Security Guard Arraigned for Common Assault Days after Theft Charge

Tonight, a man is out on bail after freelance journalist, forty-three-year-old Joseph Budna accused him of assault during a visit to the Transport Department in Belize City. He is fifty-year-old, Martin Carcamo, a security officer employed at Novelo’s Bus Terminal. Allegations are that on Wednesday, at around three forty-five p.m., while visiting the Transport Department Office, Budna was informed that it was closed and he began preparing equipment to conduct a live report to his Facebook page. He claims that Carcamo approached him and proceeded to call him a derogatory term and threaten to hit him. Budna further reports that after completing his recording, he attempted to leave the premises, asking Carcamo why he was insulting him. It is during this interaction that Budna alleges Carcamo punched him on his shoulder, causing him to stumble backwards. Carcamo appeared unrepresented in court today, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge of common assault. He was offered bail in the sum of one thousand dollars, plus one surety of the same amount which he met. He is due back in Court on September twelfth, 2024. This is Carcamo’s second criminal charge in eight days, after he was arraigned on the charge of theft on July second.