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The saying goes, if you do not succeed at first, try and try again well that is exactly what forty one year old Lancelot Arana Longsworth did but the only thing he managed to succeed at is getting arrested and charged for attempted burglary. Court reports are that the accused was caught on his third attempt to break into a warehouse on the Port of Belize’s compound.

It happened around six fifty five on the evening of January twenty seventh. Twenty nine year old security guard Jermaine Martinez was working at the Belize Port Authority when his attention was drawn to Lancelot Arana Longsworth. He was hard at work at the back of the warehouse, busily ripping off one of the building’s plywood sheets with a crowbar.

According to Martinez, he and another security guard approached Longsworth but he ran. Both security guards pursued the fleeing suspect and finally caught up with him. Longsworth was subdued by the men until Belize City police arrived on the scene and took him into custody at the Queen Street Police Station.

And though he was caught on the compound, today in court Lancelot Arana Longsworth pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempted burglary. The prosecution objected to bail pointing out to Magistrate Aretha Ford that the accused has three charges still pending, one for burglary and two for handling stolen goods.

Magistrate Aretha Ford upheld the objection and Lancelot Arana Longsworth was remanded to Belize Central Prison until his next court appearance on March fifteenth.