A Guatemalan man is in police custody facing firearm charges. His name is Romeo Cardona Zepata who, on Saturday afternoon, was spotted in the parking lot on Belize’s side of the western border. A search of his person resulted in officers discovering a nine-millimeter pistol and a shotgun. Offices also found ammunition for both firearms […]
Dion Bruce, wanted by the United States government for a murder he reportedly committed in Chicago in July 2010, continues to fight an extradition request, despite being locked up at the Belize Central Prison. He was picked up by Belize City police six years ago and since then, Bruce’s case has been meandering through the […]
An armed robbery in Saint Margaret’s Village in Cayo has police searching for two men. The robbery was captured by security cameras which show the duo barging into Ping An Shop at around three-forty on Saturday afternoon and holding up the owner and two employees. The robbers escaped with two cell phones, a gold chain, […]
Fifty-year-old Kiran Kumar Solanri is tonight recuperating from a frightening ordeal he experienced this morning. Solanri, who is from Palmar Village in the Orange Walk District, told police that the incident happened around eleven o’clock inside the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. He alleges that two men with guns robbed him of three thousand U.S. […]
A Caye Caulker resident is fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial, Hospital having undergone a round of life-saving surgery today following a stabbing on the island. On Wednesday night, police responded to reports of an incident at a local bar on the island and arrived to find that William Thomas was stabbed […]
There is little to report from the crime blotter tonight. Just after midday on Tuesday, two thieves – one armed with a gun – held up the sales supervisor from Bowen and Bowen on Gabourel Lane in Belize City. The robbers got away with about a thousand dollars in cash and other personal belonging from […]
Police also gave an update on the armed burglary at the Solid Waste Transfer Station in Belize City. As we had reported on Monday, a group of persons targeted the establishment, formerly known as the dumpsite at mile three on the George Price Highway. The security guard was tied up and the armed burglars entered […]
There has been an apparent spike in crimes, especially armed robberies, across the country and fatal shootings, mostly in the Old Capital. While the Ministry of National Security reported a decreased in murders from the period of January to May of this year when compared to the same period last year, there has been an […]
There is a level of difficulty when addressing the issue of crime. It is a problem that should be addressed in a multi-faceted, inter-agency approach. According to Briceño, for crime to be successfully tackled, the government needs to focus on reforming the Belize Police Department, strengthening the prosecution branch and reducing the level of poverty. […]
Twelve Cuban nationals are in police custody after they were arrested early this morning. Just before five o’clock, Orange Walk police were on mobile patrol in San Antonio Village when a suspicious maroon van caught their attention. The van which was travelling at high speed in the direction of Santa Cruz Village was pursued. News […]
Police have charged twenty-five-year-old Belize City resident Starling Perez for the crime of murder. Perez stands accused of killing forty-eight-year-old Carlos Reyes who was gunned down on March twenty-eighth, while inside his own house in Dangriga Town. Reyes was with thirty-year-old Israel Pimentel of Sarawee village, at his home on Citron Street when they came […]
An investigation following the death of eight-week-old Thevane Banner has been concluded by the Ministry of Health. The newborn died from battered child syndrome and his father, twenty-eight-year-old Troy Banner, has since been arrested and charged with manslaughter. Despite a subsequent arraignment, Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero reveals that the Ministry of Health […]
Twenty-four-year-old Kyle Zetina and eighteen-year-old Shawn Flores are tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned earlier today on the principal charges of murder. Both men are accused of carrying out an unthinkable act of violence which left three persons dead, including Alarice Andrewin, the Acting Principal of Excelsior High School. The […]
Sixty-year-old Nestor Vasquez Junior, the namesake son of B.T.L. Chairman Nestor Vasquez and elder sibling of broadcaster Jules Vasquez, succumbed to injuries he received inside a holding cell last Thursday. Vasquez, who was mentally ill, was taken into police custody on the request of his younger brother pending treatment for his illness. While in detention, […]
While the Vasquez family, through attorney Leslie Mendez, issued a statement on Friday criticizing the police for negligence, it is expected that legal action will be taken against the department. Beyond a lawsuit and compensation, however, is the issue of how persons with mental health issues are treated in Belize. Jules Vasquez, Brother of […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has weighed in on the issue and admits that the department failed in safeguarding the rights of Nestor Vasquez. While disciplinary action has been taken against four of officers, the incident is a black-eye on the department which has been exposed to liability. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “As […]
A Haitian national who recently migrated to Belize for work was murdered on Saturday morning. Jacques Wilder was on duty, working as a security guard at Foam Factory on the George Price Highway when he was attacked by thieves who gained access to the business. The burglars managed to access the office through a window, […]
A gunman fired two shots a Ladyville resident on Sunday night. Luckily for Alrick Smith, he narrowly escaped with his life when he came under attack while walking along Pigeon Street. When the press spoke with police this morning, they still hadn’t conducted a full interview with Smith. So, at this time there are no […]
A resident of Dangriga is lucky to have escaped grave injury, following an attempt on his life on Sunday morning. Tyrone Flores, according to police, may have been the victim of a gunman who was seeking to settle an old beef with him. Flores was shot once in the shoulder as he made his way […]
There was an armed robbery at the solid waste transfer station located off mile three on the George Price Highway. Armed robbers entered the compound and stole an undisclosed amount of cash and other items from the office and escaped in a white SUV. That vehicle was observed a short distance away in the Faber’s […]
Sixty-year-old Nestor Vasquez junior is in critical condition after he was attacked in a holding cell at the Queen Street Police Station. The culprit has been identified as twenty-eight-year-old Collin Francis who was arrested and charged for the attempted murder of Augustina Elijio. Vasquez was detained for common assault and he was placed in a […]
Tonight, twenty-eight-year-old Troy Banner stands accused of killing his own child. This morning in Belmopan, Banner was arraigned on a single charge of manslaughter for allegedly causing the death of two-month-old baby Thevane, who died of injuries consistent with Battered Child Syndrome. The prosecution objected to bail due to the seriousness of the crime. Banner’s […]
This morning, autopsy results for the victims of a most heinous triple homicide were released to the media and the injuries sustained reveal that Alarice Andrewin, Vidal Yuman and Maria Juarez were all callously executed. Each victim was shot in the head during what appears to be a home invasion. On Tuesday, the Excelsior High […]
On Wednesday, the Belize National Teachers Union fired off a terse press release in the wake of the murders of high school principal Alarice Andrewin, Vidal Yuman and Maria Juarez. The statement expressed B.N.T.U.’s annoyance over the horrid killings, particularly the death of one of its members. The union also took aim at Commissioner of […]
The story of a horrid triple murder at a home on the George Price Highway continues to unfold, as new details emerge on what took place at mile ten on Tuesday. News Five understands that the family home of forty-four-year-old Alarice Andrewin was also being occupied by a tenant whose girlfriend, a Guatemalan national who […]
