December 21, 2021

Bail denied for alleged co-pilot of narco plane that crash-landed in Mountain Pine ridge

Quintero, the alleged co-pilot of the aircraft, had suffered a broken arm and a broken leg following the incident and was apprehended days later by police. [...]
December 21, 2021

49-year-old Belize City man pleads guilty to possession of pipe used for smoking crack cocaine

Forty-nine-year-old Solomon Smith appeared unrepresented in the Belize City Magistrate's Court on Monday, where he immediately pleaded guilty to being in possession of a pipe to [...]
December 21, 2021

American man brutally beats woman for getting pregnant for someone else while he was in jail, victim drops charges in court

On Monday, the victim told the court that she had gotten pregnant for another man while her boyfriend Kyle Latchman was in jail, causing him to [...]
December 21, 2021

Six youth – three male, three female charged in connection with burglary of Belize City store

Cameron August, 19, a set of twin brothers both age 17; Sheniq Martinez, 19; Tamia Pollard, 18; and Amayah Trapp, 18, were all read one count [...]
December 21, 2021

Belize City man pleads guilty to assaulting girlfriend

Thirty-eight-year-old Thomas Young, appeared in court unrepresented, and wasted no time in pleading guilty, but stressed that he regretted that the incident had even occurred.
December 19, 2021

Woman 8-months pregnant remanded to prison over 2016 murder where victim was stabbed 52 times

Twenty-six-year-old Shereema Neal, appeared unrepresented in the Belize City Magistrate's Court on Friday, to answer to a single charge of murder. She informed the court at [...]
December 17, 2021

Keyron Gibson had no words during mitigation plea ahead of sentencing for murder, attorney asks for minimum sentence

Gibson was convicted in July of the 2014 murder of 31-year-old Tulio Caceres which happened just in front of Majestic Alley in Belize City. The case [...]
December 17, 2021

Frank ‘Papa’ Mena wins over $80,000 in damages in civil case for libel and defamation of character

Mena, who filed the suit in May, was awarded $60,000 in damages for defamation and an additional $20,000 for aggravated damages. The Court also ordered that [...]