Jarrett Crawford Charged for 5 Robberies

A man wanted in connection with a series of robberies in Belize City was caught yesterday and today he appeared in Magistrate's Court. 21-year-old Jarrett Crawford appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie where he was charged with 5 counts of robbery and 1 count of wounding.

It is alleged that between January 4 and 13th Crawford along with another man robbed two women and three men of bicycles, money, jewelry and other items in separate incidents. They reported that Crawford was armed with a knife during the attacks. One of the victims told police that the assailant punched him in the mouth. With all those complaints, today McKenzie denied Crawford bail and remanded him to custody until February 19th.