Man Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing Sister’s Boyfriend to Protect Her

Today, a twenty-three-year-old man named Brett Mejia was sent to prison after being accused of trying to murder his sister’s boyfriend. His family insists he was acting in self-defense. Over the weekend, reports started circulating about a man who had stabbed his sister’s boyfriend, allegedly to stop him from raping her. Mejia, a self-employed food vendor, showed up in court without a lawyer and faced charges of attempted murder and using deadly means of harm against twenty-four-year-old Kenroy Lanza. Because of the serious nature of the crime, Mejia didn’t enter a plea and was remanded to Belize Central Prison until January sixth, 2025. After the court session, his sister shared her side of the story, explaining what led to her brother’s arrest.

 

Voice of: Mejia’s Sister

“He grabbed me and my shirt and I end up to release me hard. And I run ova to my ma. When I run ova to my ma, he run behind me with a knife and a machete fi want chop my ma. I mi di try help my ma get the machete and I couldn’t get ot so I run gone hail my breda. My breda reach, when my breda come, my breda mi di try get the knife and the machete but the knife end up di turn right back round and stab my bwai.”

 

Reporter

“So your brother came to your aid because of what he saw your boyfriend was doing to you?”

 

Voice of: Mejia’s Sister

“Yes ma’am.”

 

Reporter

“You said that you all went to make a report but the police she, you di talk lone fool?”

 

Voice of: Mejia’s Sister

“He said I dih seh lone stupidness. Nothing weh I di seh di mek sense. Well my brother mi charge but ih noh done because weh happen I noh think I could get he back because dat da past craziness. Just mek he keep fi he way. Best thing I could do da just get wa restraining order. What he want give he son, he could give ih son through the police. I wa try fight it with my baby the best I could because I no wa left nobody fi kill my ma and me and just go like that. And now my brother gone da jail.”