Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson, on Thursday, committed Charles Andrew Martinez, 30, to stand trial in the Supreme Court for the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
Mar 15, 2021
Oliver Sutherland
The trio police accuse of kidnapping and torturing a minor over the weekend were shuttled to the Magistrate’s Court in the back of a police van this afternoon but they never appeared before a magistrate. It is not clear if there was an error with their charge sheets, but sometime around three p.m., police escorted Elvin Smith separately to the Raccoon Street Police Station and then took Oliver Sutherland back to the Queen Street Police Station around four. The woman detained along with them, Axia Sanchez, was allowed to leave the courthouse, presumably after police decided to not bring about any charge against her. Sutherland and Smith did appear before Magistrate Tricia Pitts Anderson earlier today on a charge of Being a Member of a Street Gang. They were remanded to the Belize Central Prison until May eighteenth because of the nature of the offense. Both men are expected to be arraigned at the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for
Aaron Munnings
The sensational case against a 23-year-old accused of overpowering and robbing an elderly man of $2,000 in cash has kicked off before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson. Aaron Munnings is the person accused of attacking and robbing 90-year-old Llewelyn Tillett on October 1, 2019. The incident was captured on surveillance camera, which shows that the attacker waylaid Tillett as he went inside the St. John’s Credit Union from where he withdrew $2,000. The attacker followed Tillett as he rode off on his bicycle and within seconds, ripped his pants pocket and stole the cash. The elderly man attempted to fight off the attacker but was unsuccessful.