Club Owner Still Not Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run of Police Officer

Charges are yet to be filed against a club owner who handed himself into Police for a hit and run incident that killed 39-year-old, Arcenio Cus.  The incident occurred on Monday morning as PC Cus made his way from the Ladyville Police Station to Belize City.  His motorbike was clipped by a black SUV causing him to lose control between miles six and seven on the Philip Goldson Highway.  Police Commissioner Dr Anthony Rosado took the opportunity with the media today to express condolences to the Cus family.

Dr. Richard Rosado, Commissioner of Police: “There’s a number of offenses that have been committed when the fatal accident occurred and our investigators are trying to gather as much evidence to lay all possible charges against the individual. It’s so sad we spoke to him a few days before because we were doing the tour there and he did mention to us that he had nineteen years as a police officer. He was a supervisor of one of the relief. From what we were brief from the commander he was a hard working police officer, humble and he was looking forward to the next elevation in his rank and we were looking at that but it’s just so sad that the incident occurred and I want to give the condolences to the family because it affects not only the family but also the colleagues, the police officers that worked with him. While our police officers are most of them that work in Belize district are from other districts, the department has tried as best as possible to facilitate their mode of transportation. In some cases I know that some of out officers do travel on motorcycle but that’s their chosen mode of transportation and like any other Belizeans they rely on it.” 

Police Constable Cus was a native of Silver Creek Village, Toledo District.