And in another embarrassing bit of news - the Dangriga Mayor's driver has been charged for theft.
Lloyd Morgan Arzu is accused of purchasing gas on the Town Council's account and then defrauding he council.
Police told us then went to charge him for theft of 9 gallons of diesel and found another 15:
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department
"He was formally arrested and charged for the crime of theft. I know that on Sunday, Ms. Tanya Arzu, Financial Officer at the Finance Department of the Dangriga Town Council, made a report that a total of nine and a half gallons of diesel valued at a hundred dollars and four cents, Belize currency, was recovered, by police and is the property of Dangriga Town Council. Police detained Mr. Lloyd Arzu on Sunday. And, he was also found with fifteen gallons more that was retrieved from him and transported to the station, along with him. Investigators did their investigation and he was formally arrested and charged for theft."
Jules Vasquez
"Is there any indication from the council if this had been a serial type behavior that they have been investigating?"
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood
"I am not certain, but obviously they had to be noticing it for her to have made a report on a Sunday. It had to be some trend that he was practicing and I am certain that the investigators believe that they have enough evidence to secure a conviction for theft."
The compliant was made by Tamy Arzu, the Finance Officer at the Dangriga Town Council.
