46-year-old Oscar Hernandez, a Nicaraguan from Caledonia village, is at prison tonight after he was taken to court for allegedly stealing almost $50,000 in equipment from Belize Rural North Area Representative, Edmund Castro.
According to police, Castro reported that between October 2012, and December 2012, his D-6 Bulldozer was parked in an area off Bomba Road, and during that time someone tampered with it and stole several major parts of the engine, to total value of just a shade under fifty thousand dollars.
Police investigated, and they were able to recover all the stolen items at a residence in Ladyville this weekend. The owner of the house pointed police in Hernandez's direction, and after investigating further, they charged him with theft.
He was arraigned today before the Magistrate Cayetano, where he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor objected to bail on the grounds that Hernandez was a flight risk because he is not a Belizean national.
After considering the objection, Magistrate Cayetano upheld it, and remanded Hernandez to prison until his next court date, which is set for April 1, 2013.
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