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It’s been thirty-nine hours since the grisly murder of a single mother in Belize City and an arrest is yet to be made. While police believe that the motive for the murder is gang-related, they are still investigating the homicide to determine who may have been the triggerman in the deadly early morning attack on […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A policeman suffered a stab wound while he was on duty at a grocery store in Belize City on Monday night. Reports are that twenty-eight-year-old Zani Savala, was doing duties at Good Will Store on Central American Boulevard just around closing time at nine p.m., when a young man arrived and wanted to enter the […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Nineteen-year-old Felipe Cesar Sanchez, a fisherman of Guerrero Street in the Yabra area of Belize City, is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was charged for being a member of a gang. The Guerrero Street resident appeared unrepresented in the lower courts earlier today where he was read a single charge related […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, a well-known street figure is back behind bars after he was accused of neglecting a judicial order. It is alleged that Ulide Allen, who was granted bail by the High Court for the offense of being a member of a gang and escaping from lawful custody, failed to abide by an order of the […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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An internal feud between members of a nefarious Belize City gang has led to the murder of a young mother and a gunshot injury sustained by her four-year-old daughter. Sometime shortly after three a.m., an unknown individual opened fire into a beroom while Jasmine Domingo, her children and her brother were asleep in the lower […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon, the Belize Police Department discussed the heinous murder during its weekly press brief. Regional Commander, ACP Hilberto Romero is in charge of Eastern Division. He told reporters earlier that Domingo’s brother is believed to have been the intended target of the armed assault on the Plues Street residence. Assistant Commissioner of Police Romero […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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The trauma experienced by the four-year-old survivor and the fact that femicide is an issue that is still not being addressed, are among a number of concerns for Thea Garcia-Ramirez, the President of the National Women’s Commission. She says that enough is not being done to protect our women and girls. Thea Garcia-Ramirez, President, […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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A thirty-one-year old man is dead following a traffic accident on the San Estevan Road in the Orange Walk District. According to Police, Edwin Ramirez was riding his motorcycle when a Ford F-150 collided into him. He was flung from the bike and died at the scene. Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hilberto Romero, tells us […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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There was a shocking twist at the end of a murder trial in the High Court earlier today. It’s an unusual outcome, but an accomplice who served as a lookout in the shooting death of businessman Jose Hilario Diaz has been convicted of murder. The alleged gunman, on the other hand, was found not guilty […]
Written on July 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-four-year-old Lolman Logan, a Belizean/American who was on vacation in Belize in 2018, has been acquitted of the murder of Christopher Meighan. Earlier today, Logan appeared before Justice Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft in a trial by judge without jury. It is alleged that on September twenty-seventh, 2018, Logan inflicted multiple stab wounds on Christopher Meighan. The […]
Written on July 14, 2023 | Posted in
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The family of Gabrel Tillett, whose mutilated body was discovered in the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery on July fourth, is upset over the bureaucracy within the judicial system. They say that on the day they learned of Gabrel’s death, his brother, Daniel Tillett was detained by police and later charged with being a member of a […]
Written on July 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Back in May, nineteen-year-old Imari Galvez was choked to death and her lifeless body was dumped off the Hummingbird Highway. The news of her murder rattled the Belmopan community. As we reported, two individuals were detained in connection with her murder, including her ex-boyfriend Woodrow West. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has since revealed that […]
Written on July 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Daisy Lopez has been charged for the murder of her sister-in-law. On Tuesday, police formally arrested and charged the twenty-three-year-old for fatally stabbing fifty-two-year-old Rosita Olivera in Progresso Village. Lopez was detained on Sunday night, following the incident which occurred when the deceased intervened in a quarrel between Lopez and her common-law husband William Olivera. […]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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A police officer allegedly shot a Belize City man with a shotgun while on duty. Romey Herrera, the Aunt of Kenyon Plunkett, told News Five that her nephew is hospitalized after being shot by a police officer on Chetumal Boulevard in Belize City. She says, Plunkett informed her that he was on a motorcycle with […]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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Police are yet to charge Daisy Lopez detained since Monday for the stabbing death of fifty-two-year-old Rosita Olivera, a resident of Progresso Village in Corozal District. Police confirmed that Lopez was in an altercation with her common-law husband who is Olivera’s younger brother, when the deceased woman stepped in and ended up being stabbed multiple […]
Written on July 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-three-year-old Erwin Fitzgibbon, a resident of Benbow Street, has been captured and returned to Belize after absconding to the United States in July of last year. The well-known street figure had been granted bail through the High Court after being charged with being a member of a gang. This evening, he appeared unrepresented before the […]
Written on July 11, 2023 | Posted in
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A second suspect has been arraigned and remanded for the attempted murder of coast guard officer Daniel Sabido, following a brawl at the Elton Gillett Park in Burrell Boom Village last weekend. Twenty-three-year-old Jamaal Stevens, a construction worker of that community in Belize District, joins thirty-eight-year-old Adrian Myvett who was also denied bail and remanded […]
Written on July 11, 2023 | Posted in
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In the wee small hours of this morning, a murder took place in the village of Progresso, in the Corozal District. Fifty-two-year-old Rosita Ramona Olivera was socializing with her brother, sister-in-law and one other person when an argument ensued between the couple. Olivera intervened in the quarrel and was reportedly stabbed multiple times to the […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-nine-year-old Glenda Estrada, an expecting mother, was knocked down during a hit and run incident over the weekend in Ladyville. Estrada was at a store purchasing items that she needed, ahead of being admitted to ward at the K.H.M.H. for the delivery of her son, when she was struck by a vehicle. According to her […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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A group of armed men entered a home in Cristo Rey village this morning and stole a safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash. The men also made off with a Toyota Hilux. This afternoon, Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero told reporters that police were still on the scene and that the vehicle is […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Thieves targeted a businessman and his son in Esperanza Village on Sunday. According to police, the father and son met up to collect cash from a delivery. They were ambushed during the transaction. ACP Romero told us more. A.C.P. Hilberto Romero, Commander, Eastern Division “Francis Requena reported that on Sunday he went to visit […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Two armed men held up an establishment in Calcutta Village on Sunday afternoon. According to police, the men, armed with a machete and a knife, robbed the business of an undisclosed sum of money before making good their escape. A.C.P. Hilberto Romero, Commander, Eastern Division “On Sunday the ninth day of July 2023 around […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Police have arrested three men in connection with the murder of eighteen-year-old Gabrel Tillett. Tillett’s body was retrieved from the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery on Tuesday morning, after his family said he went missing on Monday night. The three charged are twenty-two-year-old Robert Lamb, twenty-six-year-old Kevin Lanza, and twenty-eight-year-old Samuel Trapp. Police believe these are the […]
Written on July 7, 2023 | Posted in
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And while Daniel Tillett has been charged with being a member of a gang, he was not the only one that the police charged today with that offence. Police investigations in the Antelope Street Extension area resulted in three more youths facing that charge. They are twenty-seven-year-old Alrick Lamb, twenty-six-year-old Mervin Martin, and twenty-four-year-old Edwin […]
Written on July 7, 2023 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, the family of eighteen-year-old Gabrel Tillett told News Five their strong belief is that he was lured into a white jeep and killed by someone who took away his cell phone as collateral for weed that he owed for. Today, police formally arrested and charged twenty-eight-year-old Samuel Trapp with Tillett’s murder. Police Commissioner, […]
Written on July 6, 2023 | Posted in
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