April 18, 2023

Florentino Ruiz, on remand for attempted murder since October 2022, is denied bail again

Ruiz appeared in the Belize City Magistrate's Court on Monday, charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of use of deadly means of [...]
April 17, 2023

Storeowners drop charges against homeless man who was remanded to prison for 11 months over a burglary charge

Forty-nine-year-old Denroy Wagner appeared in court today, after spending 11 months in prison on remand over the burglary of the It Store in Belize City.
April 17, 2023

Guatemalan woman who pleaded guilty to entering Belize illegally will be deported

Twenty-year-old Iris Marisol Duran Ovalle pleaded guilty to the immigration offense of illegal entrance and was deemed as a prohibited immigrant. She was stopped at an [...]
April 17, 2023

Ladyville man charged with two counts of wounding out on bail

Thirty-three-year-old Elward McKay appeared unrepresented in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court charged with two counts of wounding upon a woman. One incident allegedly occurred on March [...]
April 17, 2023

Belize City woman found with stolen piece of furniture charged and granted bail

Forty-three-year-old, Wendy David appeared unrepresented in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court where she pleaded not guilty to the offense.
April 17, 2023

Tourist couple make false report that they were robbed

The couple, 32-year-old Laetitia Ritter and 30-year-old Pierre Faugan were arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate's Court answering to a single count of mischievous act.
April 17, 2023

Orange Walk Facebook scammers walk free from charge by paying back victim

Twenty-year-old Deandre Palacio and 19-year-old, Jaheem Lemar Chan appeared in court charged with obtaining $950 cash through a Facebook contact as payment for a cell phone; [...]
April 17, 2023

Verdict in manslaughter case of Kareem Martinez due this Friday, family and friends of Laddie Gillett await decision

Martinez is accused of the shooting death of Laddie Gillett, 14, in Placencia on July 14, 2021.