Police make arrests in major cases

Police have arrested the man they believe is responsible for Monday’s killing on the banks of the Macal River. Dionysio Salazar Jr. was today charged with the murder of Rodney August. August, while in the company of a female companion, was fatally attacked with a machete. According to police, before he died, August was able to identify his assailant. Meanwhile, in Belize City, police have brought charges against a suspect who allegedly shot his girlfriend in the face on Monday morning. Nineteen-year-old Errol Haynes has been charged with attempted murder, dangerous harm, and use of deadly means of harm. The incident, in which twenty-seven year old Crystal Woodeye was critically injured, occurred on Neal’s Pen Road.