A sensational case of money laundering for sixty thousand U.S. dollars in cash fell apart in court today. It is the third case that has gone bad for the Financial Intelligence Unit in the past year. On April second, 2010 Scott Stringer and his girlfriend, Julia McCord, along with their friend, Sydney Ellis were charged […]
Earlier we told you that the third case of Money Laundering brought the Financial Intelligence Unit did not succeed in court before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. In a related case, also before Frazer, thirty-four year old Ernest Raymond Jr. who was initially charged in February 2009 along with the Coye family for money laundering was […]
Thirty-four year old Dennis Robateau, a laborer of San Andres Village in the Corozal District, walked out of the Supreme Court this morning a free man after being acquitted of the charge of Carnal Knowledge. On May sixteenth, 2008 a fourteen year old girl reported to Corozal Police that while visiting Robateau’s home he had […]
He first made the news almost a year ago and it appeared that Detective Constable, Jermaine Mangar, an interdicted cop who has now moved from the City to live in Orange Walk, will remain in the headlines as he will now stand trial at the Supreme Court. The charge is an old one: Conspiracy to […]
There has not been a murder conviction for some time according to our records; that is until today when a jury handed down a guilty verdict. The jury, comprised of eight women and four men, found Orlando Wade guilty of the 2008 Murder of Sandhill resident, Dorla Pitterson Slusher. It took over three hours of […]
A seventy-five dollar bicycle has turned out very expensive for twenty-one year old Enrique Alvarez, who admitted in court today that he stole it from Oscar Portillo. He pleaded guilty to a charge of Theft, saying that he jacked the bike because he needed money and intended to sell it. But now Alvarez must pay […]
A major ruling was handed down in the Appeals Court this afternoon by Judge Manuel Sosa. Sosa ordered the Commissioner of Sales Tax and the Attorney General’s Ministry to hand over one million seven hundred and fifteen thousand dollars nine hundred and seventy one dollars and thirty five cents to the Barrow and Company by […]
Aaron Wilson, who has been dubbed the “Fake Cop”, appeared earlier this week in court. Wilson was before the Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb McKenzie and got disclosure for three of six charges he is facing. On February sixteenth, Wilson will have to defend his name for using threatening words, theft of a cell phone from […]
The President of the Court of Appeal Manuel Sosa heard his first case today since assuming the post. It was an application by the Government for a stay of execution. The facts are that on December twenty-second, 2010 Justice Legall ordered the Government to pay approximately one point seven million dollars to attorneys-at-law Barrow & […]
Arthur Young, another well known figure in the streets, was nabbed by Mexican authorities in Chetumal in May of last year after being on the lam for a month following a major drug and weapons bust at a residence in Vista del Mar. Young along with former murder suspect Errol Haynes were jointly charged for […]
George Carr Junior brought in the New Year recovering from stab wounds after he was attacked in the wee hours of December thirty-first. After eleven days of police investigations, two men were charged this morning with Attempted Murder, Grievous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. They are twenty-four year olds Leo Palacio Junior […]
Three adults and a minor were charged last Friday for Keeping a Prohibited Firearm after police found a suspected homemade gun in a yard at Curl Thompson Street. The sixteen year old, pleaded guilty and the charges were withdrawn against the adults. The minor was kept in custody at the Youth Hostel pending sentencing, which […]
A week ago a woman was raped at her house in the northern Belize District. Her three children were also at home when the heinous incident allegedly occurred. Tonight there is a suspect in police hands. He is thirty-eight year old watchman, Carlos Matura, of Antelope Street who was arraigned for Rape and Aggravated Burglary […]
After almost two years in prison, the murder trial against thirty-three year old Orlando Wade has finally surfaced in the Supreme Court. A jury of eight women and four men was selected on Monday afternoon and today prosecutor Yohhahnseh Cave called three witnesses; the Forensic Analyst, a Scenes of Crime officer and the Investigating Officer. […]
An employee of McKesey’s Meat Supply was fired and criminally charged in August 2010 after he was caught stealing meat. While he was surprised in the act, thirty-two year old Harrison Banner Duhaney pleaded not guilty to the charge of Theft. His case concluded today in the court of Magistrate Roberto Ordonez and Duhaney was […]
Police confiscated a considerable amount of weed in an operation by the Gang Suppression Unit this morning. The officers searched a house on Rivero Street in Belize City, which is occupied by twenty-seven year old Russell Dougal. What they found was almost four pounds of suspected cannabis. The stash of weed was well concealed which […]
Twenty-seven year old Honduran National, Cesar Geomar Castro Romero, has been living in Belize illegally for over three years and now he gets to spend an extra five years in the Jewel… but at the Central Prison. And it’s not because of immigration offences; today he pleaded guilty to two counts of Robbery. On November […]
Three men were charged today for a nine millimeter pistol found in an SUV that they were travelling in. But twenty-two year old Brandon Leslie, who was driving when they were pulled over, says he didn’t know the weapon was in the vehicle nor did his friends, twenty-two year old Phillip Smith and nineteen year […]
Once, twice, and now for the third time, Brandon Smith and Edwin Flowers are facing charges for Randy Coye’s murder. Smith and Flowers were initially charged along with Leon Gray, Deshawn Mena and Kenroy Humes in October 2009, but they were all released in July 2010 by Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. A week later, all […]
Eighteen year old Ibrahim Smith who was recently remanded to the Belize Central Prison for the shooting death of Shenelle Reyes on November sixteenth, 2010 appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner today where he pleaded guilty to three additional criminal offenses. The charges include theft, conspiracy to commit theft and wounding. On the evening of June […]
In other news, four months after the murder of Carlos Espat, police picked up Nicaraguan National Sylvio Espinoza on Monday. Today he was arraigned for the Murder of forty-seven year old Espat, who was bludgeoned to death on September fourth. Espinoza is said to have known Espat for some time and had been to his […]
A Belize City man, who was shot to the abdomen on the night of December twenty-seventh, lived to tell his story and has assisted police in their investigations. While twenty-eight year old Harry Beeks was still hospitalized, police brought in pictures based on his description of the suspect and he was able to positively identify […]
In the courts, the tables have turned on Lopez Shuttle bus driver Paul Ferguson, who reported that another driver and conductor pulled weapons at him and threatened his life on Monday. The accused men, Russell Santiago and Robert Usher, who work for Belize Metro, were charged with Aggravated Assault and Threatening Words on Wednesday morning. […]
Two of four charges brought against a Guatemalan national were dismissed today. Manuel de Jesus Lopez Gomez, who is accused of stabbing Clive Hyde in September 2009, was initially charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, Grievous Harm and Use of Deadly means of Harm. This morning a directive from the DPP’s office was forwarded to […]
Just hours before 2010 expired, a Belize City resident was cornered by three men and robbed. So far police have only nabbed one of the suspects and he was charged with Robbery of Paul Arzu. Today in the courtroom of Magistrate Emerson Banner, twenty-four year old Robert Tracey was charged with the crime. He pleaded […]
