An all-points bulletin remains in effect for the apprehension of Rodwell Arzu, the man whom police believe shot and killed his ex-girlfriend on Sunday morning in Dangriga, before turning the murder weapon on her cousin. Forty-one-year-old Geraldine Flowers was fatally injured when Arzu gained entry to her apartment in the New Site area of town. […]
Twenty-four-year-old Yanira Novelo, a mother of two from San Jose Village in Orange Walk District, was murdered on her son’s fourth birthday during a deadly attack that also saw the child injured. It is believed that Novelo was robbed and killed and her son, Alexander, was stabbed in the abdomen but managed to make his […]
The gruesome murder of sixty-four-year-old Porfilio Nino whose remains were found inside a shallow grave in Maya Mopan remains unsolved. Despite rounding up several persons for questioning in relation to the homicide, Belmopan police are no closer to making an arrest. That’s because there was insufficient evidence to tie any of the suspects to Nino’s […]
The decision to charge Corporal Kent Martinez with the lesser charge of manslaughter by negligence has the family of Allyson Major Junior up in arms. On Tuesday, through attorney Kareem Musa, the family fired off a statement in which it said that the decision is disappointing if not scandalous. They say that “this travesty deserves […]
According to Bradley, the case will be tried at the Supreme Court level. He says that the circumstances surrounding the case have undoubtedly left the public enraged. Major Junior is not the first victim who has been killed by a police officer. Bradley says that the Belize Police Department should apologize to the victim’s family […]
A gruesome discovery was made this afternoon in the Young Bank area of Camalote Village, Cayo and up to news time tonight, police are still processing the murder scene. Well-known guitarist, Manuel Barrera Vasquez was murdered and his decomposing body was found inside his house after one o’clock today. The discovery was made by a […]
In May, the family of Anisha Young received more devastating news when they were informed that DNA test results conducted in Jamaica were inconclusive. The twenty-three-year-old young woman went missing on December ninth, and up to date, her body has yet to be found leaving the family with more questions than answers and without closure. […]
Police have swiftly detained three minors in connection with the theft of the popular Scratch tickets. One of them was captured on camera stealing the tickets from a Belize City Chinese shop. The minor was recognized after images showed him reaching into the counter of the shop were the tickets were placed on Tuesday. The […]
The Ministry of National Security confirmed that Corporal Kent Martinez is the police officer who killed thirty-six-year-old Allyson Major Junior on July sixteenth. Fourteen days after he was fatally shot, the ministry released a statement in which it says that the Special Investigation Team is moving to charge Corporal Martinez for the crime of manslaughter […]
As the trial of William “Danny” Mason and four other accused men continues in the Supreme Court, an investigating officer took the stand today. The officer testified as to how he found the head of Pastor Llewelyn Lucas inside a bucket in Mason’s vehicle which was parked at the lot of Sanchos Bar in Belmopan. […]
Rodwell Arzu, the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend before stabbing and shooting her relative at her residence in Dangriga, remains on the lam. The thirty-six-year-old has a history of domestic abuse in which he has been physical on previous occasions with Geraldine Flowers who had just moved to the town and from whom he […]
Police have yet to capture the culprit who cold-heartedly and viciously murdered the twenty-three-year-old mother of three, Yanira Novelo. It has been three weeks since her body was discovered in Orange Walk Town. A post mortem examination revealed that Novelo had been strangled to death. Her four-year-old son who was with her was also attacked. […]
Police have cracked the murder of a Belize City businessman, Jose Hilario Diaz, and have charged another individual. Diaz was gunned down at his store on Cemetery Road on July sixteenth, 2019. Emmerson Garnette, a construction worker of Freetown Road, appeared this morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Garnette […]
Also in the court was BiJay Palacio who was today fined for possession of a controlled drug. Before he pleaded guilty, Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser made it clear to him that a guilty plea for marijuana can come back and haunt him if he should ever decide to visit the United States and needs to […]
If you logged on to Facebook late this evening, it is likely that you may have come across the video of a man stealing Scratch and Win tickets. The ten seconds clip shows a man reaching through a small window of a shop as he quickly snatches several cards of the tickets and walks away. […]
A woman was shot and killed early on Sunday morning in Dangriga, purportedly as a result of jealousy. Geraldine Flowers was inside her house in the New Site area when her ex-boyfriend, Rodwell Arzu, arrived and fatally shot her. Also in the house was Samuel Reid, a cousin of Flowers; he was shot and stabbed […]
Investigators in Dangriga have determined that Samuel Reid, the individual who was inside the house where Geraldine Flowers resided, was stabbed and shot multiple times during the deadly encounter with Rodwell Arzu. What they have also been able to confirm is that on a previous occasion Flowers sought legal action against her ex-boyfriend for aggravated […]
The month of June was bloody and deadly with a horrifying and alarming murder count. According to the Belize Crime Observatory, during the month of June one hundred and one major crimes were reported. This is the first month for 2019 to record a higher count of major crimes when compared to the same month […]
As part of the Police Department’s crime-fighting strategy, a curfew for children is currently in effect in Belize City. The decision was made in June after the city was gripped by a spike in major crimes, especially murders. According to ComPol Williams, some children continue to be on the streets during late hours; however, officers […]
The only gun violence reported in the city over the weekend involved twenty-three-year-old Jeffrey Gomez, who is lucky to be alive tonight. He was shot in his abdomen on Friday night while on T-Street in the Old Capital. Investigators say that two men approached Gomez and released a barrage of bullets in this direction. Originally […]
No one has been charged for the death of Allyson Major Junior. He was fatally shot in downtown Belize City on July sixteenth. It has been thirteen days since Major Junior died at the hands of cops. The victim was pursued by police officers and the chase ended at the foot of the Swing Bridge […]
Three men have been charged for firearm offenses. They are Kurt Morgan, Ernest Thompson, and Naim Sanchez. The trio was busted by San Ignacio police on Friday evening with a point thirty-eight revolver and five live rounds. The men were in a Toyota Corolla taxi when they were intercepted by police officers. During the interception, […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams today hosted the second All Senior Officers’ Conference at the Police Training Academy in Belmopan. Senior officers countrywide converged to discuss several serious issues that are affecting the department and ways to address them. Williams says that it is important for the senior officers to be familiar with the issues […]
North Ambergris Caye has been an area well-known for illicit activities, from wet drops to murders and drug trafficking. Narco-traffickers, in particular, have been operating there with general ease in the movement of cocaine, other drugs and weapons. Today, the Ministry of National Security opened a patrol base at Bacalar Chico in northern Ambergris to […]
Police say that there are several persons detained in connection with the murder of Porfilio Nino. The sixty-five-year-old farmer was first reported missing and shortly after, he was found buried in a shallow on his farm in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan. The family became alarmed when they were unable to reach Porfilio on […]
