Trinidadian Held After Alleged Dash Without Paying $11,000 Hotel Bill
A nearly month-long stay at a Belize City hotel has landed a Trinidadian man behind bars, after police say he tried to slip out of the country without settling a bill nearing eleven thousand dollars. Forty-seven-year-old Dale Rampersad is now on remand, accused of racking up the hefty charges at the Golden Bay Hotel before making his exit attempt. But Rampersad insists there’s more to the story, claiming that a broken arrangement tied to a work opportunity in Belize left him financially stranded. Assistant Superintendent Stacy Smith weighs in on the allegations and the circumstances surrounding his arrest.
Stacy Smith
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
“On twenty-ninth may, 2026, police formally arrested and charged forty-seven-year-old Rubindra Dale Rampersad, a Trinidadian national, for the offense of making off without payment, as a consequence of a report made by a manager of Golden Bay Limited that he had booked their room for the period of I believe about a month. And from the initial date that he would have booked, he used a credit card but that credit card gave trouble and after numerous attempts and communication that still failed; however, they noted that on twenty-ninth May he had departed and that information was communicated and due to liaising with the police officials at the airport, he was intercepted there and subsequently charged for making off without payment, taken before the court and he is currently remanded at the Belize Central Prison.”
Rampersad alleges the procurement contract he was offered under the Millenium Challenge Account offered up to five thousand U.S. Dollars in relocation support. After arriving in Belize, he claims the terms changed and he was told the relocation reimbursement was not guaranteed.
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