A B.D.F. Private has taken up residence at the Belize Central Prison and on March third, he will find out just how long he has to stay there. That soldier is twenty-three year old Paulino Assi, who was found guilty of Manslaughter late Thursday afternoon in the Orange Walk Supreme Court. The conviction is for […]
And in the Belmopan court, an electrician and a carpenter were charged with Drug Trafficking after allegedly being found with eleven and a half pounds of cannabis. The men, twenty-eight year old John Henry and thirty-one year old David Gabourel, were busted on Thursday at mile fifty-four on the Western Highway. They were travelling in […]
The 2008 plot to kill a Belize City businessman and the kidnapping of his family members made many in the business district tighten the security measures at their establishments and at their homes. The cold blooded details are just coming to light. After over two years behind bars, the Supreme Court trial for five of […]
Twenty-three year old Harrison Jacobs, a resident of San Pedro was today charged with the murder of Francis Figueroa, also known as Bejohn Wade, which occurred on the island in November, 2010. Jacobs, who was captured in Belize City, was arraigned in Magistrate Court number five on a single charge of murder. The body of […]
After a numerous adjournments, a date has finally been set for the preliminary inquiry to determine whether Dennis Lopez, a Police Inspector, will stand trial for the Attempted Murder of Stephen Buckley. Lopez received full disclosure today and his Preliminary Inquiry was set for March eighth before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie. Buckley has been […]
Lavern Longsworth, also known as Anti-Christ, is facing a murder charge tonight. On July fifteenth, 2010, during a heated argument at her home on Castle Street, Longsworth threw kerosene on David White, her common-law husband and set him on fire. Initially, the now single mother of three faced an attempted murder charge, but since White […]
It’s a month and a half into 2011, and already there are eleven murders on record. While in the courts, four murder cases have fallen apart; leaving a total of six accused killers free to roam the streets. In three of those instances, the trials ended in a nolle prosequi because witnesses were too afraid […]
A second suspect has been charged for the double murder of thirty-four year old Ian Martinez and seventeen year old Daniel Puerto. The two were killed on February fourth in a hail of bullets that was unleashed by two gunmen as they stood at the corner of Tibruce Street and Hibiscus Lane. Daniel’s twin brother, […]
A shocking verdict was handed down in the Corozal Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon. After four hours of deliberation, a jury of nine found twenty-two year old Ivan Sosa and twenty-one year old Herby Narvaez not guilty of Rape; much to the surprise of Senior Crown Council, Cecil Ramirez. Both men were charged following a […]
That alleged rape was not the only sexual offense before the courts today. In the second case, a sixteen year old minor is accused of carnal knowledge against another minor, a fourteen year old girl. The teen initially told police he was nineteen, but when he was taken before the Chief Magistrate, his true age […]
Instead of being a peaceful night before Valentine’s Day, tragedy struck on Sunday for five children who are without their fathers tonight. One is dead, stabbed to the heart, and a father of four is behind bars for murder. Even worse, all children were at home at the time when Vincent ‘Steeno’ Tillett committed the […]
A Belize City Customs Officer lost his wallet and the person who found it, used his credit card to go on a personal shopping spree. Thirty-two year old Albert Matute reported that the wallet, which contained his driver’s license, voter’s I.D., along with his debit and credit cards, was stolen on January sixteenth. Matute’s credit […]
A Belize Defense Force Corporal was today fined in connection with a fatal traffic accident that claimed the life of a policeman. Corporal Enrique Montejo must pay a total of thirteen thousand dollars to the court and two of the injured persons. The fine of ten thousand dollars was for the conviction on a charge […]
A very disturbing case of sexual assault has been reported by a teenager, who ran away from home. The thirty-three year old mother of the child first reported on February second to the Family Violence Unit that her young daughter did not attend classes on that day and that she feared the girl had run […]
Businessman, Bert Vasquez, was arraigned today for three criminal offenses in respect of a complaint made by a twenty-two year old accountant. In court, Vasquez was charged with unlawful imprisonment, aggravated assault and indecent assault. He pleaded not guilty but the magistrate upheld a no bail submission by the prosecutor which means that Vasquez will […]
The case of the thirteenth Senator came up today in the Chambers of Acting Chief Justice Samuel Lungole Awich. Belizeans for Justice is taking the government to court for not implementing a constitutional amendment to appoint one more person to the Senate. That appointment would have come from the N.G.O.s, who elected a nominee but […]
Also in court, a local musician was charged for allegedly raping a fourteen year old girl in late January and today another appeared in court for Carnal Knowledge of a twelve year old. The nineteen year old Ladyville resident, Maxwell Wade, was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until March twenty-third after being arraigned in […]
In the courts, a fifty-seven year old Revenue Collector from the Belize City Council was charged with the theft of over three thousand dollars. He is Dorien Matthews and he appeared in Magistrates Court this morning after being detained on Wednesday. Matthews pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail of two thousand […]
Exactly one week ago Wyatt Anderson was convicted of Manslaughter for fatally stabbing his brother-in-law, Robert Brown. Today Anderson was initially given the minimum sentence of fifteen years, but it was reduced to fourteen because his attorney, Ernest Staine asked the court to consider the year his client has already served while awaiting trial. Anderson […]
A ruling was handed down in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in a case brought by Maranco LLC against Susan Morrice, Tony Quinn, International Natural Energy LLC and Belize Natural Energy Limited. Maranco is a minority shareholder in I.N.E., which in turn is the sole shareholder of B.N.E. In a media advisory issued on Wednesday, […]
In other news, four policemen and one Customs boatman who were charged in connection with the biggest drug bust down south were escorted to court today in shackles and under heavy security. But before the case could proceed, Attorney Dickie Bradley, informed Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie that a bail application is presently before Belmopan Supreme […]
Twenty year old Charles Young Jr. is in police custody tonight after being read a number of charges related to a double murder in Belize City on Friday evening. Young was escorted by members of the Special Homicide Unit where he appeared in front of Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie and was charged for the murders […]
A fifth person has walked from a murder charge since the beginning of the year. Last week charges against Brandon Taylor, Shamir Medina and Lincoln Helmsley were dropped and before that a nolle prosequi was entered in the case against Roger Anthony. Today the case fell apart against Charles Castillo in the court of Justice […]
An immigration inquiry has brought two Indian nationals before the Magistrates Court. The first to be detained and charged was twenty-three year old Indra Kumar Baswani. He was asked by Immigration personnel on Monday to furnish his documents and he retrieved them from the warehouse of “At God’s Store” on Amara Avenue. Baswani was detained […]
Just last week three year old Lupita Padilla was bitten by a mixed breed dog in the Jerusalem area behind the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery. The toddler is said to have wandered into a neighbor’s yard where the dog pounced on her and bit her on the neck and face. No charges have yet been brought […]
