A former Belize Defense Force volunteer soldier is behind bars tonight after he was remanded for a fire that destroyed his brother’s house on Sunday morning. And police believe that forty year old Reynaldo Solano of Pine Street, Dangriga is responsible for the Arson that occurred around seven-thirty that morning. When police and fire officials […]
A prison inmate who is on remand for a firearm offense has run into additional problems for the possession of a stolen phone. Last Friday police on patrol in the King’s Park area of Belize City stumbled on Stanley Moore with an unlicensed gun. But that was just the beginning of Moore’s dilemma. That’s because […]
He went on a rampage after a domestic dispute, but now Jimmy Singh is facing the consequences. The twenty-nine year old appeared in court today, charged with four counts of Aggravated Assault. One count is for pointing a gun to the chest of Kimberly Westby, while the other three stem from shooting at three police […]
In other court news, this morning thirty-three year old Anthony Major was arraigned on charges of Burglary and Theft. Major pleaded not guilty to the crimes, but the Prosecution represented by Sergeant Kenneth Magdaleno objected to bail on the grounds that the career criminal has two convictions for Escape and Theft. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie […]
A former security guard who was charged with the Murder of his wife today pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Manslaughter in the Supreme Court. Justice Adolph Lucas has deferred sentencing for Cecil Gabourel for January twenty-sixth after his attorney Simeon Sampson presents a mitigation plea on his behalf. The facts, as presented by […]
A computer technician has pleaded not guilty for the jacking at National Transports office earlier this week in which over twenty thousand dollars was stolen. Nineteen year old Justine McClaren of Freetown Road was remanded until February nineteenth because the robbery was committed with a firearm. At around eight on Monday morning, two armed men […]
In another case brought before the courts today, forty year old Raymond ‘Footie’ Gongora was charged with Handling Stolen Goods. The former director of Youth for the Future and former semi-pro basketball player pleaded not guilty to the charge and was offered a bail of five thousand dollars. The incident occurred on Wednesday when Gongora […]
The new session of the Supreme Court opened on Monday and today a jury of five men and four women deliberated for almost two hours in the court of Justice Adolph Lucas in the retrial of thirty-eight year old Edward Reyes. Reyes, the owner of Prime Cut Meats, was found guilty of Manslaughter in the […]
He is well known in the underworld and twenty-nine year old Darren Banks, who had been on remand for almost three months, is now out on bail. Banks was kept on remand on two previous occasions for charges of Attempted Murder, but today, Chief Magistrate, Margaret McKenzie offered him a bail of eight thousand dollars. […]
It is difficult to keep up with illegal immigration because the borders of Belize are porous and the country is strategically located for those who want to head north. And on Wednesday, police caught up with several persons who were in the country illegally. While on mobile patrol at the Dump Settlement Area in the […]
The search for twenty-eight year old Leon Staine is over. The former accounts manager of Grace Kennedy Belize today appeared in court to answer to thirteen counts of Theft that was brought against him by the company. It is alleged that Staine stole over fifty-three thousand dollars from the company between June and October of […]
In other news from the courts, fifty-three year old Carlos Lauriano, who was busted with just under one pound of cannabis, was fined ten thousand dollars when he appeared in court today. Lauriano, a fisherman was apprehended on Tuesday by the cops when he was seen acting suspiciously. He was promptly taken to court, pleaded […]
And in news from the courts, the long arms of the law have finally caught up with fifty-three year old Anthony Myvett, an unemployed man of West Street who allegedly had sex with an eight year old child. Myvette was charged with Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and Dangerous Harm when he appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. […]
Former P.U.P. Minister, Ralph Fonseca was back in court today for the preliminary inquiry in a charge of Theft placed against him on December fifth. Despite all the drama and publicity leading up to the arraignment, very little happened at the P.I. today in the Belmopan Magistrates’ Court. Outside the courtroom it was calm except […]
But equally as confident about a conviction was D.P.P. Branker-Taitt, who also did not divulge why the matter was again adjourned. Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt, Dir of Public Prosecutions “Both sides had certain discussions in chambers and it was agreed that the matter will be adjourned until the fifth. At that time legal submissions will be made […]
Three men accused of breaking into a house and stealing over nine thousand dollars worth of household appliances appeared today before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers to face two counts of burglary. Twenty-four year old Robert “House” Jeffries, twenty-six year old Leon Robinson and his thirty year old brother, Barry Robinson. Jeffries was slapped with an additional […]
Last Tuesday, forty-four year old Elvis Duncan was shot while trying to escape from police… but after recuperating at the Belmopan Hospital, on Monday, the Elridge Village resident was recovered enough to be arraigned in court. Duncan is believed to be one of three perpetrators in a robbery and murder involving two Bowen and Bowen […]
A new jury will have to be empanelled in a rape case in the Supreme Court. And that is because the original jury of six women and three men selected yesterday was discharged today by Justice Herbert Lord because one of the jurors is closely related to complainant, a forty-five year old nurse. As the […]
In other news from the courts, a teenager is spending the night behind bars after he was remanded to the Hattieville Prison on two offences committed on the same day; Burglary and Attempted Burglary. Eighteen year-old Alex McKoy was denied bail since he had a previous offence to answer to. The recent incidents for which […]
A forty-nine year old Belize City resident and his thirty-five year old girlfriend will spend a month behind bars for being in possession of ammunition, a nine millimetre pistol and point six grams of cocaine. Today, businessman Wayne Yorke and his girlfriend Reina Cruz appeared in the Magistrates’ Court where they pleaded not guilty to […]
The case of Theft against former Prime Minister, Said Musa was called today in the Belmopan Magistrates’ Court. But the preliminary inquiry did not proceed because the defense team needed time to review the evidence provided to them only last Friday by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Tait. A period of fourteen days is […]
And in news from the courts, an electrician of Casanova Street might be facing prison time for an unusual recipe for Johnny Cake. At about twelve-thirty p.m. today, twenty-one year old Khaphian Jones, took some Johnny Cake to a friend who was in the holding cell at the Queen Street Police Station. An officer explored […]
Also in the court, an inmate at the Hattieville Prison will spend an extra year behind bars after he pleaded guilty to charges of Drug Trafficking. Today, thirty-five year old Martin Gideon, who was serving nine years for a previous case of robbery and harm, was sentenced to spend another year for trying to slip […]
And Ivan Jones, a nineteen year old fisherman who was out on bail for a burglary charge he received two weeks ago, did not learn from that experience. On December first, 2008, Jones allegedly broke into the house of his neighbor, sixty-four year old taxi driver Fidencio Vasquez and stole several items. Jones was back […]
In another case, twenty year old, Clifford Flores of Caesar Ridge Road appeared in court to answer to charges of Aggravated Assault on twenty-three year old Wayne Rocke. Today, Flores appeared before Magistrate Sharon Frazer and pleaded not guilty to the charge, but due to the nature of the offence, he was remanded into custody […]
