| Brazen Broad Daylight Robbery Of Brodies Payroll |
| Mon, September 2, 2013 |
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  There's always a spike in major crime when September rolls around – due in part to financial pressures as parents have to find money to put their kids in school and because extra money is required for the Celebration month.
That trend may be manifesting itself once again in a rash of robberies and burglaries being reported this weekend. The biggest one happened on Saturday afternoon in Belize – in a broad daylight armed robbery that netted thieves almost fifty thousand dollars.
At 4:30, 52 year old Security Guard for Brodies was walking from James Brodies Store on Albert Street just across to First Caribbean Bank to make a cash deposit. That's the heart of downtown on a busy Saturday afternoon, but that didn't stop a gunman from walking up and demanding the black plastic bag he carried. Inside that bag were four cash bags to a total amount of $46,064 dollars, which he handed over.
The thief dashed Church Street, got a bicycle from a man at the corner of Church Street and Duck Lane and rode away towards the direction of East Canal.
Police detained one person for questioning but made no arrests.
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