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Man Accused Of Crime Against Child
posted (January 25, 2013)
Tonight, 20 year-old Clinton Roca is out on bail after he was taken to court for an unnatural crime against a 14 year-old boy.

According to the minor, on 3 separate occasions between January 2012, and February 13, 2012, Roca sodomized him in a village in the Rural Area of Northern Belize.

Police investigated the reports, and they eventually charged Roca with committing an unnatural crime, he was arraigned today before Magistrate Cayetano, where he pleaded not guilty to charge.

In the arraignment, the prosecutor objected to bail. Roca's attorney made several submissions to counter the objections, and after Magistrate Cayetano considered them, he ruled in Roca's favor.

Magistrate Cayetano granted him bail of $5,000, which he was able to meet, and he must return to court on March 26, 2013.

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