Man charged for burglarizing government housing project

Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2022. 3:01 pm CST.

By BBN Staff: Shawn Lanza, 35, a Lord’s Bank resident was remanded to the Belize Central Prison on Monday after being denied bail on a charge of burglary, which has been trending up recently.

Lanza appeared unrepresented in Belize City Magistrate’s Court on Monday before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson. He pleaded “not guilty” to a count of burglary.

Lanza is accused of stealing a number of building materials including electrical wires, buckets of paint, and other home supplies from a construction site where the government has contracted a home to be built under its current housing program.

He was remanded until his next court date on July 29.

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