Teacher Judith Cacho Arraigned for Allegedly Harming 8-year-old Student
Judith Cacho Forty-five-year-old Judith Cacho, a teacher at Queen Square Anglican School, was arraigned on a single charge of harm today. The incident reportedly occurred on January sixteenth, almost...
View ArticleDanny Mason’s Guyanese Attorney Arrives in Belize
Arriving in the country today was thirty-eight-year old Dexter Todd, a Guyanese attorney. Todd has been retained by William “Danny” Mason, also from Guyana, who is expected to go back to Supreme Court...
View Article4 Belize City Men are Charged for Alleged Gang Involvement
The police department is once again cracking down on individuals believed to be involved in gang activity. This morning in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford, four alleged gang members...
View ArticleGuyanese Attorney Dexter Todd Called to the Bar in Order to Represent Mason
Dexter Todd As we told you, Guyanese attorney, Dexter Todd, had to be called to the bar in order for him to practice law in Belize and represent William ‘Danny’ Mason. The thirty-eight-year-old...
View Article‘Danny’ Mason et al Still Facing Charges for the Kidnapping of Mennonite Couple
Dexter Todd William ‘Danny’ Mason et al are also facing kidnapping charges. They stand accused of kidnapping Mennonite businessman Lloyd Thiessen and his wife in May 2016. The Thiessens reportedly...
View ArticleAccused Murderers William ‘Danny’ Mason et al Return to Court with News...
The infamous William ‘Danny’ Mason and his associates were back before Supreme Court Justice Antoinette Moore in Belmopan today. This time, Mason went in armed with a new attorney, Dexter Todd of...
View Article1 Freed; 4 Get Reduced Charges in Blue Creek Drug Plane Trial
The sensational trial of five persons, two Mexican nationals and three Belizeans, accused with drug trafficking and the illegal landing of a drug plane in the Orange Walk District in September 2018,...
View ArticleA Prison Courthouse to Connect Inmates to the Judiciary
A new courthouse was inaugurated this morning at the Belize Central Prison where inmates will now be able to connect directly with the Supreme Court and the magistrate’s court from behind prison walls....
View ArticleA Teenager is Arraigned for the Manslaughter of Ana Villanueva
Zena Armstrong Nineteen-year-old Zena Armstrong is out on bail tonight, following the stabbing death of Ana Villanueva in Corozal Town over the weekend. Armstrong was arraigned for one count of...
View ArticleChilean National Pleads Guilty to Attempted ATM Scam
Chilean national Juan Espinosa SaaVerdra pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an ATM scam in Dangriga and Belize City; he was fined a total of six thousand dollars, which he met forthwith and has...
View ArticleBail for Stabbing Death of Ana Villanueva Incenses Corozaleños
Zena Armstrong Twenty-year-old Zena Armstrong is out on bail after being charged with manslaughter. The incident involved the fatal stabbing of Ana Villanueva in Corozal on Monday night. The young...
View ArticleJulius Espat Sues for Damages Two and a Half Years Later
Julius Espat According to Espat, he is seeking redress in the form of compensation for the length of time that he was suspended from the House without pay. Primarily, he wants it placed on record that...
View ArticleEspat’s Unlawful Ejection to be Heard Before the Supreme Court
Julius Espat This afternoon, we spoke with Espat who explained that there is merit to the claim that his constitutional rights were indeed violated when he was forcefully kicked out of the House...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal Orders Julius Espat’s Claim to be Heard
It made headlines back in August 2016 when opposition parliamentarian Julius Espat was physically removed from the House of Representatives on the instruction of former House Speaker Michael...
View ArticleJulius Espat Says Two More Suits Against GOB are Languishing Before the Courts
Julius Espat Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat has filed separate claims before the Supreme Court against the Government of Belize. Those lawsuits are in addition to pending litigation in...
View Article4 Men, including a Minor, are Arraigned for Lindon Baldwin’s Murder
Shawn Gibson Less than a week after the shooting death of Lindon Baldwin on Ebony Street, police arrested and charged four persons, including a minor, for the crime. This afternoon, Shawn Gibson was...
View ArticleAccused Murderer Hugh Dyer Walks on Nolle Pros
Hugh Dyer Thirty-five-year-old Hugh Dyer, who has been incarcerated since 2015 pending the outcome of a murder trial, walked away from the charge today when a nolle prosequi was entered. On July...
View ArticleKendale Greene is Charged for Aggravated Assault
Kendale Greene A twenty-five-year-old man, Kendale Greene, has been remanded to prison after being accused of shooting Ronald Michael and two others on Sunday morning. Greene was arraigned this...
View ArticleDrive by Shooter is Arraigned for Sunday Night’s Gun Violence
Tareek Smith One of two motorcycle drive-by shooters was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson today for Sunday night’s armed attack on Pelican Street. Tareek Smith is charged with...
View Article2 Men Arraigned for Antelope Street Shooting
Jose Vasquez & Jose Rivera Two Belize City residents were arraigned late this evening in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson for Friday afternoon’s shooting on Antelope Street....
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