Former Central Bank Governor is Victim of Home Invasion

On Tuesday, an elderly man was ambushed, tied up and robbed at his home in Burrell Boom Village. He is seventy-eight-year-old Alan Slusher, former governor of the Central Bank. Reports are that Slusher arrived at his residence around six p.m. and upon existing his vehicle, he was accosted by four men, three of whom were armed. Slusher was then led into his house and bound with duct tape. The men proceeded to strip him of his nine-millimeter Luger Brand Pistol and ransacked the house, making off with a magazine containing fourteen, live, nine-millimeter rounds of ammunition, two air rifles, and Slusher’s 2017 Toyota Hilux Pickup, the value of the stolen items amounts to ninety-eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty Belize dollars. After the assailants fled the scene, Slusher was able to untie himself and contact the authorities. Police are currently investigating the crime.