A man who allegedly confessed to killing a man because of a sexual act was yesterday convicted of murder. Twenty-two year old Arturo Eck faces a maximum sentence of life behind bars as a result of the 2007 murder of forty-nine year old Eugenio Tzul. Tzul, a resident of San Joaquin village, was found badly […]
There was a strange case of a kitchen utensil in Magistrate’s court today. There was the woman who lent the pot, the woman who borrowed it, the claim that it was stolen, the fact that it was never returned, and the other woman who owned a pot, but not the one presented in court, which […]
It was big news one year ago when the manager and owner of Omni Networks and Fultec Systems, Dean Fuller, was charged with laundering over six point five million dollars. The alleged offenses brought by the Financial Intelligence Unit were said to have occurred between October ninth 2007 and January first 2009. It was an […]
In the Supreme Court, a jury this afternoon reached a verdict in the trial of a Cayo resident who had been charged with the murder of his uncle. Kenneth Garcia stood accused of murdering fifty-four year old Sergio Amilcar Garcia back in 2006. The incident occurred between eight and nine o’clock on September twenty-second at […]
Money laundering charges against businessman, Dean Fuller, were dropped today, but in the case of the Coye family, more charges were brought against them on Tuesday. The Coye Family—Melanie Coye, her husband James Gerou; parents Michael and Marlene; brother, Jude and their two employees: Dietrick Kingston and Athlee Matute—appeared in court and were read five […]
Crime is at an all time high but what does it take to get a conviction or even proceed to trial? Well, five men bolted from the Magistrate Court this morning when charges against them were struck out even before a preliminary inquiry got underway. It was no ordinary case, four were facing murder, all […]
A murder suspect was rushed by ambulance to the K.H.M.H. from the Belize City magistrate court. It caused a stir but not to the extent as the commotion last week when Andre Trapp was murdered behind the courts. There was also no foul play involved in today’s incident. Apparently, nineteen year old John Chessman was […]
Since his capture in early February, Gary Seawell has been behind bars on eleven charges for firearm offences. But when he was taken to court today under heavy police escort, for his first appearance before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie, it was for another matter. The U.S. government wants his extradition and he was read […]
Also in court, a thirty two year old female tacos vendor who was accused of stabbing a woman eight times in front of the Publics Supermarket will be spending one year in jail. Myra Leticia Pineda originally claimed she stabbed a waitress, Claudia Gutierrez, in self defense. Gutierrez was left scarred for life; she is […]
The execution style murder of Southside gang leader, Andre Trapp, took place last Thursday in the most unlikely of places during broad daylight, the area of the Magistrate Court. Today two men with links to the police were arraigned for the murder. It is believed that the hit on Trapp was a contract killing, but […]
The Court of Appeal today made a decision on the case of the Belize Telemedia Employees Trust versus the Government of Belize. The case was brought about after the Barrow administration compulsorily acquired B.T.L. last August. Trustees representing the Employees Trust, Dean Boyce and Keith Arnold, initially took the case to the Supreme Court challenging […]
The prospects look good for Telemedia employees, but we did not know how good. Trustee of the Employee Trust, Dean Boyce, told us what the value of the over twenty percent shares is worth. Dean Boyce, Trustee, BTL Employees’ Trust “The B.T.L. Employees’ Trust owns about twenty-three percent of the shareholdings of B.T.L. and it […]
An entire family was today escorted to the Belize City Magistrate Court on a firearm charge this morning. It follows a shooting on Mayflower Street on June thirteenth which led to a search of the home of Ralph Sherlock Martinez, a.k.a. “Mini-man,” where police discovered a point twenty-two revolver. Police claim that while on patrol […]
Also in court, a Belize City man was arrested and charged for discharging his firearm in public. What’s even worse, at the time of the incident, the man was reportedly under the influence of alcohol. According to the police, a shot rang out on Marine Parade Boulevard at five-twenty a.m. on Saturday morning. Officers rushed […]
Almost three months ago, on March twenty-fifth of this year, Accents Shop located on North Front Street was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight. It was a brazen job—the handy work of two robbers—one, a minor, captured by police after he opened fire on them and in an exchange was shot; while the other, who […]
Another attempted murder case has fallen apart today. As far as our records show, Darren Banks has been associated with many police related incidents as far back as the year 2000 and the charges have been from the benign to murder. Today’s latest charge was Attempted Murder for a confrontation that occurred on October twenty […]
He is already serving a fourteen month jail term for handling stolen goods and today, Richard Ferguson, was sentenced to six more years behind bars for burglary. Ferguson, who was chopped in the head during another robbery, was actually hospitalized for that injury. But as the recidivism rate shows, he couldn’t help but commit another […]
There is a development to report tonight in the drug trafficking case against Alwyn Gonzalez. He faces four counts of drug trafficking charges and an ammunition charge in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. Gonzalez and his common law wife, Tasha Herrera, were both charged after officers raided their King’s Park home on May nineteenth. Two […]
On Monday, the Court of Appeal resumed session and there are a number of criminal and civil matters to be heard. An appeal by Senior citizen, Fortunato Campos, was withdrawn because of timing. In the Supreme Court, Campos was initially charged with attempted murder, but was found guilty of the alternative charge of wounding. Justice […]
A burglary at the home of an elderly person took place back in April but the accused burglar has just been arraigned. Eight hundred dollars worth of items were stolen from the King’s Park home of Alexander Franzua. Fingerprints were retrieved from the scene and after using the Affix Transfer and Manual Henry Fingerprints Classification […]
There is another report of bad cops to add to the growing list tonight. A young mother and her boyfriend are suffering from injuries to the body which they claim were inflicted by several police officers attached to the Ladyville substation. But it is the victims who are facing a slew of charges. According to […]
Exactly one week ago, Rodwell Williams was shot and critically wounded in an execution style attempt on his life. Today, police escorted two youths to the Chief Magistrate’s Court to face the music for that shooting. Twenty-seven year old Ricky Valencia and eighteen year old Akeem Thurton were charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and […]
He is known as the lead drummer in the Garifuna Collective Band who travelled with Punta Rock legend, the late Andy Palacio, on his tours across the world. But today, Joshua Arana is making news for a different reason. He says he was heading home with friends early Sunday morning when he became the victim […]
There is another cop in trouble tonight. He is nineteen year old Police Constable Dennis Cecil Carr who found himself on the other side of the law today when he was charged with Aggravated Assault, Harm and Theft—all allegedly against his ex-common-law-wife, thirty-four year old Leonora Patricia Rhaburn. According to Rhaburn, Carr allegedly stole her […]
Two other police officers also appeared before the courts today and were charged for unlawful activity. Thirty-nine year old Leonardo Yama and twenty-six year old Frederick Frazier appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers and were jointly charged with theft. Reports are that on May twenty-first both officers entered the home of Rene Rodriguez where they conducted […]
