Belize City Woman is Charged for Burglary

On Friday, March fourteenth, 2025, around 4:50 p.m., Natasha Miles, a thirty-eight-year-old business owner from Belize City, reported a burglary at the Precinct 2 Crimes Investigation Branch office. She explained that she had left her house in the care of her carpenter, who was renovating it, and had secured her home before leaving on Thursday, March thirteenth. When Miles checked her house on Friday around 1:00 p.m., she discovered damage to several items: two mahogany doors valued at three hundred dollars each, two door locks worth twenty-five dollars each, two plycem sheets costing fifty-nine dollars each, and an aluminum window valued at two hundred and sixty dollars, totaling nine hundred and ninety dollars in damages. She also noticed that a small black fan was missing. Police investigated the scene and found that entry was gained by breaking the bottom part of the back door. They processed the scene, took pictures, and recorded a statement from an eyewitness who identified Breth-Tesha Alex Copious as the burglar. Video footage confirmed the eyewitness’s account. Based on the investigation, police visited Copious’ home on Raleigh Street, informed her of the report, and detained her. She was charged with burglary and damage to property. This morning, Copious appeared in court, unrepresented, where she faced charges of burglary and damage to property. Copious pleaded not guilty to both charges. The Senior Magistrate offered her bail at two thousand dollars each, plus one surety of the same amount.