Couple Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing an SUV

A husband-and-wife couple is out on bail tonight after being charged for the theft of a vehicle here in Belize City.  Forty-one-year-old Stacy Gillett and Alex Gillett, both of Antelope Street Extension, appeared unrepresented before the lower court today where they were arraigned on a single charge of theft.  It is alleged that on July twenty-first, they stole a 2019 Nissan Rogue valued at thirty-five thousand dollars from Brenda Gabourel who reportedly inherited the vehicle from her deceased grandmother.  According to Gabourel, while she was dealing with her grandmother’s funeral, the couple stole the keys to the mid-size S.U.V. and made off with the vehicle.  On July thirty-first, police visited the Traffic Department where they received a copy of the title for the vehicle, along with an affidavit made by Alex Gillett, without Gabourel’s permission.  A wanted poster was subsequently issued by the Belize Police Department and after three days in detention, Stacy Gillett was taken to court where she pleaded not guilty to the charge.