A home invasion almost turned deadly on Monday night in Ladyville Village. A family of five was about to retire for the night when a gunman attacked them inside their house on Compassion Lane in the village. The two adults and their three children are still shaken up after the frightening ordeal. Today, owner of […]
Belize is known as a transit point for the trafficking of men, women, and children for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labour, especially of minors. Arrests and convictions have been few, but tonight, a woman from San Ignacio finds herself in trouble with the law. Police report that as a result of an investigation conducted […]
The body of a pregnant eighteen-year-old woman was found on Saturday afternoon in Valley of Peace, Cayo. Joan Gabourel had been brutally murdered and her body left to rot in some bushes adjacent to a cane field on the Valley of Peace road. Gabourel was stabbed, chopped and bludgeoned and her family believes it happened […]
In Belize City, six children were left without their father when the life of a well-known taxi driver was cut short. Forty-eight-year-old Walter Beaton, also known as Welch, was shot multiple times and his body found in a drain on Reggae Street early on Saturday morning. Beaton’s common-law wife recalls that they were being trailed […]
Four persons have been charged and arraigned for the brazen robbery of money changers at the northern border on Thursday morning. The four men, Eugene Myers, Zander Myers, Randolph Crawford and Joshua Hall, were all charged with robbery, unlicensed firearm and ammunition in the Corozal Magistrate’s Court. Myers, Crawford and Hall were slapped with additional […]
There was more violence in Belize City aside from the murder of the cabbie. A man was shot just after five on Sunday evening. Police say Clinton Pou was inside his house on North Front Street in Belize City when he was shot in his left hand and to left side of the chest. He […]
Fifty-two-year-old Richard Ellis reported to police that he was stabbed multiple times in the face on Thursday morning just before nine. He reported that a woman and two men attacked him when he visited a house he shared with the woman. The woman, thirty-seven-year-old Tanesia Payne, appeared unrepresented before the court today to answer to […]
Minister of National Security John Saldivar commenced a tour of the south this weekend, beginning with a trip to Barranco Village and the Sarstoon River on Friday. The ministry is proposing to build a forward operating base in the village. And along with a delegation of government officials, Minister Saldivar held several meetings, including a […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams hosted a public meeting in Punta Gorda on Friday evening to discuss the concerns of residents in the wake of an increase in crime and violence in that southern municipality. The meeting was held several days after the homicides of Oscar Humes and Kevin Moro, who were both shot and […]
Six men are in police detention following a brazen armed robbery at the northern border on Thursday morning but no charges has been levied on them as yet. The group includes the driver of the get-away vehicle and the robbers. Now, five masked and armed robbers held up a group of ‘peseros’, snatching their money […]
One of the robbers who was injured during the shootout with police at the northern border is twenty-four year old Randolph Crawford. He was shot on both legs and according to his uncle, Mansfield Philips, Crawford has not received medical treatment. Philips says that while his nephew has been taken to a hospital, the bullets […]
Twenty-four-year-old Stephan Pasos was convicted today for inappropriately touching a twenty-one-year-old woman who is his sister-in-law. Pasos appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner and pleaded guilty to sexual assault, telling the court that he was intoxicated when he committed the offense. He was fined two thousand dollars plus a five dollar cost of court which he […]
A brazen armed robbery at the northern border this morning led to a shootout between police and armed robbers. Five masked men, at least three who were armed, robbed seven money changers at the border terminal in the Corozal District. Surveillance footage captured the entire robbery. It shows the men exiting a S.U.V. before stripping […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams had good words to say about the bravery of the cops who responded to the shootout at the border. He praised their bravery and said that the authorities can do more if the public cooperates. He told the media that the police are doing their best to respond to the […]
The tragic double murder in Punta Gorda on Monday night still has that southern municipality in shock. Kevin Moro and Oscar Humes, who were lifelong friends, were shot and killed as they socialized at a house on Main Street, Punta Gorda. Earlier this week police said that they believe the murders were linked to gang […]
Police say that while they have made arrests and charged two men for the shooting that happened prior to the double murder on Monday in Punta Gorda, they have not yet established what motivated that shooting. Two men on bicycles, Adwan Usher and Albert Valentine fired several shots at two persons. The duo was slapped […]
There was a robbery in San Ignacio on Wednesday afternoon around one. Police say that two armed men held up a store and got away with an undisclosed quantity of cash. A.C.P. Joseph Myvett says that quick action has led to the detention of one man. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, Crimes Investigation Branch “San […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Gildon Rivero and nineteen-year-old Delwin Lopez have been arrested and charged for an armed robbery which they allegedly committed on Monday night at La Popular bakery on Cemetery Road, Belize City. They were charged with two counts of robbery which was captured by a security camera inside the establishment. The video shows the men […]
Thirty-three-year-old Luke McFadzean, a resident of Hattieville, was arrested and charged back in February 2010 with Attempt Murder and Use of Deadly Means of Harm, after being accused of striking an off-duty police officer over the head with a piece of lumber. McFadzean, who is mentally ill, was being aggravated by another individual and when […]
Well-known criminal figure Matthew Moore remains in lock down tonight though he was relieved of charges for the second time. In 2018, he was freed from a charge of murder and today two counts of attempted murder were withdrawn from him in the Supreme Court. It occurred before Justice Colin Williams where Prosecutor, Kileru Awich […]
With all the crime and violence, cops need support, too – that’s what Commissioner Chester Williams echoed today. He told the media that officers are exposed to violence everyday in their line of duty and although they are trained they still need support because the level of trauma affects everyone differently. He says that they […]
As the families of Oscar Humes and Kevin Moro prepare to lay their loved ones to rest, residents of Punta Gorda are still reeling from Monday night’s double murder. The Police Department, meanwhile, has stepped up presence in the town to avert further violence but there have been no arrests. The two friends were inside […]
As we said, Punta Gorda police are yet to make an arrest in a double homicide that has rocked the southern community, but they have been able to make progress in another investigation which preceded the murders of Kevin Moro and Oscar Humes. Earlier today, twenty-four-year-old Albert Valentine, a resident of Punta Gorda, was arraigned […]
The Moro and Humes families of Punta Gorda Town continue to grieve the loss of their loved ones. In the wake of the tragedy they have organized a candlelight vigil which they hope will bring other families together in the name of peace and solidarity. While they have not heard anything official from investigators, the […]
Also in the south, an American national was attacked and robbed inside his home in Hopkins on Saturday. Seventy-three-year-old Thomas Shannon reported that two armed men broke into his home, sprayed him with bug spray, stabbed and tied him up. The men stole cell-phones, a laptop and other gadgets. Shannon reportedly freed himself and got […]
