Whose man is it? That is what started an argument that landed two women in front of Magistrate Aretha Ford on criminal charges. This morning police charged nineteen year old Christy Alisa Mejia of the St. Martin’s De Porres area with Grievous Harm. Mejia, a UB student, appeared unrepresented and pleaded not guilty to the […]
In news of a legal nature, the London Court of International Arbitration has made an interim ruling in the proceedings regarding a UHS debt which involved ten million dollars granted by the Government of Venezuela to the Government of Belize in late 2007. Although the Government has already received the ten million dollars from the […]
Twenty-nine year old Jamil Flowers was initially detained on Friday along with his grandmother, seventy-six year old Olive Dawson of Biscayne Village. They were both charged in connection with a point two-twenty-three rifle and four live rounds of ammunition discovered in their home during a police search. But only Flowers was charged today. Dawson was […]
A farmer from Maskall Village accused of rape and harm against his ex-common-law-wife faced an additional charge of Breaching a Protection Order from the Belize Family Court today. But that was not what sent him to jail, it was the alleged rape of his ex-wife that landed the thirty five year old behind bars. His […]
A sixty year old Salvadoran man of Scotland Halfmoon Village is behind bars allegedly for having sexual relations with his fourteen year old daughter. While the incident was reported only last week the girl claims that her father has been having relations with her since she was eleven. The father appeared before Magistrate Tracy Sosa […]
His gambling habits landed him in court, but luck was on thirty-eight year old David Popper’s side today. Popper appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford charged with the theft of more than one thousand four hundred dollars from Neville Samuels, a UNICEF employee. Popper pleaded guilty to the charge and was facing one year behind bars, […]
While David Pauper was spared jail time, a family of four was remanded to prison on firearm charges. An early morning search at the home of thirty-eight year old Emelia Horn yielded a point twenty-five caliber gun and four live rounds of corresponding ammunition. Emelia was charged along with her son, nineteen year old Jerry […]
Two men are behind bars for the attempted murder of a fifteen year old boy who was shot in the buttocks. Twenty-four year old Warren Dominquez and twenty year old Winfield Dennison were charged after the youth, Victor Patrick Amoa the third was shot last week Saturday. The incident happened at the corner of Lake […]
A man who targeted three women on Thursday night was quickly picked up by police only hours later. By ten this morning, Wilworth Williams was in court to answer to three counts of Aggravated Assault. The allegation against him is that he fired a single shot in the direction of Lucretia Myvette, Kimberly Bowen and […]
An eighteen year old Mahogany Street resident was charged with Burglary today when he appeared before Magistrate Tracy Sosa. The youth, Alexander Nunez, allegedly broke into a store in the area on Tuesday and made off with sixty dollars cash and grocery items valued at approximately a hundred and forty dollars. Nunez appeared in court […]
It was not a good day in court for thirty-four year old Elliott Palacio, a farmer from Bermudian Landing who was caught with illegal drugs and ammunition. Palacio was charged with Drug Trafficking for five point four grams of cocaine, Possession of a Controlled Drug for a hundred and twenty-eight grams of cannabis and Keeping […]
Fourteen years; that’s the sentence handed down to forty-two year old Tong Sheng Zhang after his murder conviction today. Zhang had pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Manslaughter and was facing a life sentence for fatally shooting his friend, Chi Cheong Chan, over money in March of last year. It was around five p.m., […]
A boyfriend and girlfriend caught with drugs were charged jointly today after a search of their home yielded six pounds of marijuana. The police anti-drug unit made the discovery at around eleven-thirty on Tuesday. Today in court, twenty-two year old Marion Parks and thirty-five year old Rutherford Zelaya each faced one count of Drug Trafficking. […]
After spending three years behind bars awaiting trial, thirty-three year old Ted Armstrong had his day in court. Unfortunately for him, all that came of it was… more waiting time because prejudicial statements by police caused Justice Michelle Arana to discharge the jury and order a retrial. Armstrong is accused of fatally stabbing Jerome Longsworth […]
A nineteen year old Rhaburn Ridge villager—who has been on the run since a shooting incident dating back to March—was finally detained by police on Monday. Jorge Rivera appeared today in the court of Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers to answer to two counts each of Attempted Murder and Aggravated Assault. No plea was taken and […]
And in the Magistrates’ Court, three persons were arraigned for the Murder of fifty-three year old Glenford Williams, who was employed with Anchor Security. The incident, a robbery attempt at the Western Union offices on Regent Street in May, ended fatally for the security guard on duty. That was three months ago and today two […]
In other news from the courts, the brother of the Commissioner of Police, sixty-four year old William Jeffries doesn’t seem to have much regard for the law. And after eight previous drug related convictions, Jeffries finds himself behind bars for Possession of a three and a half inch pipe used to smoke drugs. The Tigris […]
In the courts, forty year old Orlando Diaz, a construction worker of Banak Street was found guilty of Burglary this morning, that is, the burglary of his mother’s house in November of 2008. On that day Diaz was spotted coming out of Maggie Logan’s house with an assortment of items including, a pot, a water […]
Also in the court, a babysitter claimed she rented her house in 2003 to some Honduran nationals while she worked on a ship. Since that time, her tenants were reportedly stealing electricity. The home owner, Beverly Perez, was today levied with a criminal charge of Abstracting Electricity and she was spared jail time by Magistrate […]
The family of Crooked Tree resident, fifty-eight year old Mervin Bood, gathered at the Magistrates’ Court on Thursday as he was arraigned on a number of charges. And they were not a happy group because they feel that Bood was being wrongfully charged for an incident that occurred last Friday. Bood’s twelve year old grandson […]
But there was more trouble for Mervin Bood when the cops showed up. Since Mervin was trying to protect his family, he wasn’t expecting to be charged for any wrongdoing. And according to Gloria, the man behind their problems is the O.C. of the Eastern Division, David Henderson. Gloria Bood, Wife of Mervin Bood Sr. […]
In the courts today, the thirty-nine year old father of an eleven year old girl was found guilty of the heinous crime of Incest. A jury deliberated for less than two hours and found the Roaring Creek resident guilty of three counts of Incest, three counts of Unnatural Crime and one count of Threat of […]
He walked away from a charge of Attempted Murder last week but twenty one year old Phillip Wallace finds himself right back before the courts. This time Wallace was remanded to prison on charges of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm. This follows a shooting that occurred around eleven thirty on Sunday night at the corner […]
And in the courts, an inmate will spend additional time at the Hattieville Prison after being found guilty of Drug Trafficking by Magistrate Rachel Montejo. Forty-four year old Rudolph Alexander Bennett was convicted for over half a pound of weed stashed inside his boots. That’s another conviction to add to the long list Bennett has […]
Also in the Magistrate’s court, three cops: two brothers and a sister, were charged for attacking one of their own during a case of domestic abuse. Today, twenty-two year old police constable, Rachel Sutherland and her two brothers: twenty year old Ryan and twenty-four year old Ronald, were placed on interdiction by the police department […]
