Well-known criminal figure, Basil Willis, who already has thirty offenses to his name, had two more charges added to his extensive rap sheet today. Willis, a resident of Black Orchid Street in Belize City, is behind bars after being accused of robbing Mexican national, Juan Villatoro. Willis, who was charged with Robbery and Wounding, pleaded […]
In court, Clarence Hemmans was convicted on May twenty-first of the murder of Kevin Arnold, and eleven days later, he was handed a sentence of life imprisonment. Hemmans has served just over a month since conviction, and already there are signs he doesn’t intend to spend life behind bars. During a routine check at the […]
This morning, fifty-one year old Mandy Usher of Belize City appeared in court to answer charges relating to the theft of a bicycle belonging to Special Constable, Coleen Banks. The forty-two year-old Special Constable alleges that she parked her Beach cruiser bicycle at her yard before leaving to work on July sixth. She soon spotted Usher […]
Gary Seawell, one of two brothers currently incarcerated at the Hattieville Prison on drug trafficking and weapons charges appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie this morning in respect of an extradition request by the US. Seawell is wanted by U.S. authorities in connection with the trafficking of cocaine and marijuana as well as money […]
In the courts today, five of the six men who allegedly plotted to rob and murder businessman Jose Shoman Junior and his family in December 2008, were read their indictment. Miguel Mayorga, Eswin Rosalez, Carlos Juarez, Jose Ishmael Cordova and Cesar Julio Aldana all appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas and were read charges of Conspiracy […]
A fifty year old man was found guilty of Carnal Knowledge in the Belmopan Supreme Court. Venacio Mai was accused of sexually abusing a fifteen year old minor in April 2008 while they both visited a woman in Bullet Tree Village. He was charged four months later, in August and around that time the child […]
Brothers Mark and Gary Seawell, both accused of running an international drug trafficking and money laundering circle, were this morning escorted to Magistrate’s Court under heavy police guard for extradition proceedings before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie. Both men are wanted by the United States government in connection with the transshipment of cocaine that was […]
In court this morning, more horrendous details were revealed about the sexual molestation of a seven year old Ladyville boy by Andres Bailey. The eighteen year old accused sexual offender was arraigned this morning and charged with committing an unnatural crime, aggravated assault and grievous harm. The court prosecutor objected to bail saying that there […]
On January thirteenth of this year, Belize Auto Zone Company located at Cemetery Lane was burglarized and items worth two thousand dollars were stolen. Two men were detained: Eugene Tillett and Lester Smith who were charged on January fifteenth. Today Smith, a resident of Mayflower Street, was found guilty of burglary and he got a […]
In 2007, Keon ‘’Williams’’ Myvette was charged with the murder of Michael Gladden. In 2009 his first trial ended with a hung jury and a retrial was ordered. Three weeks ago, he went back to court and that trial ended happily for him on Tuesday night. Myvette beat the murder charge and hours later, he […]
Alberto Chan, the man charged in connection with the traffic accident that claimed the life of Ralph Fonseca Junior and Ralph Balderamos was acquitted of the charges today. Chan, a resident of Orange Walk Town, was charged with two counts each of Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless Conduct, Negligent Grievous Harm, and one […]
It may not be the most original robbery plan, but two gas deliverymen were allegedly conned by a would-be customer from the Mahogany Heights area. The armed robbery occurred on Wednesday June thirtieth, at Mile thirty-one, where Jorge Ical and Asconcion Naves were robbed of cash and their cell phones. This morning, the accused robber, […]
There are two heinous crimes against children to report tonight. In the first case, a Ladyville man who had been in police custody since Friday night was finally charged with two counts of carnal knowledge. And because of the sensitivity of the case and to protect the minor, her name will not be disclosed. But […]
In May of 2008 Ladyville resident, Danna Banner was taken before the Magistrate’s Court on a charge of Manslaughter after the death of a two year old toddler she was babysitting. The post mortem on Vernice Rodriguez Gonzalez certified that she died from head trauma due to a blow with a blunt object. But the […]
In the Supreme Court meanwhile, a jury is deadlocked tonight and still deliberating the fate of Keon Williams Myvett who is accused in the shooting death of Michael Gladden. The jury emerged at two-fifty-seven this afternoon to seek clarification on possible verdicts that they could bring at the end of the trial. After being directed […]
It is becoming all too familiar; murder trial falls apart because the case file was not available. The family of thirty-three year old Brian “Benji” Williams, who was gunned down in 2009, was expecting justice to be served when twenty-one year old Carl Dalton Reneau was charged for the murder. Instead, Reneau was freed today […]
Another case crumbled in Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer’s court this morning. And again the reason was that the police failed to provide the case file. Forty-four year old Egbert Herman Card was facing charges of Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Dangerous Harm for a stabbing incident in the Port Loyola area. […]
Kenneth Garcia was found guilty of manslaughter for the death of his uncle, fifty-four year old Serjio Amilcar Garcia on June sixteenth. His sentencing was deferred three times while his attorneys tried to find persons to give mitigation pleas and Justice Troadio Gonzalez contemplated Kenneth’s fate. Well, in the Belmopan Court today, where Justice Gonzalez […]
The infamous Arthur Young, who has beaten the murder rap several times, now faces three more criminal charges for which he was arraigned today. Young went into hiding after police found a firearm silencer and equipment to manufacture the weapon accessory along with numerous books about the use of guns and sound suppressors. That bust […]
Four days after the murders of Roberto Torres and Eugene Flores and the wounding of Ron Thomas, on February fourteenth, 2008 police charged five persons including one of their own, Police Constable Gilbert Hyde Junior. But less than a month after the charges were brought against Hyde, they were withdrawn on March sixth due to […]
Another case before the courts dealt with a theft that occurred on Ebony Street on April thirteenth. Ironically, the accused person is Ebony Flowers, a twenty-five year old mother of three from Courtenay Crescent. Twenty-one year old Primilee Hemsley claims that she was standing near the intersection of Ebony Street and Central American Boulevard when […]
Local police made a major bust on Wednesday when they caught a Guatemalan national wanted by the Interpol for money laundering and drug trafficking charges. Fifty-three year Jose Anibal Hernandez Nova was surprised at the local hotel walking distance of a police station in the West Landivar area. He and four other alleged conspirators, including […]
Also in court, a land surveyor accused in a 2009 robbery was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. What sealed twenty-three year old Lionel Baizar’s conviction was the testimony of his victim, fifty-two year Elida Sabio. She told the court that on March twenty-third of 2009 she was on Central American Boulevard […]
Thirty-eight Mayan communities in the south are still reeling from a third legal victory, which affirms their rights to customary land tenure. That ruling was on Monday in the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh. Today the Maya Leaders Alliance issued its interpretation of the judgment. The Mayas also take issue with government’s intention […]
In the courts, a second person was convicted of attempted burglary this week. On Tuesday Rueben Galdamez got six years for the attempted burglary at Edita’s Fast Food located near Farmer’s Market. Today, Lancelot Arana was convicted of the same charge for an incident at La Cafeteria, located at the compound of the Port of […]
