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Jailed For Jacking Magistrate's Daughter
posted (September 18, 2012)
51 year-old Eric Barrow, a resident of Raccoon Street, is spending the second night of a 4-year sentence after he was convicted of burglarizing the home of a Magistrate's daughter.

Leanni Ordonez, the daughter of Magistrate Roberto Ordonez, reported to police that on September 4, she left her home at the downstairs flat of her family's house.

While returning, she heard noises in her house which indicated that someone was in there. She went to her room and found Barrow under the bed.

She shouted for assistance, but Barrow escaped. But not without taking plenty: Ordonez calculated the losses at $11,000 dollars worth of jewelry.

She visited Monica's Pawn shop where she discovered that 2 pieces of her stolen jewelry had been pawned, and the employees reported that Barrow was the one who did it.

Police received information of Barrow's location, and they arrested him at the KHMH, where he was receiving treatment.

They charged him with burglary and handling stolen goods, and he was arraigned before Magistrate Aretha Ford.

He pleaded guilty to both offenses and he alleged that police brutalized him while he was detained.

Because he didn't force the court to go through the entire trial, Magistrate Ford chose not to hand him the minimum sentence of 7 years, and instead she sentenced him to serve 4 years in prison for the burglary, and 4 years for the handling stolen goods.

But Barrow's arraignment didn't end there because he was also charged with wounding and attempted theft in separate incident.

A security guard working at the Belize Tourism Board reported to police that on Saturday, September 15, Barrow entered the compound, located at the corner of Regent and South Streets, and he attempted to steal a crocus sack filled with pint bottles.

When the security guard tried to stop Barrow from leaving, he broke a bottle and stabbed the security guard several times on the hands before he could be subdued.

In relation to this report, Barrow was charged with wounding and attempted theft, and he pleaded guilty to both those charges in front of Magistrate Ford as well.

Magistrate Ford sentenced him to 1 year for the wounding, and another 5 months for the attempted theft.

All of the sentences are to run concurrently, which means that Barrow will only spend 4 years in prison. Magistrate Ford also ordered that Barrow be taken to the KHMH in relation to his police brutality claim.

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