Buck is Sentenced to One Month in Prison for Crack

Tonight, a man who claims to be a beggar and unable to work is behind bars after pleading guilty to possessing a small amount of crack cocaine. The man, forty-eight-year-old Kenroy Emmanuel Fisher from Kelly Street, Belize City, initially told the court he was twenty-nine years old. However, court records show that he is actually forty-eight and seems to have trouble remembering his own age and birth year. Fisher, who was unrepresented, appeared before Chief Magistrate Jayani Wegodapola and faced a single charge of possession of a controlled drug. On Monday, December thirtieth, 2024, he was found with a tiny amount of crack cocaine on Castle Street, Belize City. The quantity was so small that it didn’t even register on the scale. Despite this, Fisher pleaded guilty. He explained that he has never worked a day in his life and survives by begging. Given his inability to pay a fine, the Chief Magistrate opted not to impose a non-custodial sentence or a fine. Instead, Fisher was sentenced to one month in prison.