Crime
Leroy Gomez has appeal for rape and robbery convictions dismissed
Today, the Court of Appeal dismissed Leroy Gomez’s rape and robbery conviction appeal after a panel of Justices heard arguments from his lawyer, Hubert Elrington, on Tuesday, June 11. Gomez was sentenced to 15 years concurrently [...]
3 shot in the city in separate incidents
Three men are lucky to be alive after they were shot in two separate shooting incidents in the city. One man was shot multiple times in his house by two masked men, while the other two [...]
Two men accused of robbery with knife
Jaime Villanueva and Wardworth Clark were both charged with robbery today, Friday, and granted bail of $5,000 each. Villanueva, 28, a barber, and Clark, 18, a construction worker, pleaded not guilty to their charge. They are [...]
Glenford “Bucket” Bermudez, 42, wins appeal
Two lawyers “found no legal grounds” Appeal Court President Manuel Sosa said that “The jury was subjected to contradictory and confusing direction” Glenford “Bucket” Bermudez, the ex- BDF soldier who was convicted of fatally shooting his [...]
2 stabbed in Orange Walk; 1 assailant remanded
Two men, who were stabbed in two separate incidents on Saturday, June 8, in Orange Walk, are now being treated for their injuries at the Orange Walk Hospital. The victims are Misael Valdez, 18, of Trial [...]
2 accused murderers captured
The second of two vicious Cayo criminals who had terrorized the districts has been captured, and they are both locked away at the Belize Central Prison on charges of aggravated burglary, murder, armed robbery and other [...]
265-gram weed bust on Santa Cruz Road
The “weedist” walked into the hands of policemen on mobile patrol San Ignacio police have labeled a bag containing 265 grams of marijuana as an exhibit, to be used as evidence against a man who was [...]
Carmita Middleton, 38, acquitted of 5 counts of theft
Robert Bandfield, owner and sole director of IPC, told the court that Middleton stole $17,455 BZ Carmita Middleton, 38, was acquitted of five counts of theft today in the courtroom of Justice Adolph Lucas, Sr. after [...]
Calbert Roberts, Jr., fined after pleading guilty to burglarizing his workplace
Roberts gave the money to his common-law wife after buying “baby things” On Thursday, May 30, 2013, Calbert Roberts, Jr., 19, a resident of #16 Mangal Street in Orange Walk, was arraigned on burglary and damage [...]
Lindon Hinds, 20, charged for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition
Lindon Hinds, 20, of Belize City, was charged today, Tuesday, for the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Hinds pleaded not guilty to a charge of kept firearm without a gun license and kept ammunition [...]
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