Belize City Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing and Swiping ATM Card

Thirty-seven-year-old Andrew Alexander Smith pleaded guilty to theft after racking up a bill of one thousand, two hundred and seventy dollars from a stolen Belize Bank credit card.  On August twenty-third, Lucilla Garcia, a retiree from Orange Walk, reported to Belize that while shopping at Golden Bay Store, she lost her purse containing a Belize Bank ATM card, as well as an Atlantic Bank ATM card, among other personal items.  When she visited Belize Bank on September second, to cancel the card, she discovered that the card had been swiped multiple times in Belize City, at Mirage Store on Albert Street and Twins Supermarket on Saint Thomas Street.  Smith was subsequently arrested, and he appeared unrepresented before the lower courts this morning.  Despite being remorseful, Smith was remanded to the Belize Central Prison where he awaits sentencing.