He claims that he found a bullet right outside his family's home, but tonight 19 year-old Odilio Hernandez is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being taken to court for possession of unlicensed ammunition.
Police say that at around 3:30 p.m, on Monday, they spotted the Nargusta Street resident at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Mahogany Street. They decided to search him for illegal items, and the officers say that while they were patting him down, a live round of 9 millimeter ammunition fell out of his clothes. They then picked it up, and arrested and charged him for it.
He was arraigned today before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson, where he pleaded not guilty to the offense. He told  the Magistrate that he found the bullet, when he was coming out of his yard, and he intended to turn it into police. He said that he never got the chance, because police picked him up before he could get a chance to do so.
Senior Magistrate Anderson remanded him into custody until his next trial date, which is scheduled for July 11th.
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