19-Year-Old Charged for Carrying Knife in Belize City

19-year-old Devon Kareem Marin was charged with a single charge of possession of article with a blade. According to police, yesterday at around 9:50 p.m., while they were patrolling on the North side of Belize City their attention was drawn to Marin who was walking on Queen Street. A search was conducted and that is when they found a brown board handle kitchen knife on the right side of his pants in his waist area. This morning Marin appeared unrepresented before the magistrate court where he pleaded guilty to the allegations. He was offered a non-custodial sentence of a $200 fine which he has until March 29 to pay in default of 2 months imprisonment.