In the courts, two people have lost their freedom for three years when a Magistrate found them guilty today of three charges. Thirty-two year old Ellington Ottley Senior and a seventeen year old minor will spend time for Keeping a Prohibited Firearm, Prohibited Ammunition, and Possession of four hundred and sixty-seven grams of cannabis. Magistrate […]
Turning to the courts, a fourth person is in custody for the sensational murder of twenty-eight year old John Paul Saldivar that occurred in January in San Pedro, A.C. Today, twenty-three year old Eric Swan, who was shot during a crossfire with police, appeared in Magistrates’ Court in crutches to answer to charges of Murder […]
Belizean Mark Seawell, who is wanted by U.S. law enforcement agencies since 2007, will get to know his fate next week Friday. That’s when Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie will rule on whether Seawell’s attorney, Elson Kaseke has won the arguments on the preliminary points presented in court. Those centered mainly on an Extradition Treaty with […]
After three year old Omar Aguilar perished in flames last December, his mother, thirty year old Pauline McLean, was charged. But today McLean walked free out of Magistrates’ Court after the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt, ordered that the charge of Causing Death by Careless Conduct be withdrawn. The D.P.P. sited insufficient evidence as […]
Moving to the courts, his brother was charged with the Murder of Aaron Brooks last week and today twenty-three year old Everal Gray was in court for threatening to kill Brook’s mother, Carolyn Leslie. Gray pleaded not guilty and is out on bail of two thousand five hundred dollars on the condition that he does […]
Also in Magistrates’ Court, thirty-four year old Lance Welch and a seventeen year old minor were slapped with a number of charges in connection with a shooting on April sixth. No plea was taken from the duo for the charges of Attempted Murder and two counts each of Use of Deadly Means of Harm, Aggravated […]
4 charged for robbery at K.K. Grocery And while eighteen year old Keon Francis was the target in that shooting, he is one of four persons behind bars tonight for the Robbery of K.K. Grocery, which occurred on April eighth. Francis, twenty-three year old Ryan Felix, twenty-one year old Cruz Allen and twenty-two year old […]
Twenty-one year old Ronlee Petillo will spend his Easter behind bars as he has been charged with Attempted Murder and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. Petillo is charged in connection with a shooting that occurred around nine on Euphrates Avenue on Tuesday night. But the man whom Petillo is accused of shooting has perhaps […]
A B.D.F. soldier turned security guard pulled his gun on the wrong man and will spend the long Easter weekend behind bars. Antonio Teul, an employee of Fort Point Security, was charged today with Aggravated Assault when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. Teul pleaded not guilty to the charge but was remanded into […]
When contacted this morning F.I.U. Director, Marilyn Williams expressed concern that two persons on bail for money laundering charges were allowed to travel internationally without the knowledge of the Unit. The two in question are Marlene and Melonie Coye who were charged with laundering over one point five million dollars on January second. Three other […]
A release late this evening from G.O.B. says that Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich has granted an interim ex parte injunction against Belize Telemedia Ltd and Belize Social Development Limited. According to the Government the injunction restrains them from enforcing the Final Award issued on March 2009 by the London Court of International Arbitration awarding […]
On Monday we told you about the armed robbery of Best Bake Bakery on Western Avenue and today, one of three culprits, a custom broker was charged in the courts. Twenty-seven year old, Leon Pinks appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie to answer to charges of Robbery and Damage to Property. Pinks pleaded not guilty […]
Jason Canto was in court on Tuesday, jointly charged with his father, Mario and mother, Lovinia for keeping an unlicensed nine millimetre pistol that his father subsequently claimed ownership of. Twenty-six year old Jason, along with both of his parents, would have been remanded in custody but the charge against him and his mother were […]
There was some drama in court today when a mother, father and son were remanded into custody on charges of Keeping a Firearm without a Gun License. The mother, fifty-three year old Lovinia Canto, fainted when she heard that she, along with her husband, forty-nine year old Mario Canto and their son, twenty-six year old […]
Immigration Officers have been cracking down on illegal immigrants and a number of cases have recently come before the courts. In the most recent case a Honduran Vendor, who had permission to enter the country, was in the Magistrates Court for overstaying her welcome. Thirty-three year old Maria Ramos arrived in Belize on September twenty-ninth, […]
And there is another illegal person in prison facing deportation. Twenty-one year old Jose Cecilio Yanes of Honduras was recently freed of a murder charge in the stabbing death of thirty-one year old Tito Burgos Caballeros, which occurred in March of 2007. But Yanes was back in court today and pleaded guilty to Being a […]
The law caught up today with thirty-nine year old Kumar Prakash, owner of K-Park Supermarket, who was charged with two counts of Employing Persons not in Possession of Employment Permits. When he appeared in Magistrates’ Court, Prakash pleaded not guilty, was offered bail of two thousand five hundred dollars and was remanded into custody until […]
There are still many hurdles to cross but the family of Rhett Fuller has plenty reasons to celebrate tonight. Fuller’s attorney, Eamon Courtenay, secured a fifty thousand dollars bail for his release this afternoon in Supreme Court. Fuller has been locked up at the Hattieville prison since March twenty seventh. On that date, the Court […]
Chinese national are often in the news as targets of crimes, but today, thirty-eight year old Jin Zhong Wang of Ladyville was in the dock. Wang appeared in Magistrates’ Court to answer to charges for the Possession of two grams of cannabis and Keeping a Greater Number of Ammunition than the amount specified in his […]
Also in the Magistrates’ Court, a group of five appeared twice in as many days for related incidents. On Thursday they were charged with Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition. Only one of them, twenty-four year old Harold Mutrie, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years for each count. But the charges against the […]
A mechanic of Hattieville is spending his first night behind bars at Hattieville tonight after he was remanded for having sexual intercourse with a thirteen year old girl. Fifty-one year old Cyril Hanker is charged with Carnal Knowledge and Grievous Harm. Because the nature of the offenses is indictable, Hanker was denied bail. The girl, […]
Also in Magistrates’ Court, twenty-four year old Harold Mutrie pleaded guilty to Possession of Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition and was sentenced to two years in prison. Mutrie was one of five persons charged with keeping a glock nine millimeter pistol and fifteen rounds. While the charges against the other defendants were withdrawn, they were not […]
A mother almost joined her son at the Hattieville facilities as a prison inmate for using indecent words to a police constable. The woman, thirty-four year old Lavern Longsworth, appeared before Magistrate Albert Hoare on Tuesday. She was fined a hundred dollars and given until April thirtieth to pay but court records showed that she […]
An immigration officer at the P.G.I.A. and a businessman who were accused of importing eleven thousand five hundred U.S. dollars into Belize were found not guilty of the charge today. The case stems from a sting operation at the Phillip Goldson International Airport back on May thirty-first, 2008. It was alleged that during a police […]
In other court news, an eighteen year old youth was today fined four hundred dollars after he pleaded guilty to beating a Chinese businessman at the Queen Street Police Station. Trevor Lamb admitted to beating Yong Sheng Zhang inside the cellblock at the station around eleven-thirty on January thirtieth. Lamb had first pleaded not guilty […]
