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Nineteen year old Joshua Gallego, a laborer of Raccoon Street Extension who allegedly shot nineteen year old Jermaine Flowers, was charged with attempted murder when he appeared in court today. Gallego was also charged with dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm. No plea was taken from him because the offences are indictable. Neither could the court offer him bail because of the nature of the offences. He was remanded into custody until September 25. The incident occurred around 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, August 12. Flowers reported to the police that he was riding his bicycle on Raccoon Street Extension and when he reached Pelican street Extension he was approached by Gallego who took out a firearm and fired three shots at him. Flowers was shot in his right arm and a bullet grazed the upper left side of his rib cage.

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A shooting incident last night in Belize City has left a man hospitalized, while police are looking for the gunman.  The victim has been identified as nineteen year old Randy August.  Police that around seven forty five last night, August and a friend were riding on separate bicycles just off Lacroix Boulevard around seven forty five last night, when gunshots rang out.  August was hit twice in the right side of the chest and forearm. The friend who was with August was not injured.  Police describe the alleged gunman as being of dark complexion and say they are looking for one person in connection with the attempted murder of Randy August.

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Another underage girl has reported being the victim of a sexual assault by a grown man.  The girl, a thirteen year old student of Belize City is telling police that in the month of April this year, she visited a friend’s house in the Belama Phase Four area of Belize City. During the visit, the girl said that she and the friend engaged in sexual intercourse.  Police say that a medical examination has since certified that the little girl has been carnally known. Police are now looking for the man for questioning and possibly charges in connection with this report.

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A Belize City taxi driver has reported being the victim of an armed robbery on Monday afternoon.  The broad daylight incident happened around one thirty yesterday afternoon on Mahogany Street Extension.  Twenty nine year old Allain Garcia reported to police that he was walking toward his house when he was accosted by two men, one of whom he identified as George Matthews, and the other only as Gill. Garcia says that as the men approached him, the one known only as Gill took out a firearm from his pants waist and handed it to Matthews.  According to police, Matthews reportedly got off his bicycle, and held Garcia by the shirt, pointed a black handgun to the left side of his neck and demanded his properties.  Fearing for his life Garcia reportedly handed over three hundred and fifty dollars in cash after which both men made good their escape in the direction of Lacroix Boulevard.  Police are now looking for two suspects in connection with the incident.

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Police have formally arrested and charged twenty five year old Shoshana Marie Moody for the offences of Manslaughter by negligence, Caused Death by Careless Conduct, drove motor vehicle without due care and attention, drove motor vehicle with alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit and failed to keep as close as possible to the right hand side of the road.  This was in connection to the incident which occurred on the morning of Saturday 11^th. Sixty nine year old businessman, Liang Sheng Chen was walking on the extreme left hand shoulder off the Northern Highway from the Direction of Belize City towards Haulover Bridge, when a Kia Sorento, driven by Moody, travelling in the same direction, lost control and hit him. The impact caused Chen serious head and body injuries killing him on the spot.  The vehicle continued to careen out of control hitting a Hyundai minivan driven at the time by Jose Reyes. A post mortem examination was conducted on the body of Liang Sheng Chen by Dr. Mario Estradabran, who certified the cause of death to be “Trauma Shock and massive organs damages and traumatism due to Road Traffic Accident”.

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Nineteen year old Joshua Gallego, a laborer of Raccoon Street Extension who allegedly shot nineteen year old Jermaine Flowers, was charged with attempted murder when he appeared in court today. Gallego was also charged with dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm. No plea was taken from him because the offences are indictable. Neither could the court offer him bail because of the nature of the offences. He was remanded into custody until September 25. The incident occurred around 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, August 12. Flowers reported to the police that he was riding his bicycle on Raccoon Street Extension and when he reached Pelican street Extension he was approached by Gallego who took out a firearm and fired three shots at him. Flowers was shot in his right arm and a bullet grazed the upper left side of his rib cage.

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Two persons, 22 year old John Chessman and 18 year old Dilon Clarke, were charged with the murder of 32 year old Pei Xan Tan, also known as “Kenny”, when they appeared in court yesterday. They were also charged with robbery. No plea was taken because the offences will be tried on indictment. Neither could the court offer them bail. They were remanded into custody until September 20. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. on Thursday, August 9. Security footage showed that two persons entered E Buy Supermarket, located on Crab Catcher Street in Ladyville and pretended that they were customers. One of them who was armed put a pistol the head of Tan and took him behind the counter while the other one sole an undetermined amount of money from the cash register. The gunman then shot Tan in the left side of his head. Tan died while being transported to the hospital. The police reported that retrieved one expended 9 millimeter shell form the scene.