And from COVID to crime, there was a robbery at a store on the Otro Benque Road in Orange walk on Friday. The proprietor, 68-year-old Yu Zhen Li, reported to police that sometime around 7:30pm, three men entered the store while his wife was at the cashier and demanded money.
The surveillance footage shows that customers were in the store at the time but the robbers pulled out guns and they hid behind the shelves. One robber held a gun to the complainant while two other robbers went behind the counter and stole approximately $400 in different denominations. According to the police report, Li's wife was assaulted during the incident and her injury was later classified as wounding.
On Sunday, police were able to arrest one man, 26-year-old Anthony Cocom for both crimes of robbery and wounding.
