22 year-old Michael Usher is at prison tonight after he was taken to court for allegedly stealing from his boss, Belize City Councilor Roger Espejo.
According to police, Espejo reported that on last week Thursday, he received a call from an employee at JL's Quick Loan, who informed him that she was holding 2 cheques from his company, Asset Guard Manufacture Insurance Ltd, which she suspected was forged. Espejo went to verify, and confirmed that they belonged to him, but the signatures were forged.
The cheques were for a total of $970, and they were made out to Usher, and as a result, police searched him, and they recovered $500 in cash.
As a result, he was charged with 2 counts of forgery, 2 counts of obtaining property by deception, 2 counts of uttering upon false document, and 2 counts of claiming upon a false document.
He was arraigned today before Magistrate Clive Lino, who granted him bail of $6,000 which he wasn't able to meet. He was taken to prison tonight, and he will remain there until he can make bail arrangements.
He must return to court on October 8. Espejo noted that four cheques had been stolen…
