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Ellis Meighan Well-known street figure, Ellis Meighan, who was charged with the attempted murder of Carlos “Zimbab” Abraham, a George Street boss, appeared before Justice Antoinette Moore today....
View ArticleBCB Attorney Says G.O.B. Must Pay Up
Eamon Courtenay The government today issued a lengthy release attempting to explain the significant award to the BCB. While the government is admitting that it has responsibility to pay, the release...
View ArticleArbitrators Says G.O.B. Owes BCB US $45 Million
Eamon Courtenay The Government of Belize will have to cough up the huge sum of nearly one hundred million dollars following the long awaited decision of an international Treaty Tribunal. Today, the...
View ArticleAlexander Nunez Caught in the Act of Raping a Woman
Alexander Nunez A young man from Belize City is on remand at the Belize Central Prison tonight after he was charged with rape. Police say that on Friday, twenty-three year old construction worker...
View ArticleCCJ Upholds Judgment for Janae Matute, Government is Hard Pay
Janae Matute Fourteen-year-old Janae Matute was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, a lifelong condition that has been attributed to a medical error committed when Doctor Raju Meenavalli...
View ArticleRobbers Convicted for 2011 James Bus Stickup
Samuel Bevans Jr. Twenty-eight-year-old Samuel Bevans Junior, a resident of Belize City and a sixteen-year-old minor were both found guilty of robbery this morning when they appeared before Senior...
View ArticleRoy Bennett Off to Prison for Weed Possession
Roy Bennett Twenty-seven-year-old Roy Bennett has been convicted of possession of a controlled drug after pleading guilty to possession of point nine grams of marijuana. With less than two days...
View ArticleCarlos Sanchez Gets Eighteen Months in Jail For Sexual Assault
Carlos Perez Sanchez A Honduran national is convicted of two counts of sexual assault upon a mother and her eleven year old daughter. Carlos Perez Sanchez, who is originally from Dangriga but was...
View ArticleAmerican Researcher Booted from Belize for Immigration Offense
Timothy Joseph Eales A removal ordered requested by the Belize Immigration Department was granted for the expulsion of thirty-two-year-old Timothy Joseph Eales from Belize. On Friday, December...
View ArticleTrio Charged for Drug Trafficking
Kevin Pandy A Belize City businessman, Kevin Pandy, his girlfriend, Elmarose Cabral, and his cousin, Jomo Avila, were all jointly charged with one count each of drug trafficking for three point two...
View ArticleStudent Charged for Attempted Murder
Musa Smith A twenty year old Belize City student has been charged for the December twenty-first attempted murder of twenty-eight year old Tyron Scott of Unity Street, who was stabbed twice to the back...
View ArticleHousekeeper Accused of Theft
Jessica Beeks A nineteen year old housekeeper cleaned out her boss’ jewelry box when she allegedly stole expensive pieces of jewelry from inside her Bella Vista home. Earlier today, Jessica Beeks was...
View ArticleTrial of Bahamians Continues
The trial for two Bahamian men, Kelvin Errol Leach and Rohn Michael Knowles continued today before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser after a month-long adjournment. Leach and Knowles are accused of...
View ArticleCop Gets Bail for Aggravated Assault
Ezzart Anthony A fifty-two year old cop is tonight out on bail after he was charged for allegedly attacking his common law wife and harming her with a knife at their Ladyville home. PC Ezzart Anthony...
View ArticleLamb Charged for Boxing Day Rape
Vanzie Lamb Forty-five-year-old Vanzie Lamb was arraigned this morning before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser on a single charge of rape. The indictment succeeds an allegation by a twenty-two-year-old...
View ArticleFirst Theft Conviction of 2015
Lincoln Moralez It’s not exactly a New Year’s honor, but a Belize City man does have the distinction of being the first to be convicted of theft in 2015. Today twenty-three year old Lincoln Moralez...
View ArticleTroy Hyde Charged for the Weekend Murder of “Robbery” Lopez
Troy Hyde Today, under heavy security with police armed with M-sixteen rifles, Troy Deon Hyde, of Curl Thompson Street, Belize City, was taken to court for arraignment. At eight-ten this morning,...
View ArticleTourist on San Pedro Nabbed for Possession of a Roach
Mario Silva Brown A Honduran national who resides in Minnesota, U.S.A., but was visiting Belize and staying on La Isla Bonita, San Pedro was busted with a “roach,” which is a small amount of weed,...
View ArticleJohnny Ramclam Busted at P.G.I.A. for Failure to Declare
Johnny Ramclam Turning to the courts: A Belize City car dealer was nabbed at the Phillip Goldson International Airport on Monday afternoon in possession of seven thousand dollars in US currency and...
View ArticleJason Williams Gets Additional Prison Sentence for Stealing Rental Car
Jason Williams He is already serving a five-year jail term for firearm and ammunition offenses and will now spend his thirty-eighth birthday behind bars because Jason Williams was convicted today and...
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