| Men Accused Of Major Jewelry Heist |
| Tue, March 6, 2012 |
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22 year-old Guishany Wagner, and 27 year-old Alfredo Petillo have both been remanded to Belize Central Prison for allegedly robbing Profile Jewelry Store of over $150,000 dollars' worth of jewelry.
According to police, at around 11:30 a.m. on February 27, Wagner, a CYDP employee residing on Estell Street in the Lake I area; and Petillo, a barber of Progress Street in Orange Walk, allegedly walked into the Profile Jewelry Store in the Commercial Center and robbed the establishment and its occupants of all available valuables.
One of the men was armed with a knife and the other a firearm. They held up the salesman and robbed him of 691 pieces of gold and silver jewelry, valued at $155,503, and $130 in cash which belongs to the establishment's owner, Jacqueline Gutierrez.
The men also stole a bunch of cell phones.
Both men were arraigned jointly on 2 counts of robbery when they appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer.
Because of the nature of the offense, no pleas were taken from the men, and neither were they granted bail. They have been remanded into custody until April 18, their next court date.
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