On Tuesday, Commissioner Chester Williams was asked about the status of the investigation into interdicted Corporal Darrell Tutsie Usher. If you’ll recall, he has been on interdiction because he was charged with drug trafficking. Usher was recently freed of that charge but he is still facing charges before a police tribunal. Earlier this month, he […]
A spike in gun violence has shattered the calm and peace that Punta Gorda is known for, following a heinous double homicide on Monday evening. Oscar Humes and Kevin Moro were lifelong friends, growing up together in town. They were at a residence on Main Street sometime before seven p.m. when a gunman entered the […]
Police in Punta Gorda Town remain on high alert tonight and additional manpower has been sent in to quell what has been an escalation of gun violence over the past twenty-four hours. Deputy Commissioner of Police Edward Broaster was on the ground today surveying a situation that has seen the operational deployment of officers from […]
There were signs that a wave of violence was sweeping through the district. Even before the double murders there were two shootings in Toledo. Police say the first incident happened overnight on Sunday in Colombia Village and two persons were injured in what appears to be a family related dispute. The second incident took place […]
There is another murder victim. Twenty-two-year-old Edward Conorquie succumbed to gunshot injuries today. He was receiving medical attention at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot in the head and back over the weekend. Conorquie, who is originally from Belize City, was found on the roadside of the Southern Highway, near Independence Village in the Stann […]
As his deputy was in the south, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was in Belmopan where he spoke about the growing gang-related violence in Punta Gorda. He says that that the department will do everything within its power to curb this issue because if they don’t act fast and consistently, it will be hard to […]
The commissioner also told the media that they will be coming down hard on the criminals – not just to apprehend them, but to make sure that they are held accountable for their actions. Williams says that while they will be doing a clean out of the criminals, they will also flush out those dirty […]
The situation in Punta Gorda begs the question whether criminal elements are being brought in from out of town for use as hired guns. The notion arose in the wake of the shooting death of Jordy Flores a few weeks ago. It has come up once again in light of Monday night’s bloodbath. Earlier today, […]
Last week we told you that police recovered about one thousand rounds of ammunition and that five hundred more remain on the streets. The ammo is a part of the stash of weapons stolen from arms dealer Victor L Bryant. The police had major concerns about the storage of these weapons and they have been […]
There is breaking news from the south: just minutes ago, there was a shooting in Punta Gorda. One person is reportedly dead and another injured. We’ll have more on this in Tuesday’s newscast.
There was a daring mid-morning attack on a residence in Punta Gorda Town earlier today where two men on bicycles opened fire on a home on Queen Street. Police are trying to ascertain whether the incident may be an act of reprisal following the murder of Jordy Flores on January twenty-ninth. According to police, an […]
Hours before that shooting, a pair of men, both residents of San Pedro, Columbia, received gunshot injuries just after midnight, following an altercation during an event in that southern village. Eulalio Chiac and Orlando Choc were rushed to the Punta Gorda Hospital after the two were shot while on their way home from the event. […]
A Belizean woman was arrested by Burbank Police in the U.S. for stealing car batteries. Twenty-seven-year-old Julie Perez and twenty-eight-year-old Long Beach resident Devontie Banner were both arrested for allegedly stealing car batteries from vehicles at senior living facilities in Burbank City, California. Online reports say that on Friday evening, Burbank Police pulled them over […]
Twenty-two-year-old Edward Conorquie remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H., following an incident over the weekend during which he was shot multiple times near the outskirts of Independence Village, in the south. It is unclear what triggered the shooting. What investigators do know is that the Belize City resident was a long way from home when he […]
There were two unrelated shooting incidents in the Old Capital over the weekend. Nelson Gillett reported to police on Friday night that he was accosted by someone he knew. That individual, later identified as Egbert Flowers, produced a firearm and the two men tussled with each other for possession of the weapon. During the struggle, […]
A pair of armed thieves made off with almost one thousand dollars in various denominations after robbing Good Fortune at gunpoint. The proprietor of the establishment in the Coney Drive area was relieved of about four hundred dollars in cash, while a customer was robbed of an additional six hundred dollars, as well as other […]
A human skull was reportedly unearthed by a dog this morning in the vicinity of the Port of Belize. Residents in the area were alerted to the discovery when the dog dug up the skeletal remains. Scenes of crime technicians were subsequently called in to process the area and take possession of the skull. It […]
Months ago, eighteen-year old Jordan Akeem Burns, was charged for the murder of thirty-four-year old Carlton Jarrett Moreira which occurred on May twenty-third 2018, through a back street in the Mayflower area also known as Ghost Town. Moreira’s death was allegedly triggered by boledo winnings when the number twenty-one played. A lone gunman sneaked […]
Nineteen-year-old Keenan Young, a music producer, appeared before Magistrate Khadeen Palmer and was arraigned for use of deadly means of harm. Since the offense was allegedly committed with the use of a firearm, Magistrate Palmer asked him to provide special reasons why he should be granted bail. Young told the court that he is innocent […]
On Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Business Forum was held under the theme, “Embracing Innovation for Economic Prosperity”. One of the guest speakers at the event was Linner Viik. He is the founder of the Estonian eGovernment Academy, a consultancy organization aimed at empowering central and local governments in decision making through digital transformation programmes. E-governance […]
In the crime blotter…the murder of Roy Lord remains an open investigation after police were forced to release a suspect in their most recent homicide case. The thirty-one-year-old was shot and killed shortly before midnight on Monday as he walked along Wilson Street en route to pick up his girlfriend from work. According to police, […]
A pair of men, both of whom are Mexican nationals, has been fined by customs and immigration authorities in Belize, even though one of them is wanted by Interpol for crimes committed in his home country. Fifty-year-old Abelardo Castilla and forty-year-old Manuel Villanueva were busted in San Pedro where customs officials recovered an assortment of […]
The charred vestiges of a small single-engine aircraft believed to be a drug plane was found in a remote area of the Orange Walk District earlier this week, on Tuesday. There is not much that investigators have unearthed aside from a few drums containing aviation fuel and seats of the plane. The discovery was made […]
A resident of Lake Independence is lucky to have escaped serious injury when he came under gunfire a long way from home on Tuesday night. Thirty-two-year-old Jovy Carballo was driving along Raccoon Street Extension when shots were fired in his direction. The vehicle was hit twice and fortunately the driver was only grazed during the […]
A store owner was robbed in Independence Village on Tuesday afternoon by a pair of thieves armed with a handgun and a machete. Wen Quong Yian was relieved of five hundred dollars in cash, as well as a cellular phone and tablet. Here’s more from CIB investigator Alejandro Cowo. ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., […]
