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Police also spoke today about this latest murder. ACP Joseph Myvett told the media that the men were intoxicated and they believe that contributed to what transpired. Here’s the police’s official report after they were called out to the scene later that night. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “An investigation was […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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Guinea Grass resident, Minor Betancourt was hit on the chest by a volley of rubber bullets on Saturday night. Betancourt was among a group of persons hanging out at La Cabana’s Cool Spot when a fight broke out. When police arrived to cool down the tensions, Betancourt was shot as he attempted to free his […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department is also investigating the death by hanging of a man inside the Corozal Police jail cell. Rayford Anderson was taken into custody for a domestic violence report and when an officer went to make checks, Anderson was dead. ACP Joseph Myvett says protocols were followed, but an internal investigation is nevertheless […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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There is more on the crime blotter. Walter Castillo is in a stable condition at the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan after he was chopped multiple times during a fight. On Saturday night, police responded to a brawl inside a bar Armenia, just outside Belmopan on the Hummingbird Highway. The brawl involved Castillo and a […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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There were two robberies reported over the weekend in the south; one included the assault and robbery of an elderly man in Jacintoville, on the Southern Highway in Toledo. Sixty-five-year-old American expat, Julian Fischer was inside his property in the village when a two masked men approached him. He was beaten and taken inside the […]
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Meanwhile in Independence Village, ACP Joseph Myvett says that police in that area are looking for a known suspect in a robbery at Anna’s Store in the village. While the robber was not armed, police say that the proprietor was pinned to the ground before he was robbed of an undisclosed amount of money. It […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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As part of an ongoing law enforcement operation to round up known gang members who are said to be involved in the recent flare up of violence in Belize City, several persons have been detained and will be processed at the Queen Street Police Station before being taken to the Belize Central Prison. Under the […]
Written on July 10, 2020 | Posted in
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After spending two nights in lockdown, four women are among a group of twenty-seven gang members who were carted away to the Belize City Prison this afternoon. The police dragnet extended to a total of ninety-nine gang members detained during a predawn raid on Tuesday morning on the Southside of the city. Police are seeking […]
Written on July 9, 2020 | Posted in
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Police in Punta Gorda have cracked the murder of Pedro Cus. Onastacio Sirik, reportedly confessed to P.G. police, telling them that he killed his nephew. Sirik first told police that he found Cus’ body under some trees in San Pedro Columbia Village, Toledo. The gruesome discovery was made on Monday morning when Cus’s body was […]
Written on July 9, 2020 | Posted in
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In Belize City, charges have not been leveled on any of the five men who police believe are responsible for the murders of Raheem Faber and Raheem Miles last weekend. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams informed today that because witnesses are reluctant to provide statements, the main suspects in these related murders could not be […]
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The south side of the Old Capital was quiet today and free of gang activity. A second curfew that will last for a month has been instituted and the police is coming down hard on gang activity. In an early morning sweep on Tuesday, police detained a number of alleged gang members and are actively […]
Written on July 8, 2020 | Posted in
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There was a home invasion and robbery in San Pedro Town over the weekend which also involved a kidnapping. Three fishermen have been arraigned for the crime. Ruben Martinez, Mark Hernandez and David Lopez are spending their second night behind bars at the central prison in Hattieville. They are accused of entering the home of […]
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A policeman attached to the Intermediate Southern Formation in Independence Village is under investigation following an allegation that he forced a female minor into an unlawful sexual act. On Monday, a teenager, along with her mother, filed a complaint against an officer who took her into custody at the police station after discovering that she […]
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While a state of emergency is in effect in the south side of the City, across the country, a nightly curfew for children remains in effect, despite the lifting of a national state of emergency on June thirtieth imposed for the COVID-19 pandemic. All minors unaccompanied by an adult are required to be indoors between […]
Written on July 8, 2020 | Posted in
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At three o’clock this morning, another state of emergency came into effect in certain parts of Southside Belize City. Police believe that the S.O.E. will abate gang activity and other forms of violence perpetuated in the streets of the Old Capital. Two men were killed over the weekend due to warring gangs and police intelligence […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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The anti-gang state of emergency bookends the national state of emergency that expired on June thirtieth to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Effectively, the south side of Belize City has been under lockdown since March and will remain so for another thirty days, as the Belize Police Department seeks to return a sense of normalcy […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Concerns from residents from the neighbourhoods that were swept by police this morning are centered around innocent citizens being corralled into the roundup. While several persons complained loudly about damage to property in the wake of the predawn raid, others voiced fear that they would be arrested and trooped to the Belize Central Prison for […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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The state of emergency for the south side of the city is a temporary measure of thirty days to prevent further bloodshed and other violence in the streets of the Old Capital. Raheem Myles was likely killed in retaliation for the murder of Rakeem Faber over the weekend and police are moving to prevent unrest. […]
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Late this evening, the Commissioner of Police confirmed that a number of persons were taken into custody and questioned on their possible involvement in the murders of Faber and Miles. The investigation has since revealed that five persons are the main suspects; a few were picked up during this morning’s sweep through the hotspots and […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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There is another report tonight of the police abuse. A man in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye is claiming that two police officers barged into his house at around eight-thirty on Monday night, beat him with his machete, tried to stab him, and threatened his life. According to Gabriel Zelaya, he was home in the DFC […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Within days of the lifting of the curfew, violence has returned to the streets of the city. Two men were killed over the weekend and it is believed the murders are gang-related. The first occurred just before midnight on Friday, nineteen-year-old Raheem Faber was targeted at the corner of Ebony and Mayflower Street where he […]
Written on July 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Less than twenty-four hours after the killing of Raheem Faber, Raheem Myles was gunned down. Police believe it was a retaliatory murder, avenging the shooting death of Faber. When Myles was shot on Saturday night, twenty-year old Kimary Bradley was also injured; police say she was holding a baby in her arms at the time. […]
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A man was killed in southern Belize. The body of Pedro Cus was found this morning around ten-forty behind his uncle’s property in San Pedro Columbia in Toledo. Reports are that Cus’ uncle was returning home from buying food when he came across his nephew lying face up with large chop wounds to the neck. […]
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The four persons accused of carrying out a brazen afternoon armed robbery at Scotiabank Belama Branch appeared in court today. Anthony Barrow, Jason McKenzie, Leon Westby and a minor are charged jointly with robbery of thirty-four thousand dollars, aggravated assault upon Robert Parchue and Robert Sutherland and a slew of other offences. The foursome all […]
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There was a robbery in the city and police are looking for two suspects. It happened around three o’clock on Saturday afternoon at the Oasis Bar on the Philip Goldson Highway. Police say that a Bowen and Bowen truck was making a delivery when two armed men robbed them. The thieves made off with monies […]
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