There was also a shooting in Corozal Town and fortunately, the intended target escaped unhurt. On Wednesday night, a gunman waylaid Michael Franklin and as he exited his house, the shooter opened fire at him. Luckily Franklin was able to get away from his attacker. Deputy Head of the National Crimes Investigation Branch, Senior Superintendent […]
A shooting has left two persons injured in Belize City. Sometime after four this evening, several shots were fired on Baghdad Street. Those bullets hit Raheem Belgrave and Errol Bowen. Both men are hospitalized. Reports are that a single gun-man fired more than ten shots and then made good his escape.
Javan Moody says that he is being framed for a murder he didn’t commit. Moody, as we reported on Monday, was arrested and charged for the killing of his girlfriend, Ariana Jones. Today, Moody appeared before the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court where he was arraigned on a single charge of murder. We spoke with his attorney […]
There was a shooting incident this morning in Belize City. According to reports, multiple shots were fired on Euphrates Avenue just after ten o’clock. One report to News Five is that someone opened fired at a moving vehicle, but no one was injured. Police arrived on the scene shortly thereafter and canvassed the area, but […]
Now to a murder, a woman was brutally killed in San Ignacio, Cayo over the weekend. Javan Moody, a man she has been dating for a few months, has been arrested and charged for her murder. Reports are that American citizen Ariana Jones was fatally stabbed in the early hours of Saturday morning. She and […]
A twelve-year-old-boy was shot on Friday night in Belize City. Police say that the minor was inside his home with family members when a man walked up and fired shots inside the house just before mid-night. The boy was shot in the leg and is in a stable condition in the hospital. Senior Superintendent Hilberto […]
There was another shooting in the city, fortunately no one was injured, but a dog was killed. It happened around ten-fifteen on Saturday night. Police were called out to Fabers Road in Belize City where shots were fired at a house. Here’s more from the police. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes […]
Cybercrime relates to offenses committed on the internet or on social media platforms on a number of issues. In the country at this time, are representatives of a Cybercrime Programme of the Council of Europe. The Council is assisting in the drafting of legislation in a matter of days which will be aligned with the […]
Overnight on Wednesday, a suspected drug plane landed in the Monkey River area. An operation team, headed by the Joint Intelligence Operating Centre, had been alerted of the aircraft en route from South America to this area and officers were deployed to prevent and possibly intercept its landing in Belize. Authorities, however, arrived on the […]
ComPol Williams says that almost daily, reports are received of suspected drug planes, but the location where the aircraft will land is unknown and so officers are often times deployed across the country to circumvent the illegal landings. But it is no secret that there are also local players who are actively engaged in the […]
A suspected drug plane landed in the Monkey River area sometime late Wednesday night and early this morning. By the time authorities arrived on the scene, the passengers were gone and they found the torch remnants of the aircraft. A photo sent to News Five, believed to be from the scene of the landing, shows […]
Unconfirmed reports are that several gunshots were fired around at the Belize-Guatemala border around ten o’clock on Wednesday night. Photos circulated of shattered glasses caused by the shooting. Reports are that Benque Viejo Police as well as Guatemalan authorities arrived on the scene shortly after. Online reports say that one person was detained. Local police […]
On Wednesday afternoon, just after twelve-thirty, a pair of robbers walked into Henry’s Supermarket on College Road in Corozal Town and held up the proprietor at gunpoint. The men got away with some cash, but police quickly apprehended them. Authorities say that the suspects are from the area. The store’s surveillance camera captured the robbery. […]
Police have detained one person and looking for another in connection with the robbery of La Popular Bakery on Cemetery Road in Belize City. Just before eight on Tuesday night, two armed men held up the cashier and demanded money. Superintendent Alejandro Cowo says that while they have detained one person, the stolen money wasn’t […]
On Tuesday, we reported that two men were charged for separate killings that happened in Concepcion Village in the Corozal District. Today, Senior Superintendent of Police Hilberto Romero shared details of the charges and what the investigation has uncovered about the motives behind the killings. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation […]
Police say that the death of Brian Harris is now being investigated as a murder. As we reported almost two weeks ago, Harris passed away after being in and out of the hospital for gunshot injuries. Today, police told the media that a post-mortem conducted shows that Harris died as result of the gunshot injuries […]
Representatives from various institutions including Human Services, the Police Department and members from the Judiciary, including judges and prosecutors have been engaged in a three-day workshop on the online exploitation of children. It is being spearheaded by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and seeks to build capacity of the Belizean authorities as […]
ICMEC is based in Alexandria, Virginia in the U.S.A. According to data available, most of the abuse starts at home; twenty-five percent of the abuses are committed by someone in authority close to the child. So the organization continues to develop awareness programmes to educate children and parents about the risks related to children having […]
A coast guard operation, carried out in the vicinity of Drowned Caye on Tuesday, has resulted in the arrests of four men who were found in possession of unlicensed ammunition. According to coast guard personnel, upon approaching the fishing camp, one of the individual attempted to flee the scene and evade the team of officers. […]
On Monday, we reported about the death of Anthony Parks. He was shot in Independence Village on the morning of January twenty-second. Ever since then, he was hospitalized up until his death on Sunday morning. In our first report of the incident, in an interview with the media, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams said that […]
On Tuesday night, a pair of robbers targeted La Popular Bakery on Cemetery Road in Belize City. Reports are that around seven-thirty p.m., two men, posing as customers, entered the bakery; they both wore caps possibly to conceal their identities. The men then approached cashier Esmeralda Sanchez and held her at gunpoint. The gunman demanded […]
The brothers: Tyrone, Ellis and Shaquille Meighan appeared in courtroom of Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts Anderson on Tuesday and were charged for being members of a gang, specifically Banak Zone Clique. The Meighan brothers pleaded not guilty and while they have been charged with all sorts of offences in the past, the siblings now say […]
Two men have been charged for separate murders that occurred in the north over the weekend. Police have charged Jesus Monteroso for the murder of Daniel Cano. The sales clerk reportedly stabbed Cano multiple times in the wee hours of February second as they socialized in Concepcion Village, Corozal District. Monteroso was detained within hours […]
Corozal police have charged a Libertad resident for the stabbing murder of Juan David Mendez. The accused is Diego Onorio Correa, who is believed to have stabbed Mendez once to the body and left him for dead on a dirt road in Concepcion Village, Corozal. Mendez’s body was discovered on the morning of February second […]
There were two stabbing deaths over the weekend and both happened in the same village up north. Death came for Daniel Cano as he was hanging out and having a good time with friends at a house in the village. Cano was stabbed multiple times during an altercation by a relative of his friend just […]
