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21 year-old Frank Alexander Young is at the Belize Central Prison tonight, and that's because he was accused of snatching a woman's wallet and cellular phone.

The incident happened on Monday at around 10 a.m. when Arelia Zetina was walking near the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. That's when Young allegedly ambushed her, punched her in the face, and stole her cellular phone and her wallet, which contained a small amount of cash and her personal documents.

That's in the near vicinity of the Magistrate's Court which is swarming with police officers from the prosecution branch, and when Zetina yelled for help, they immediately responded. They managed to detain Young and retrieve the items from him.

He was arrested and charged with robbery, and when he was arraigned today before Magistrate Ladonna John, he pleaded not guilty to the offences. He was remanded to the Belize Central Prison on the strength of the objections that the police prosecutor made on the issue of bail. He will be brought back to court on July 13.