Sunday, August 21, 2011
THE BELIZE TIMES
Woman remanded for illegal firearm & ammunition BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 17, 2011 By Roy Davis Kimberly Oshon, 27, an unemployed of Fuller’s Alley who allegedly threw a firearm over a fence, was charged with kept firearm and ammunition without a gun license when she appeared in the #4 Magistrate’s Court on Monday, August 15. Oshon pleaded not guilty to the charges. Magistrate Roberto Ordonez explained to her that the court cannot offer her bail because of the nature of the offences. He remanded her into custody until September 20. The incident occurred around 9:20 p.m. on Friday, August 12. According to reports, a gunshot was heard and shortly afterwards a woman was seen with a gun in her hand pursuing a man on Cemetery Road. A concerned citizen stopped a police vehicle on Cemetery Road and the
Kimberly Oshon woman was seen reportedly throwing the gun over a fence when she saw the police vehicle. The police reported that when they detained the woman, identified as Oshon, she took them to where she threw the gun. The police also reported that when they retrieved the gun it was a .38 revolver with 3 rounds of .38 calibre ammunition. Oshon could not provide a license for the gun nor ammunition.
Accused gunman/ fugitive captured by Police Corozal Town, August 16, 2011 An accused gunman who managed to escape while being locked up at the Corozal Police Station was captured after being on the run for three days. On Saturday night, Donovan Franzua and Jaime Mejia were sharing cells at the precinct when they somehow managed to open the cell door and slip past the police officers on duty. With freedom on their grips, the men dashed separate ways and became fugitives of the law. Mejia has not been seen or heard from, but luck ran out for Franzua who was captured on Tuesday evening in an area known not far from the Police Station, known as Skeleton Town. Franzua was re-detained and placed once more inside the cell, un-
Donovan Franzua til he appears in Court to answer to a new charge for escaping. He was already slated to appear in Court for the alleged March 9th 2010 shooting of Corozal Town resident, Omar Vellos, and an armed robbery that occurred in Ladyville on August 10th.
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