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Family of Robbery Suspects Says Men Denied Medical Treatment
posted (March 1, 2019)

Tonight 6 men - not 5 - remain detained at the Corozal Police station pending charges for yesterday’s lawless robbery of money changers at the northern border.  As we showed you last night, after the men snatched over $15,000 in various currencies from the money changers, police were on the scene and pursued in a high speed chase.  Scores of shots were fired in a high powered exchange of gunfire.  As we showed you, the criminals, who were organized, had pistols and at least one assault rifle.  

They were using that to fire on the police, but the cops had superior manpower and firepower.  In the end, they forced the getaway vehicle, a Mercury Mariner to pull over to the side of the road - and the suspects dashed into the bushes heading to 4 mile Lagoon.  In the end four of the alleged robbers were shot multiple times.  

But, tonight, the relatives of one of the accused says he is being held at the police station without medical treatment.  Here’s what his uncle told us today:

Voice of Mansfield Phillips - Uncle of Alleged Robber
"Well since he got shot yesterday more than 30 hours ago, he still no get no medical treatment, no medical attention, he still have the bullets lodged into ah, 3 in his left leg and 3 in his right leg."

Jules Vasquez
"However you're saying he was not a part of this robbery?"

Voice of Mansfield Phillips
"No he was not. He is known to the police, he's not a saint but I could you one time straight what happened there, yesterday Randolph was there by the lagoon side, Randolph was not even at the border. Randolph was by the lagoon side the wait for a bally that was to bring weed for ah that they sell because Randolph into weed."

Jules Vasquez
"You realize that sounds like a story?"

Voice of Mansfield Phillips
"Some people that sense will believe, some that no have sense no wa believe. My sister and niece still is out at station right now. Not even water the police want to give him, no food, not even a shirt or nothing."

Police say that 23 year old Crawford was one of the one who ran out of the SUV when it was forced to stop between miles 91 and 92.  Police say he was in possession of the assault rifle and that he also had a sling bag with a large amount of cash around his chest.

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