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Guatemalan Guilty Of Public P
posted (November 26, 2013)
45 year-old Guatemalan Edwin Manuel Moralez, a resident of Melchor de Menchos, is at jail tonight, because he violated Belize's immigration laws and exposed himself in public.

According to police, Moralez was near to Lowe's Supermarket in Ladyville, and he was on his way to Orange Walk, when he had the urge to urinate. He urinated in a public spot the same time when a police mobile passed. Officers saw what he was doing and arrested and charged him with exposing himself in a public place. He was arraigned yesterday before Magistrate Hettie Mae Stewart, where pleaded guilty and was fined $200 to be paid forthwith, or spend 2 months in jail in default. He couldn't pay, so he remained he remained in detention, and Immigration Officers discovered that he violated his visitor's permit because only received a 2-day temporary pass which allowed him to go only as far as Belmopan. Because he was found in Ladyville, on his way to Orange Walk, he failed to comply with the conditions of the permit, therefore, he was charged for it.

He was arraigned before Magistrate Stewart, where he pleaded guilty for the second offence today, and he was ordered to pay $1,000 forthwith or 6 months in jail, in default. Because he couldn't pay both fines, he will serve 8 months in prison, and afterwards, he will be deported to Guatemala, complying with a removal order from Magistrate Stewart.

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