When he appeared in court today, fifty-two year old Michael Gomez was charged with Obtaining Property by Deception and Uttering and Claiming upon False Documents. Gomez, a resident of Mopan Street, allegedly paid for a pair sneakers, socks and jeans from Anil Asnaney of the Sensation X-Treme Shop located on Albert Street. Asnaney claims that […]
Just last week, Tasha Herrera, a mother of two was charged with Drug Trafficking for two point four kilos of cocaine. And on Saturday, her boyfriend Alwyn Gonzalez, was detained to face similar charges for the drugs. His arrest led police to another amount of cocaine for which additional charges will be levied against him […]
Twenty-two year old Jamie Palacio today began a three year prison sentence. While he was arraigned for Burglary, his sentence relates to outstanding fines to the courts which caught up with him today. Palacio reportedly entered the home of Allison Bowen on Periwinkle Street in the St. Martin’s Area on Wednesday, May nineteenth and proceeded […]
American national Bradford Keith Bryant will be spending the next three weeks at the Hattieville prison pending trial for possession of unlicensed ammunition. Bryant was busted with five rounds of ammunition while boarding a flight to the United States. At about ten-thirty on Thursday morning police visited Delta Airlines’ office at the Phillip Goldson International […]
We have reported on Wednesday afternoon’s high speed chase by police in an undercover operation in Belize City. Two suspicious cars were pursued since they were believed to have been used for illegal activities. When one of the cars was intercepted, forty-eight year-old Diego Witz, a businessman originally of Corozal Town but now a resident […]
It has been a while since a guilty verdict has been handed down in a murder trial and today the family of Kevin Arnold who was gunned down in Belize City three years ago is taking comfort in receiving justice. On Sunday, May twenty-seventh, 2007 Arnold was in the area of Los Cocos Bar on […]
A US request for the extradition of a notorious drug dealer almost caused the fall of Jamaica’s prime minister this week. The situation in the island is still volatile and reports are that in a gang infested neighborhood thugs have formed barricades to keep authorities from arresting Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. PM Bruce Golding, after months […]
And while Kaseke and his counterparts had entirely different views about the same piece of legislation, he said there is also a major difference with this case and previous extradition hearings. Elson Kaseke “They were saying that the UK extradition acts are still applicable in Belize, that they were saved at independence. But with the […]
There is a disturbing report about a minor from the Orange Walk District who, at the tender age of thirteen, is eight months pregnant. She claims that the father of her baby is a twenty-one year old mason, Miguel Miranda Junior of Trial Farm Village, who was today charged with two counts of Carnal Knowledge […]
The trial of two brothers concluded today and while they were not in court, Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer handed down her decision, finding them guilty of Robbery. Emmerson Neal Junior and his younger sibling, Alrick Carcamo were sentenced to seven years behind bars while Carcamo was ordered to spend an additional two years of a […]
Closing arguments in a trial involving a female cop concluded with high drama today before Magistrate Aretha Ford. It’s a sensational case because of the unusual evidence presented, which put the alleged victim on the hot seat. On June fifth, 2009, the female sergeant claimed she was assaulted at the Princess Hotel and Casino by […]
Today was day two of arguments by attorneys for seven persons who filed an application against the Attorney General over an injunction granted in favor of the government last year. The application was brought by Dean Boyce formerly of Telemedia, former Central Bank Governor Keith Arnold, attorney Philip Zuniga, and others after Supreme Court Justice […]
After four days on the run, police captured wanted fugitive Raymond Meyers, aka “Big Thug” at his home on Cedar Street. Today, he was escorted to the Belize City Magistrates’ Court where he appeared before Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer. He was read a single charge of murder in the stabbing death of Francis Figueroa on […]
They were busted with a homemade shot gun in 2008 and today, two Belize City men were convicted of Keeping a Prohibited Firearm. Nineteen year-old Zane Cantun was sentenced to two years behind bars while twenty year old Oliver Harvey will spend four. On January seventeenth 2008, police on mobile patrol spotted the two men […]
Raymond Myers, the man who police were searching for in connection with the stabbing murder of Francis Figueroa, was apprehended today at his Cedar Street home in Belize City. Police allege that Myers has been on the run since the Friday night incident, which occurred in front of Figueroa’s workplace, Royal Wholesale Liquors on Vernon […]
The family of eighty year-old Clifford Grant, of Oleander Street, is preparing to lay him to rest. Grant was beaten unconscious while at home last Friday by his own son. Sandra, Grant’s eldest daughter is celebrating her birthday today and despite the tragedy, she was in court when her brother Glenford was arraigned for murder […]
The brutal murder of basketball player and teacher, Aubrey Lopez, left the country in disbelief that someone considered to be a model citizen would meet such a tragic death. Police have detained two suspects since the incident on May twelfth, and today one of them, twenty-two year old Paul Jex, was read a single charge […]
Three Belize City men including a minor and a resident of San Ignacio Town were arraigned this morning before Magistrate Rachel Montejo in San Ignacio Town on murder charges following the shooting death of Zhen Zhennong. Zhennong, a Chinese national, was murdered inside her restaurant on Mother’s Day during an armed robbery. Joint efforts between Belize […]
On May tenth, a forty-one year old self employed resident of Belize City claimed he was beaten unconscious and robbed by two of his friends. According to Darrell Smith, he was invited to a bar by Armando Avilez, and was joined by another friend, Ignacio Villanueva. The three later headed to Villanueva’s home located on […]
Six cops were hauled to the Magistrates’ Court to face charges of Wounding for allegedly beating thirty-five year old Elvin Torres after the checkpoint at mile four on the Western Highway came under fire on May ninth. Torres was in a pickup truck along with twenty year old Reginald Young; they stopped at the checkpoint […]
This past Wednesday morning, a hail of bullets rang out on Boots Crescent. A fourteen year old primary school girl was shot as she sat in the living room of her house. Alondra Trapp had to be hospitalized for the injuries to her leg. Two men, Anthony Dennison and Erington Flowers, who were outside the […]
Recaptured inmate Edgar Roberts was today slapped with charges of damage to property and escape. On April twenty-sixth, Roberts who was incarcerated in the medium security area of the Hattieville prison, escaped by breaking the lock of his cell. He was re-captured two days later at the intersection of the Southern Highway by Dangriga Police. […]
Is he a shop-keeper or a chef? That was the question that the courts were trying to figure out today. Thirty one-year-old Chinese national, Zijia Li, of Corozal Town was caught in violation of his work permit and today they took him to court to answer to a single immigration charge of having failed to […]
It appeared that there was convincing evidence against Everet Mejia, a Nicaraguan National, who was accused of kidnapping Adrian Lizarraga, a resident of the Cayo District. But today Mejia was freed of the charges of Kidnapping and Blackmail after a unanimous ‘not guilty’ verdict. The background on the story dates back to 2005 when Adrian, […]
Emmanuel Gabourel, aka “Da De” celebrated his seventy-first Birthday while on remand at the Hattieville Prison this past Sunday, but Gabourel will be heading right back for sexually molesting two sisters, ages two and four. Gabourel was found guilty in April, but his sentence was delayed because his attorney had requested time for witnesses to […]
