Police Officer Arrested Over Alleged Assault During Ride Home

A police officer is now facing serious charges after a woman alleges, she was sexually assaulted while being given a ride home. Authorities say the victim, a twenty-two-year-old woman from southern Belize, reported that on Friday, just before midnight, she was out socializing with friends and family. After the gathering, she accepted a ride home from the twenty-six-year-old officer, but during the journey, she says he sexually assaulted her. To protect the victim’s identity, the police department is withholding the officer’s name, and it is an arrest that has sparked renewed concerns over safety, trust, and accountability in law enforcement. And in a second case of rape, a twenty-year-old man from Hopkins village was also arrested and charged for the rape of a thirteen-year-old student from southern Belize.