Three Arrested in Courts Belmopan Burglary

Two Belize City residents pleaded guilty for handling stolen goods after police caught them with several items that were stolen during a burglary at Courts Belmopan branch just over a week ago. Police conducted a search at the home of thirty-four-year-old Randy Slusher’s girlfriend in Belize City. There they found an Orange Radio Shack bag pack valued at one hundred and twenty-nine dollars, as well as a Samsung cellphone valued at seventeen hundred dollars. Both Slusher and his girlfriend were taken to the Belize City Magistrates Court where Slusher pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods.

He explained that the only reason his girlfriend was caught up in the investigation was because he was at her home with the stolen items. As a result, she was set free. A search at the home of a second individual, twenty-six-year-old Roy Alvarez, led to the discovery of a Dell laptop valued at twenty-five hundred dollars. Alvarez, like Slusher, pleaded guilty. He explained that he bought the item for two hundred dollars knowing that it was stolen. The magistrate fined Slusher five hundred dollars for the backpack and seven hundred and fifty dollars for the cellphone. Alvarez was fined seven hundred and fifty dollars for the laptop.   And while Slusher and Alvarez pleaded guilty and were fined, both were escorted back into custody today. They will be transferred to Belmopan and handed over to police in that jurisdiction, as they are expected to face other charges in connection with the Courts Belmopan burglary.

 

A.C.P. Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division

“Reference the aggravated burglary at Courts in Belmopan, police conducted several searches which led to the recovery of some cellphones and laptops and have since arrested and charged Randy Slusher, Tyra Diaz and Roy Alvarez for the crime of handling stolen good. They are all from Belize City. Further investigations are being conducted and other charges are expected to be levied. The items were recovered in Belize City. Yes, at their residents yes.”