This morning, also in Hattieville, residents made a shocking discovery when they found thirty-seven-year-old Brian Harris with multiple gunshot wounds along a makeshift path off the George Price Highway. Harris was accosted and shot several times before being left for dead on Sunday night. Surprisingly, he survived the attack and was rushed to the K.H.M.H. […]
The family of Densmore Bowman finally has closure; Densmore had been reported missing since November twenty-ninth, when he left his house in the Young Bank area of Belmopan to collect money at Western Union. His family feared the worst and this morning it came to pass. Bowman’s body was found in a shallow grave, between […]
A burning aircraft believed to have been laden with an undetermined quantity of drugs was discovered this morning on an airstrip in Sarteneja Village. According to police, they were notified of the airplane entering into Belizean airspace on Sunday night and scrambled various teams into areas where they suspected that it would have landed. This […]
Thirty-four-year-old Diana Pott Jones was found floating in the lagoon in Crooked Tree on Saturday morning just after nine o’clock. There are multiple reports circulating about what may have happened to Jones. She was reportedly seen swimming in the lagoon prior to her death. Today, we asked Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero about how police are […]
A robbery in Guinea Grass on Friday night played out in the village when several residents took matters into their own hands to hunt down the culprits. Police captured the two thieves but enraged residents, as captured on video, launched an attack on the men. But police told the media today that the apprehension should […]
Aside from the bloody murders, a couple of persons were injured in shootings. Two young men, sixteen and nineteen-years-old, was attacked in Belize City on Saturday night, as they stood on Seagull Street. Kamron Adolphus and Rassan Leslie were socializing when someone on bicycle blindsided them and opened fire. But why were they targeted? That’s […]
There was another shooting incident, this time in Ladyville on Friday morning, in which Mark Faber was shot in the leg by someone who accosted him while walking along Compassion Lane. It is unclear whether Faber’s attacker is someone known to him. Following the incident the Ladyville resident visited the local police station where he […]
A Roaring Creek resident was executed on Thursday night under the nose of the Roaring Creek police. At about ten thirty on Thursday night, twenty-eight-year-old Timroy Neal was pursued by a gunman who pulled the trigger multiple times killing Neal as he fell to the ground in front of Lucky Entertainment. The execution of Neal […]
Police Constable Nadir Mendoza is on the run and his fellow officers are now looking for him. On Thursday, police issued a wanted poster for Mendoza. The Santa Elena constable is being sought for three guns that have gone missing at the Queen Street Police Station. According to Commissioner Chester Williams, Mendoza was detained and […]
Six firearms were taken off the streets of San Pedro over the course of a few days making the island a little safer. Today, Commissioner Chester Williams praised Officer in Charge Superintendent Christopher Noble for his efforts to tackle crime on the island. Here’s what the Commissioner shared about the Coastal Executive Officer’s latest efforts […]
Allison Broaster is accusing one police officer of using excessive force on her sixteen-year-old son. On Sunday morning, her son was making his way on West Street in Belize City when he had issues with his bicycle. He and another friend decided to walk to a friend’s house when they were searched by police officers. […]
The case of twenty-year old Cameron Harris for the 2016 murder of twenty-seven year old Nelson Zelaya closed today; six witnesses testified in court. Zelaya was killed in his yard in Gardenia village. The prosecution’s main witness, who was nine months pregnant and the common-law wife of the deceased, told the court that she witnessed […]
Just mischief or is there a case for a closer look at a huge extraneous payout to the head of the Special Patrol Unit? If you ask Commissioner of Police, Williams he’ll tell you that someone is trying to create problems over a non-issue but others have raised eyebrows at the hefty sum collected by […]
The holidays are upon us – with just twelve more days to go before Christmas, the shopping has started and this weekend going into next week – there will be a lot of people moving around and spending money. But during this time, the criminals, particularly thieves, are out and about. Commissioner Williams says that […]
A surge in the theft of vehicles, mostly S.U.V.s, in the communities along the western border, has put the police and residents on high alert. In the past few days, there have been at least five consecutive incidents. The M.O. is that Guatemalan bandits come into the country, steal the vehicles and drive them across […]
Forming part of today’s tour was Operations Commander, Senior Superintendent Marco Vidal. Vidal spoke to the leaders of representatives of the communities to get a better feel of things and what sort of crime-fighting strategy would be best rolled out. Vidal says the strategy is comprised of three factors: intelligence gathering, patrol and community involvement. […]
An internal investigation is underway into the brutal beat down of Anthony Tillett at the hands of police officers. Tillett was purchasing at a store on Faber’s Road, not too far from his house in the City, when he was approached by officers attached to the Special Patrol Unit. He thought it was a routine […]
Armed thieves, believed to be residents of St. Martin’s area of Belize City, are said to be operating in a ring that has been involved in a number of aggravated burglaries in the Belama Phase One community. On Monday afternoon, a pair of armed men entered a home on Samuel Haynes Street where they encountered […]
The most recent incident was preceded by a similar home invasion a week ago on the same street, leading investigators to believe that a band of thieves may be targeting homes in that area. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, OC, CIB, Eastern Division “Yes, it occurred on the same Samuel Haynes Street at different residences. We […]
It’s been one year since twenty-two-year-old Anisha Young vanished without a trace. Her family has given up hope that she is alive and has been doing all they can to get closure. Earlier this week, the family shared their discontent with the Police Department regarding the progress of the case. They said that samples were […]
In recent weeks there has been a number of persons reported missing – some of those men, the likes of Elito Puc, Michael Cobo and Jaswant Brooks, have been found murdered and others, including Densmore Bowman and Devon Tariq Lopez, still haven’t been found. Today, Commissioner Chester Williams was asked about this growing trend of […]
A fisherman charged with illegal fishing took a guilty plea in court today. Forty-one- year-old Diogenes Murillo Gomez was caught fishing in a forbidden area and will have to pay a hefty fine of four thousand dollars for his infractions. Murrillo Gomez was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson where he was charged with illegal […]
A driver for Pizza Express, twenty-year-old Orlando Salazar, was arraigned on a charge of robbery before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson. He pleaded not guilty and was offered bail in the sum of five thousand dollars, plus one surety. Conditions were imposed to his bail; he is not to contact the complainant or any other witnesses […]
One more item on the crime blotter; a trio of deliverymen was held at gunpoint on Wednesday morning as they were delivering Big H products at a shop on La Croix Boulevard. Two men on motorcycles appeared on the scene and proceeded to jack them of a thousand dollars, as well as their cell phones. […]
If you are traveling to Chetumal anytime soon you are being advised to be alert of your surroundings and especially so of taxi drivers. That’s because a group of Belizeans was robbed on Saturday night while in neighbouring Chetumal. According to online reports, a couple of Belizeans took a cab at Plaza Las Américas and […]
