Three Belize City men accused of jacking a gas station in Sandhill last week
are in jail on remand tonight. 23 year old Ryan Barnett, 25 year old Andy Williams
and 23 year old Andrew Baptist were charged with aggravated burglary and conspiracy
to commit aggravated burglary today in Magistrate’s Court. They pleaded
not guilty but were remanded until April 27th because it of the nature of the
offence.
It happened on the evening of Thursday the 18th.February at the gas station
at mile 16 on the Northern Highway. The two attendants who are brothers Elias
and Eliseo Moralez, and the cashier Silvia Coronado reported that a man entered
the gas station bought a Philly Cigar and left. He then came back for a Bambu
wrapping paper and when he was served, he took out a gun and ordered Elias to
tie up Eliseo and Silvia with duct tape. He then stole just a shade under five
thousand dollars in cash, two cell phones, cigarettes and assorted liquor.
But quick work by the police led to the recovery of $668, some of the liquor
and one of the phones.
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