Photo: Kirk Dougal
by Charles Gladden and Roy Davis (freelance reporter)
BELIZE CITY, Belize District. Thurs. Apr. 13, 2023
Four males, including two minors, have been arraigned today, Thursday, April 13, for burglarizing the home of Corine Teichrob, 45, in the Los Lagos area during the Easter weekend and stealing a large amount of money along with jewelry and firearms.
The incident occurred sometime between the morning of Holy Saturday and the night of Easter Sunday, when robbers entered Teichrob’s home by cutting the wires of the chain-link fence and prying open the burglar bars and wooden doors. They then proceeded to steal a safe which contained an assortment of electronic devices, jewelry and liquor, as well as firearms – a semi-automatic rifle, a pump action shotgun and live rounds.
Along with the initial items stolen from the safe, they also stole the DVR which contained footage captured by surveillance cameras. The estimated value of the items is $38,000.
The culprits were identified as 20-year-old Lyndon Chun and 46-year-old Kirk Dougal, and the two minors are aged 16 and 12 years.
When police arrived at the scene, they saw Chun and two minor boys running away from the scene and discovered a knapsack inside a plastic drum on the verandah. Inside the bag, the officers discovered 532 grams of cannabis.
Dougal was charged with burglary, meanwhile Chun and the two minors were given the initial charge along with possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply.
When they appeared in the Magistrate Court in Belize City, they all pleaded not guilty and were given bail – the men in the sum of $5,000 each plus two sureties of $2,500, and the minors were handed over to the care of their mothers with a bail of $2,000 each with the condition that they must live with their parents, mandatorily report to the Community Rehabilitation Department, and not associate with any gang affiliates, as well as comply with a curfew of 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Chun and Dougal, in addition to being prohibited from going within a hundred yards of any of the prosecution’s witnesses, must report to the police station every Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and they should not associate themselves with any criminals or known gang members.
They are to return to court on June 15.
Another home burglary also occurred during the Easter weekend, this one in the Belizean American site of Hattieville Village. Reports suggest that the incident occurred sometime around 2:40 a.m. on Easter Sunday, and that a safe as well as $30,000 worth of gold and diamond jewelry were stolen.
A reward of 2,000 Belize dollars is being offered for information leading to the recovery of jewelry and conviction of the culprits.
Call 622-7191 for any information towards recovering the items.