Ex-BDF Soldier Remanded To Prison On Firearm Charges

BELIZE CITY, Tues. Feb. 16, 2010

Auto mechanic Alton Roaches, 29, a former BDF soldier residing on Jane Usher Boulevard, became an inmate of Kolbe Foundation Belize Central Prison yesterday after he was charged with keeping a firearm and ammunition without a gun license.

Roaches was arraigned in the #7 Magistrate’s Court where he pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Magistrate Ed Usher explained to him that the court could not offer him bail because of the nature of the offences and remanded him to custody until March 15.

The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on Friday, February 12. The police reported that they were on mobile patrol when they intercepted a fully-tinted two-door car at the intersection of Raccoon Street Extension and Neal Pen Road.

The driver of the car was identified as Roaches.

The police reported that when they searched the car they did not find anything incriminating. But when they searched the pocket of a jacket Roaches was wearing they found a 9 millimetre pistol with 13 9 millimetre caliber rounds of ammunition in its magazine.

Roaches was asked if he had a license for the firearm and when he said no, he was taken detained and subsequently charged.

His car was impounded.

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