January 17, 2025

Belize City cook sentenced to one year for firearm and ammunition offenses; attorney files appeal

The convictions stemmed from a police raid on January 14, 2025, at Thelma's Kitchen, located at the corner of Kraal Road and Caesar Ridge Road in [...]
January 16, 2025

Man remanded for unpaid fines despite loitering charge dismissal

Nicholas Antonio Novelo, 33, appeared unrepresented before the Senior Magistrate in Court #2 to answer to a loitering charge. Allegations were that on January 10, 2025, [...]
January 16, 2025

Construction worker and food vendor arraigned on separate crack cocaine charges

Alton Edison Edwin Bailey, a resident of Antelope Street Extension, first appeared before a Senior Magistrate in Court #3, where he was charged with possession of [...]
January 16, 2025

Former Belize City resident pleads guilty to 2024 robbery, sentencing pending

William Archila, a 29-year-old construction worker from Martin Galvez Street in the Cayo District, appeared unrepresented before a Senior Magistrate in Court #3 on Tuesday. He [...]
January 16, 2025

Turneffe Atoll watchman convicted of drug trafficking in Belize City

Flowers, originally from #37 Mopan Street, Belize City, appeared unrepresented before Chief Magistrate Jayani Wegodapola in Court #1. Despite his claim that the large quantities of [...]
January 15, 2025

Charges dropped against Harrison Sutherland for carrying unbalanced load on bicycle

Commissioner of Police Chester Williams acted on his commitment to deal with the matter, sending an officer to escort Sutherland to the Belize City Magistrate's Court [...]
January 14, 2025

San Ignacio cop dismissed for sexual assault of colleague

Now, Corporal Durman Dawson is gone, dismissed from the Belize Police Department and facing criminal charges as well.
January 13, 2025

Belize Rural couple held in prison over firearms

Police were alerted by Customs personnel about the discovery of two semi-automatic rifles in parts inside six barrels and a box shipped into Belize under the [...]