Man Fined for Stealing but Remanded on Old Unpaid Fines

A sixty-year-old man who pleaded guilty to stealing almost forty thousand dollars’ worth of drinks from his boss was fined today. Frederick Pitts, a resident of Caye Caulker Village, was fined three thousand dollars but begged for mercy, expressed regret, and said he has two children. The magistrate considered his plea and fined him two thousand dollars, to be paid by December thirtieth. It was then discovered that Pitts owes the court fines for several old offenses stemming back to 2018. The magistrate had no choice but to remand Pitts until those fines are paid in full. It is alleged that between January seventeenth and August twenty-seventh, Pitts stole several crates of beer, water, coke, and stout from Darren Casson, a Canadian businessman of northside Caye Caulker and owner of Lotus Restaurant and Bar.