February 22, 2022

Man who pulled a gun on a woman walks free after victim forgave him and dropped charges

Thirty-one-year-old Michael Gladden appeared in the Belize City Magistrate's Court today charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, and was looking at a minimum of three [...]
February 22, 2022

Two men walk free from separate murder charges in Supreme Court after prosecution drops charges

Twenty-five-year-old Joel Choco was previously charged with the 2017 murder of Windell Gibson, 27, and the attempted murder of Karron Santos, who was shot and injured [...]
February 21, 2022

Man who pulled a knife on his girlfriend walks free after she dropped the charges

The thirty-six-year-old man appeared in court charged with aggravated assault with a deadly instrument, after allegedly pulling a knife on his girlfriend during an altercation on [...]
February 21, 2022

School Security Guard leaving work charged for breach of curfew – claims he had a valid exemption pass

In court, he asked if he could plead guilty with a cause but was told he needed to make his plea before he could explain. He [...]
February 21, 2022

Man who pawns out a woman’s phone he borrowed to make a call and sold his brother’s icebox – fined for two counts of theft

Thirty-three-year-old Moses Guzman appeared in Belize City Magistrate's Court, courtroom #4 to answer for the theft of a cell phone belonging to one Sherly Barrow. Barrow [...]
February 17, 2022

Belize City shop owner charged for 18 grams of marijuana; previous conviction made it difficult to secure bail

Thirty-one-year-old Cindy Lui Mai appeared unrepresented in the Belize City Magistrate's Court yesterday, where she pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession of a controlled [...]
February 17, 2022

Man who allegedly assaulted girlfriend expected she would drop charges but she never showed up to do so

Fitzroy Myles appeared unrepresented in the Belize City Magistrate's Court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to a single count of common assault. He told the court [...]
February 15, 2022

Jasmine Hartin case postponed after COVID diagnosis

Hartin is accused of manslaughter by negligence of Senior Superintendent of Police Henry Jemmott in May of 2021, and separately of common assault and possession of [...]