| Cops Handling Stolen Chain Pawned It Before Cops Caught Him |
| Tue, September 17, 2024 |
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And a THIRD officer is facing criminal charges after he was caught pawning a stolen chain, valued at $30,000. We told you that a firefighter from the US, who had been charged for a stabbing incident, reported his chains stolen. Today the ComPol said that the officer had already pawned the item before the cops caught him.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"The police officer is Hershel Garcia. According to the complainant in this case, the same guy you spoke about, the firefighter, he was involved in an issue at Shisha nightclub in Belize City and during that process he lost two chains I think, one was valued at $75,000, an 8oz gold chain and subsequent to that, he made a report to the police and police went and checked the pawn shops and at a particular pawn shop in Belize City, the police were shown a video which depict a police officer going to the pawn shop to pawn the gold chain that belongs to the firefighter. Based on that, the police did what needed to be done and the police officer was arrested for handling stolen goods."
Courtney Menzies:
"It was only the one chain he was caught with?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Yes, well, the chain was not found with him. when he was detained by police, he disposed of the chain and we have not been able to recover it."
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