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On the crime blotter, there was a home invasion on Wednesday night in the Jane Usher Boulevard area of Belize City. Donald Enrique Nunez Garcia was inside his house when a man entered and attacked him. Garcia received multiple stab wounds to the body and was left for dead as his common-law wife slept in […]
Written on March 12, 2020 | Posted in
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Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero also gave an update on the investigation into the murder of Carolyn Arnold. The body of the elderly woman was discovered semi-nude on a dirt road off mile thirteen on the Philip Goldson Highway. There has been much speculation as to what motivated the killing and police say they are following […]
Written on March 12, 2020 | Posted in
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Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with an attempted kidnapping. Police say one of the assailants, Luis Urbina, has a long charge sheet of similar charges. Urbina had also escaped from police custody but was recaptured. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero shares the details. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes […]
Written on March 12, 2020 | Posted in
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Police have arrested and charged three men in connection to a burglary that happened at number sixty Barrack Road on Sunday. Police say that fifty-two-year-old businessman Azm Obadul was asleep around two-thirty that morning when he was awaken by two armed men. The thieves took an undisclosed amount of money, an assortment of jewelry and […]
Written on March 12, 2020 | Posted in
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An elderly woman, who is a grandmother and great grandmother of many children, was viciously killed and her semi-clad body found at a dumpsite in the Ladyville area on Tuesday morning. Carolyn Arnold reportedly left a friend’s house on Monday night, but did not make it to her own house since her life was snuffed […]
Written on March 11, 2020 | Posted in
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Brick by brick contained in bales of cocaine seized during a recent huge anti-drug operation were incinerated this afternoon at a safe location. The B.D.F. and police made the bust on the morning of February twenty-seventh off the Coastal Road, confiscating sixty-nine bales of the drug containing two thousand three hundred and ninety-four kilos that […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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A sixty-three-year-old grandmother was stabbed to death and her semi-nude body was found this morning. She has been identified as Carolyn Joan Arnold of Lake Garden’s Road off the Philip Goldson Highway. Prior to her brutal stabbing, Arnold had visited a friend on Monday night. A resident made the gruesome discovery around seven this morning […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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In Belize City, Devon Arnold perished in a shooting on Friday night. Arnold was with his friend Wayne Pratt and others when they came under attack as they stood in front of a store. Pratt survived the gun violence and remains hospitalized. Police are following a lead that the shooting may be linked to a […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Twenty-four hours after the fatal shooting that claimed the life of Devon Arnold, shots rang out once again in Belize City. The gun violence occurred in another hotspot of the Old Capital in which Jareth Jerry Jones was injured. Jones was heading to his house on Courtney Crescent when a gunman approached and opened fire. […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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There were two shooting incidents up north in the Corozal District. The first occurred on February fifth in which Samuel Matura was injured. Around eight-thirty p.m., Matura was targeted as he arrived at his house in the White Cocal area of Corozal Town. Even as he was injured, Matura made his way to the police […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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In the second shooting which occurred on Monday afternoon, also in the White Cocal area of Corozal Town, the target escaped unhurt. Vanessa Matus says that she exited a yard on Toucan Street and as she was about to get into a car, a gunman, who she recognized, opened fire at her. That person has […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Police and the Fire Departments are investigating a case of arson in the Gungulung area of Lake Independence. A small wooden structure belonging to Raymond Allen was gutted over the weekend and an investigation by fire officials has determined that it was deliberately set ablaze. Station Officer Kenneth Mortis says that the fire started at […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Around two-thirty on February seventh, there was a home invasion on New Road in Belize City. Businessman Obadul Islam reported to police that he woke up to discover that two armed men had broken into the house. The men then proceeded to rob Obadul and other persons inside the house of an undisclosed amount of […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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There was an armed robbery on the evening of March sixth in Ladyville. In the Lake Garden community, Dianne Martinez, her husband, their daughter and their employees were at a construction site when they were robbed at gunpoint by three assailants who later escaped in the Martinez’s vehicle. The victims were all taken inside an […]
Written on March 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, police escorted Alden Lara before Magistrate Kadeem Palmer to face a charge of murder. Lara is accused of Tuesday evening’s shooting that claimed the life of Michael Barrera. The social worker had just placed an order for food at a takeout outlet on Central American Boulevard near its junction with Iguana Street. Police said that the […]
Written on March 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Police say that they have several persons detained in connection with the fatal shooting of Michael Barrera. The social worker was shot dead on Tuesday evening as he waited to buy food from a restaurant on Central American Boulevard. As we’ve reported, police confirmed the family’s theory that Barrera was not the intended target; he […]
Written on March 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Keith Courtenay was shot multiple times just a few feet from his mother’s door on Tuesday evening. Courtenay reportedly shielded his grandson with his body and took as many as eight shots. He later died at the hospital. His family says that he was a quiet and easy going man, but today police say that […]
Written on March 5, 2020 | Posted in
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On Monday afternoon, Gregory Martinez tried to get away from his killer, but he was shot dead inside a dollar van. The shots also resulted in injuries to a couple and their eight-month-old baby. The family survived the gun violence, but police say the bullets were meant for Martinez and it may have been as […]
Written on March 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Police say that John Crawford was shot a few weeks ago and a second attempt was made on his life on Tuesday afternoon sometime around four. The barber was inside his business place when a man fired shots at him, one of which caught him in the face. Crawford is now recuperating, but police say […]
Written on March 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier today, the press caught up with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams outside the gate of the Port of Belize. The Commissioner was there to mediate a matter related to the strike we have been reporting on since Monday. You’ll see our full report on that – but while Williams was there on the ground, […]
Written on March 4, 2020 | Posted in
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And while Belize is still reeling from the deadly crash involved in the last interception of the drug plane off the Coastal Road, there was another aircraft circling over the Belize District on Tuesday night. According to Commissioner of Police, the authorities were lying in wait but the plane didn’t land in Belize. Here’s what […]
Written on March 4, 2020 | Posted in
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A well-known social worker, a counselor in Belize City, was shot and killed on Tuesday evening. He was the first murder victim in a shooting spree on Tuesday evening. From all accounts, Michael Barrera was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Reports are that a killer was looking for his target in the […]
Written on March 4, 2020 | Posted in
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The second murder on Tuesday evening happened about ten minutes after Michael Barrera was killed and this time it took place on the corner of Ebony and Sarstoon Streets in Belize City. The victim, Keith Courtenay, was shot just a stone’s throw away from his mother’s front door. Courtenay was taken to the hospital where […]
Written on March 4, 2020 | Posted in
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In Tuesday’s newscast we reported on the shooting of fifty-two-year-old barber John Crawford. He was inside his business around four-twenty that evening when a man entered the shop and fired shots at him, one of which caught him in the face. Fortunately for Crawford, he survived the attempt on his life and is now recovering. […]
Written on March 4, 2020 | Posted in
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As you heard in our reports tonight, two men were killed and another narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. Today the media asked Commissioner of Police about the eruption of gun violence in Belize City. Williams pointed out that he believes two of the incidents may be related. He also noted that police investigation […]
Written on March 4, 2020 | Posted in
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