old Bernard Bent, a senior employee of B.T.L., was charged with grievous harm and remanded to Hattieville Prison, after he was found guilty of beating up an acquaintance. He told the court that on February twentieth of this year, twenty-five year old Kendra Henkis attacked him and he retaliated, whilst under the influence […]
Last week the first hearing in court for the highly anticipated case of Caleb Orozco and the United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM) versus the Attorney General was adjourned to December ninth. The Council of Churches had filed an application seeking to strike off listed expert witnesses for the UNIBAM and its claimants on the grounds […]
A band of suspected thieves responsible for stealing a little over seventy-three thousand dollars in electronics from Lebanese businessman Bassem Chakaraun appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers today before being remanded to the Belize Central Prison. Sometime between seven-thirty p.m. on November twenty-sixth and one o’clock a.m. on November twenty-eighth, seven men including siblings Derrick and […]
Guatemalan canero, Romolgo Garcia was told on Monday that he was a free man when the charges of maim and use of deadly means of harm were withdrawn because there was no case file. Garcia’s freedom was short-lived and soon enough, he was rearrested and charged. Today, the Guatemalan cane farmer headed back to court […]
An eight hundred dollar gold chain was snatched from Janice Leslie on Saturday, but her two friends did not let the thief get away. Thirty-year-old Moses Conorquie was arrested and he was arraigned late Monday evening in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. Conorquie is charged with Robbery and Wounding. According to police, they […]
Twenty-five year old Andre Hutchinson has also had his fair share of court appearances and today he was back before a magistrate. This time, Hutchinson was charged for Using Threatening Words against the manager of the Esso Gas Station, Angel Miguel Espat. Allegations made by Espat are that on Saturday Hutchinson told him “bwai you […]
Kevin “Cowboy” Alvarez was in prison since the Murder of Orange Walk businessman, Hui Lin Chen on March thirteenth, 2009. Lin’s throat was slashed during what was believed to be a contracted hit. The alleged killer fled the scene and headed to a nearby river where he was surrounded by cops and attempted to shoot […]
There is trouble in paradise for Kimano Barrow and Alfredo Acosta, as the injunction filed against Paradise Energy Limited continues to be in effect. Their oil contract was signed in June 2010, and shortly after its release, other shareholders appeared, including Oren F. Miles I and II, and Allen Saum. Saum and Miles, also principals […]
German national, Stephanie Lupp, was the victim of embezzlement on October eighteenth 2010 when two blank cheques were stolen from her cheque book and two thousand, eight hundred dollars went missing from her account at a local bank. But when the culprits tried to make a second withdrawal of three thousand, seven hundred dollars, the […]
Also in court, a Roaring Creek man who was caught with a small amount of marijuana got himself into big trouble with the law when he allegedly resisted arrest. Thirty-two year old Michael Broaster was approached by police on Tuesday, but he refused to be detained. Officers reported that he damaged the rear window of […]
It is a high profile-case, one that has been attracting a lot of attention, even internationally. It’s the UNIBAM verses the Attorney General case. UNIBAM, led by its President, Caleb Orosco is at the courts challenging the AG because they want sodomy to be decriminalized. But to date a number of organizations, including the Council […]
Forty-two year old Brian Charlesworth, a resident of Belize City, appeared in court on October twenty-fourth, a few days after allegations were made accusing him of sexually assaulting a pair of minors. He has been on remand at the Belize Central Prison since before re-appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith this morning. Initially, Charlesworth […]
In court news, a well known Belize City sanitation worker was convicted of an immigration offence today. Shirley Lambey Arnold claims she has been living in Belize since she was five years old when her family relocated from Honduras. But when she was detained by police for allegedly stabbing another woman, Lambey was found in […]
But in the courts, thirty six year old Martin Ferguson was sent to jail on his birthday for an old crime he had committed. Ferguson, who appeared in court today pleaded guilty for stealing cosmetics valued at nineteen dollars from Williams Store located on the corner of Central American Boulevard and Vernon Street. A non-custodial […]
