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The murder investigation into the brutal slaying of thirty-four-year-old Densmore Bowman remains open. His decomposing body was discovered on Monday along mile twenty-four on the George Price Highway. The Belmopan resident went missing for more than two weeks and was last seen socializing with some friends in Roaring Creek Village. Surveillance cameras captured Bowman getting […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Thirty-two-year-old Bart Lucas has been charged for the attempted murder of thirty-four-year-old Christopher Guild who remains in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. On Monday night, just before midnight, Guild was walking on Barrack Road when a gunman rode up on a bicycle, pointed a firearm at his head and blasted several […]
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Twenty-five-year-old Sylvestre Thompson was stabbed by his friend on Wednesday afternoon. He was on Reggae Street hanging out with some friends when an argument ensued. One of his friends produced a knife and during the altercation, Thompson was stabbed in the face and neck. Thompson was admitted to the hospital in a stable condition. According […]
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A man broke into the home of a business woman in wee hours of Wednesday night, burgled and attacked her. We understand that the businesswoman, who lives above her business establishment, was attacked sometime around four o’clock. The intruder took several hundred dollars and cellular phones belonging to the business woman. But not satisfied with […]
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Nicole Usher, a Belmopan resident, was bold enough on Wednesday to speak out against the violence she suffered on Tuesday. Many women suffer in silence, but Usher publicly claimed she was chocked, attacked with a firearm and her family threatened by Kenzle Hulse, the son of Minister Godwin Hulse, who is her ex-boyfriend. She took […]
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Calvin Cattouse of Belize City is among the many persons who left their families, and never heard from again. In his case, he went missing in early October 2017. His family has been looking for him and tonight they have another appeal seeking information on him. A notice through Crime Stoppers states that they are […]
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The Christmas holidays are always a festive time of the year, but it is also a time when crimes such as robberies and burglaries spike. In recent weeks, there have been an increase in the number of reported aggravated burglaries and the police department has increased its patrols, among other crime fighting measures during this […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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As to the spike in home invasions, Superintendent Alejandro Cowo also shared some advice on precautionary safety measures that can be taken by homeowners. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Eastern Division “When it comes to the burglary, we always advise the homeowners that it is a matter that they have to ensure that their […]
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In the Belmopan Magistrate Court, Kenzle Hulse, the son of Minister Godwin Hulse, made an appearance and was charged with harm. It follows a report of domestic violence made by Kenzle’s ex, the mother of his one-year-old daughter. The couple is estranged and Nicole Usher is providing graphic details alleging that Kenzle choked her in […]
Written on December 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Present for the arraignment was Godwin Hulse, the Minister of Agriculture who is the father of Kenzle Hulse. The Minister signed bail for Kenzle, who has a previous charge for a similar offense. In March 2017, Kenzle was charged with one count of harm committed upon Alberto Santos Lopez. His indictment came several months after […]
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The mother of Nicole Usher was heard early this morning on the airwaves with the complaint. She placed a call to Vibes radio complaining of the physical assault on her daughter and granddaughter. The mother alleged the accused individual had displayed a pattern of abusive behaviour but operates above the law due to his high […]
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A second missing person was found dead this week. On Monday, the remains of Densmore Bowman from Belmopan were found in a shallow grave between miles twenty-three and twenty-four on the George Price Highway. On Tuesday afternoon, the body of another Belmopan resident, seventeen year old Damion Bregal, was found. He had vanished last week […]
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The workplace of the financial officer of the Belize Defense Force at Price Barracks, Ladyville was broken into recently and stolen from his office was an assortment of liquor, as well as an undisclosed sum of cash. The burglary, from all indications, appears to be an inside job as the FO’s office space which is […]
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The number of missing persons: youths, men and women, is on an upward trend. In some cases they are found safely but in a number of instances, missing persons are found lifeless. Often they are last seen alive with persons known to them. This week alone, two missing persons from Belmopan were found murdered. Suffering […]
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This morning twenty-one-year-old Mark Waight was found not guilty for the second time and the judgment came six months apart from each other. Waight was on trial for the attempted murder of Jamelia Neal. In arriving at his decision, Justice Colin Williams said that he did not find the testimony of the accused sister, Desiree […]
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A two-year-old child was at the centre of a domestic dispute between the parents. This morning Mara Perez, a resident of Ladyville village, appeared before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson where she was arraigned on a charge of aggravated assault. At the arraignment, Perez pleaded not guilty to the charge. Since there was no objection, she […]
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Back to the case involving Kenzle Hulse. Late this evening, it prompted a statement from the Commissioner of Police. It states that on Tuesday, December seventeenth 2019, Nicole Usher, and her ex-boyfriend Kenzle Hulse, were both involved in a domestic issue over their sixteenth month child. Police, he states, received reports from both parties who […]
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A husband and wife were savagely stabbed to death inside their house in Orange Walk Town. The bodies of Rafael and Mario Huezo were found on Monday morning sending shock waves throughout the community. Today police detained one of their sons, Mario, for the gruesome murder. He was captured near Independence in the south and […]
Written on December 17, 2019 | Posted in
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There was a shooting in the dead of the night in Belize City on Monday. A thirty-six year old resident, Christopher Guild, was heading to Freetown Road when he came under attack and it was all caught on surveillance camera. The gunman was monitoring Guild, employee at B.P.O., and opened fire when he saw the […]
Written on December 17, 2019 | Posted in
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A post mortem examination conducted on the remains of thirty-four year old Densmore Bowman show he died a horrible death; he was hacked to death. The death certificate states that the Belmopan resident died as result of traumatic shock due to multiple chop wounds to the head, neck and limbs. His body was discovered on […]
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A police constable is in plenty trouble with the law. Twenty-two-year-old constable of Esperanza Village, Nadir Rayon Mendoza, was charged for theft when he appeared in court today. He was arrested on Monday after police issued a warrant post on Thursday. He is accused of stealing three firearms from the Queen Street Police Station in […]
Written on December 17, 2019 | Posted in
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There was a bust of contraband goods here on Coney Drive. The list of items includes wines, vodka, whiskey and cigars, popular goodies especially at this time of the year. A mobile patrol this afternoon stopped and searched businessman forty-nine year old Freddy Ellis Mansu who was driving a car. The vehicle and the items […]
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With the clock ticking toward the Christmas holiday, the past weekend turned out to be a bloody one for families across Belize as the incessant murder count keeps going upward and there is loss of lives in traffic accidents. Up north in Orange Walk, a horrific murder occurred. A couple was found dead inside their […]
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The discovery of the bodies of husband and wife couple, Rafael and Nancy Huezo, rocked Orange Walk this morning. According to police, Nancy had what appeared to be an injury to one of her hands. The couple was discovered inside their home on Stadium Street by one of their sons who had stopped by to […]
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There was another murder over the weekend. On Saturday night, shortly after eight o’clock, police were called to Farmer’s Site in Hattieville, Belize District where another murder took place two weeks ago. Thirty-three year old Phillip Roberts of Bainsville village was executed in his own yard where he had just stepped out having had what […]
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