A Belize City teenager was remanded to the Central Prison late on Thursday evening after being arraigned on three criminal charges for allegedly shooting twenty-six year old Keith Cleland on October fourth. Nineteen year old Ernest Shawn Thurton appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann-Marie Smith and was charged with Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of […]
It was a good day for at least six persons who were granted bail at the Supreme Court today. They included men, women and two minors who appeared this morning before Justice Adolph Lucas. But the best news was for twenty-four year old Nelson Diaz, who was accused in a robbery that occurred in Benque […]
In court news, three indicted Customs Officers were acquitted today of two counts of Forgery, which were levied after a container loaded with pseudoephedrine tablets disappeared from the Port of Belize in September 2008. So tonight thirty-nine year old Karl Augustine and twenty-four year old Michael McKenzie are free men but thirty-four year old Aruny […]
Eight persons were arraigned today on a slew of charges in connection to the midday robbery at the Farm Center on Tuesday. A seventeen year old minor, Mervin McDonald and Andrew Talbert were charged with two counts of robbery. That’s for stealing a wallet containing personal documents and twenty-five dollars in cash from Duane Humes […]
Earlier today, Fifty-two year old Lennox Pinks, a resident of Crooked Tree Village appeared before newly appointed Chief Magistrate Ann-Marie Smith to answer to charges of theft. Instead of being fined or receiving jail time for the offence the bitters vendor was pardoned. That’s right, the Chief Magistrate showed leniency, which is quite unusual in […]
In the courts, twenty-four year old Dean Davis, a paraplegic who was on remand for a murder he allegedly committed in 2010, was today granted bail following application and arguments supporting his release from prison. Davis, who was serving time for the brutal slaying of Erin Sutherland which occurred in Orange Walk Town, was being […]
There have been countless stories on persons caught trying to smuggling marijuana into the Central Prison and today a prison officer has been added to list. After he was busted inside the prison with almost four ounces of weed on Sunday, thirty-two year old Dean Crawford is now on interdiction pending the outcome of the […]
Since October 2006, the US government requested the extradition of Mark Seawell. The case has been in the lower courts for close to five years, but today Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie handed down a decision on the fate of Mark Seawell. Seawell, along with his two brothers, Duane and Gary, have been wanted for a […]
A watchman of Middle Island Caye has been behind bars for the past three days for guns and ammunition that he claims belong to his employer. Fifty-seven year old Sebastian Cocom was arraigned this past Tuesday on two counts of Kept Firearm without a Gun License for a sixteen gauge shotgun and a rifle that […]
Ministry of Works Employees have been busted with a trove of unlicensed firearm and ammunition. At midnight on Wednesday, police intercepted a red Rodeo SUV at a checkpoint near mile fifteen on the Northern Highway. Inside the vehicle officers found a nine-millimeter Sig Sauer handgun, five nine-millimeter rounds and eight point thirty eight caliber rounds […]
Back in 2008, customs officers Karl Augustine, Aruny Perez and Michael McKenzie, were jointly charged with forgery following the disappearance of a shipping container loaded with pseudo ephedrine tablets and consigned to Reimer’s Feed Mill. The trio is accused of falsifying a charge note as well as other documents required for the release of a […]
Fifty year old Edward Buller, convicted of the 2008 manslaughter of Honduran national Ella May Bennett, was today sentenced to sixteen years in prison by Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas. The decision followed a little over four hours of deliberation by a jury of twelve and was handed down upon the conclusion of a mitigation […]
Police officers Constable Leonardo Yama and Sergeant Jose Ortega have been charged following an altercation which left a Magistrate’s Court bailiff toothless. According to the victim, he was socializing at a bar on September sixteenth when he encountered both uniformed officers drinking. He commented to Yama and Ortega that it was a disgrace to be […]
You’ve heard about the Sri Lankan moviemakers, who entered the country a few weeks ago posing as a production unit. There was always the lingering suspicion that they weren’t in the movie business and last week, eleven were charged for willfully supplying false information to an immigration officer. Their detention at the Hattieville Prison when […]
A robbery victim was targeted on Friday by the man accused of stealing from him. Jesus Navarro reported that eighteen year old Justin Grant approached him aggressively and threatened to kill Navarro as well as his family if he didn’t drop the Robbery charge. Grant reportedly told Navarro that his child will be born this […]
A longstanding dispute between neighbors in Sandhill Village has resulted in a mother and daughter being imprisoned on serious charges. The dispute dates back several years, but it started escalating back in May when Gilbert Blair was charged with Attempted Arson for allegedly trying to burn down the home of Irene Budd after an argument. […]
On the evening of August twenty-fourth, twenty year old Lloyd Elijio, a resident of the St. Martin’s area, was shot multiple times while riding a bicycle along Marigold Lane. The incident followed another shooting on the same street earlier that day during which Troy Bowen was shot and killed by a pair of gunmen. Elijio […]
It appears that Rhett Fuller is running out of options to keep him away from the long arms of the United States government. Fuller remains at the Central Prison where he has been on remand since he handed himself over to the authorities on august twenty-second. After hearing his case in Belmopan on September seventh […]
In its 2008 manifesto, the United Democratic Party promised a senate that would be comprised of thirteen members. The thirteenth seat would go to the Non Governmental Organizations. Since taking office, however, the U.D.P. government has not enforced Section Seven of the Sixth Amendment requiring the appointment of Greg Ch’oc of Sattiim, who the NGOs […]
Late this evening fifty year old Edward Buller was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter for the June twentieth 2009 death of forty-one year old Ella May Pinnance Bennett. The twelve member jury deliberated over four hours before reaching a unanimous verdict. Justice Adolph Lucas has deferred sentencing for September twenty-seventh when […]
The Sri Lankan nationals who arrived in Belize in August claiming to be filmmakers have had an unplanned twist to end their movie. Their immigration scam has unraveled and today eleven of them appeared in Magistrates Court to be charged for Willfully Supplying False Information to an Immigration Officer Upon Arrival. They all pleaded guilty […]
In football news, there are twenty-four nations divided into six groups and only the top three CONCACAF teams are guaranteed to advance to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Belize’s first battle is in Group Five with Montserrat, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Guatemala. But while the team began preparation for the arduous journey, […]
And while the chicken is far from endangered, the fate of Belize’s most vulnerable group is still undetermined. Another teenager is behind bars tonight. On Wednesday at his home, nineteen year old Chris Anthony Reyes, a resident of King Street, was allegedly found in possession of a point twenty-two caliber Lorcin Brand pistol, seven small […]
Journalist and talk show host, Glenn Tillett, was arrested in August along with his daughter, Katyce Flowers, for Handling Stolen Goods. The charge was in connection with computers and accessories found at his house following a burglary at the Salvador Embassy in Belmopan. Tillett was escorted to the Belmopan Police Station but had to be […]
Also in court, a Belize City woman pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault against a twelve year old boy. The child reported that on Tuesday thirty-two year old Martha Smith slapped him several times and kicked him in the back, causing him to fall. While Smith doesn’t deny the allegations, she told the […]
