Elberta man wanted on firearms charges pleads guilty to money laundering in Belize | Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com

Elberta man wanted on firearms charges pleads guilty to money laundering in Belize | Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com: "An Elberta man wanted on U.S. firearms charges pleaded guilty in a court in the Central American nation of Belize to laundering money, according to his former lawyer.

Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie of Belize, after initially rejecting the plea from William R. Jewett Jr., accepted it on Monday.

Dickie Bradley, who represented Jewett in preliminary court appearances, said by phone Tuesday that the judge fined the defendant 50,000 Belize dollars, or about $25,663 under current exchange rates."