21 year-old Justin Longsworth is at the Belize Central Prison after his brokerage firm accused him of stealing eleven 49-inch flatscreen televisions, which he was supposed to have cleared on behalf of the Radisson Fort George Hotel.
According to police, the incident happened on October 31. The hotel ordered these big-screen TV's and other items off Amazon, Longsworth - who worked for a customs broker - was supposed to clear the goods from Customs. But he reported that he did not receive them. On November 10, his boss visited the police station and reported that there are documents which show that he did receive the items, which he denied. The owner of the brokerage firm also alerted police to the existence of surveillance footage which showed that he did indeed clear the items. The cops also came across a driver who Longsworth allegedly hired to move the TV's. This driver told police that Longsworth gave him one of the TV's as a bribe so that he would keep quiet. He has since handed over that television to police. The value of all 11 TV's is almost 14 thousand dollars.
Longsworth was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith on the offences of theft and handling stolen goods. She denied him bail and remanded him to the Belize Central Prison until January 31 of next year. Longsworth was represented by attorney Bryan Neal.
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