Who owns the weed? That was what Magistrate Aretha Ford had to determine in a case that concluded today. Police believe that ten pounds of marijuana found in a house on Raccoon Street belonged to Leila Marie Adolphus Williams, but she says not so. The forty-nine year old was charged with Drug Trafficking and Possession […]
Police detained three men at the close of 2010 for the murder of Nigerian taxi driver, Francis Chukwu. After a weekend in lockdown, Kendal Green, Egbery “Eggie” Daly and Jermaine “Bow Foot” Zuniga, were arraigned today. They appeared unrepresented before Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer where they were jointly read a single charge of Murder. It’s […]
The New Year got off to a rocky start for a Belize City couple; forty-nine year old Sherland Sanker and fifty-two year old Conrad Dougal. It’s so bad that Dougal ended up before a Magistrate today to face charges of Aggravated Assault and Grievous Harm. According to Sanker, she went to visit Dougal on New […]
Women moving several pounds of weed; it’s not a usual occurrence but that was the case down south on Friday afternoon. Punta Gorda police were tipped off by one of their own who saw Thomasia Rash entering a James Bus, on the Southern Highway, carrying bags believed to be used to transport drugs. The bus […]
Yanira Escobar, is a Guatemalan national also known as Dominga Fernandez, who has been in jail since July 2005. Hers is one of the rare cases of a woman being charged with murder. Escobar was initially charged for the stabbing death of Yenesia Judith Salguero in San Ignacio. After waiting three years for trial, the […]
We told you earlier Yanira Escobar’s fifteen year sentence has been reduced to six years for manslaughter. While she will still start the New Year behind bars, two cops who were recently charged got out on bail today. Twenty-four year old Rodney Williams, a police constable, who was charged with Unlawful Carnal knowledge for allegedly […]
Four persons were taken into police custody on Thursday night after a police search led to the discovery of almost a quarter pound of suspected cannabis at a house on Neal’s Pen Road. What caught our attention in this story is that one of the persons arrested and charged is a thirteen year girl. She […]
Five men were detained following a burglary on November twenty-sixth, but the man believed to be the mastermind, managed to escape from custody. Since then, Nelson Peters has been on the run but Ladyville police caught up with him on Monday. Today he appeared in court to be charged for the Burglary along with the […]
Just before noon, Denton Requena, his younger brother, Giovanni and their friend, David Sedacy, were committed to stand trial in the 2011 April session of the Supreme Court for a charge of attempted murder. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie after hearing submissions made by their defense attorney, Anthony Sylvester and prosecutor, Sergeant Egbert Castillo concluded that […]
In the courts, a twenty-one year old Belize City tour guide who allegedly preyed on a sixteen year old student was arraigned today. The charges relate to an incident on the night of December twenty-seventh when Edward Lizama allegedly attacked the young girl near the Cumberbatch Field in the Yarborough area. The minor claims Lizama […]
A Corozal man learned his fate in the Chief Magistrates’ Court this morning after he was busted along with two family members and a friend with eighty-nine pounds of marijuana on December seventeenth. Lionel Tillett took responsibility for the drugs and today he was sentenced to three years in prison. Tillett was also fined ten […]
Two men, who robbed the driver of a Coca Cola delivery truck and the owner of a Ladyville business, spent the holidays at the Queen Street lock-up. The duo, Wababa Noralez, of Caesar Ridge Road and Roger Bowen of Kraal Road, appeared before Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb McKenzie this morning. They were charged with robbing […]
In court today, a caretaker from Ladyville pleaded guilty to two of three charges against him. Forty year old Carlos Seguro was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a break-in back in October at the home of Douglas Thompson, the owner of Black Orchid Resort in Burrell Boom. But when the cops took him in […]
A man believed to have been involved in the attack on three prison officers on October fifteenth was arraigned this morning in court. The three victims, Miriam Gillett, Ernest Savery and Silvano Cal were heading home in a taxi when a hail of gunfire was unleashed at them. The bullet riddled vehicle slammed into a […]
When the receivers moved in on the Novelo brothers, Tony and David, their assets were repossessed for unpaid debts. A vehicle driven by Tony’s girlfriend thirty-four year old Yasmin Villanueva, was taken on November thirtieth as part of the properties belonging to National Transport. Villanueva, a businesswoman of Cemetery Road, says that she had parked […]
A most twisted and unusual case came up today before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers. Businessman Albert Flowers and the sixteen year old nephew of Tony Chamas were arraigned for Attempted Suppression of Evidence. That’s because Flowers’ sixteen year old son is facing charges for allegedly robbing Chamas. And as strange as it seems, Chamas’ teenaged nephew […]
It was Justice John Muria’s last day on the bench in Belize; he delivered two major judgments before departing. The government suffered a major loss in the Supreme Court when the Justice ordered the enforcement of an award in favor of BCB Holdings and the Belize Bank in a suit which had already played out […]
There was another major blow suffered by the government in court today. Also before Justice Muria was the matter of the Amendment to Supreme Court Judicature Act. Muria struck out certain parts in which the government tried to ban international arbitration on legal matters even when the respective parties had already agreed to them. Senior […]
A notorious figure in the criminal underworld has just resurfaced from the dead. It was reported by family members that Kenneth ‘Big Tom’ Flowers, was murdered in the United States. They said they received ‘word’ but they did not receive proof and his body was never found. Nonetheless, Flowers had been implicated in criminal acts […]
A warehouse keeper won’t make it on Santa’s list this Christmas; instead he’ll be behind bars for an alleged sexual offense. Everal Tablada, showed up with his bags packed and ready to go to Hattieville because he figured that he could not be granted bail on a charge of Carnal Knowledge. The alleged victim is […]
The question of who is liable for the August twenty-third 2008 fatal traffic accident that took the life of Belmopan Security Guard, Delroy Gentle remains unanswered. Two men were originally charged, but only one proceeded to trial and he was acquitted late this afternoon. A jury of nine persons emerged from the deliberating room and […]
Visitors of the Belize Central Prison have over the years grown creative in smuggling drugs into the facility. We’re certain you’ve heard of pastries spiked with marijuana but corrections officers were surprised on Monday evening when a woman allegedly attempted to smuggle not whole wheat but weed bread into the prison. Thirty-three year old Marsha […]
Twenty year old Scott Usher, a laborer of Mahogany Heights, will be spending the holidays inside the Hattieville Prison after he was arrested and charged for the crime of robbery. On Wednesday, December fifteenth, nineteen year old Kayla Dennison reported to police that she was robbed of her jewelry which included a high school ring […]
Four hours and fourteen minutes was the time it took a jury to find twenty-two year old Jesse James Ochoa not guilty of Murder. Ochoa was also initially charged with Attempted Murder and Robbery but he was only tried for murder on indictment. The case relates to an incident back on June sixteenth, 2008, when […]
A family of three along with a close friend, all residents of Corozal Town, were arrested and charged today for drug trafficking. They are thirty-four year old mechanic Lionel Tillett, his sister fifty-one year old Joan Tillett, her daughter twenty-seven year old Crissie Tillett and thirty-three year-old Shane Morgan. This morning the group appeared before […]
