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A competency hearing to determine whether Collin Francis Junior is eligible to stand trial for the murder of Nestor Vasquez Junior continued today before Justice Nigel Pilgrim. The High Court judge called on Virgilio Murillo, the Chief Executive Officer of the Kolbe Foundation, to testify on the conditions of the Belize Central Prison should Francis […]
Written on February 2, 2024 | Posted in
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A nineteen-year-old Belize City father was stabbed to death on Wednesday night. Levan Aldana, a resident of Haulze Street was in Biscayne Village, where he has a girlfriend and a young daughter. That is also where the incident happened, somewhere between his jobsite and the house where his girlfriend lives. Today, police were on the […]
Written on February 1, 2024 | Posted in
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A forty-six-year-old Dangriga resident is dead after an SUV crashed into his home. Kenrick Castillo was inside his home on Wednesday night when tragedy struck. A black Jeep with two occupants was allegedly speeding on the highway when the driver lost control of the vehicle. As a result the men reportedly swerved off the highway […]
Written on February 1, 2024 | Posted in
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On Tuesday night, around eight forty-five p.m., a man was shot while socializing at the entrance of Nurse Findley Crescent in Belize City. Thirty-one-year-old Javon Abraham sustained an injury to his arm but was released from the hospital in stable condition earlier today. For more on the story, we spoke with Abraham and his family […]
Written on January 31, 2024 | Posted in
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Tonight, a Belize City youth is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he allegedly attempted to shoot two men on East Collet Canal. Allegations are that on Saturday, twenty-year-old Jahleel Craig pointed a firearm at Norris Patnett and Norman Grant while they were in the area. Patnett told police that Grant got into […]
Written on January 31, 2024 | Posted in
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On Friday, we reported that thirty-seven-year-old Dimas Sansorez, a medical doctor from Caye Caulker Village, is seeking legal action against businessman Amado Badillo whom he claims accepted payments from him for the purchase of a 2020 Ford Ranger pickup. The transactions were done on the eighteenth and twentieth of April 2023, respectively, and amounted to […]
Written on January 31, 2024 | Posted in
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The lifeless body of thirty-year-old Margaret Ann Cleland was found in front of her home in Willows Bank Village last Wednesday. The mother of an eighteen-month-old child was discovered face down, bleeding profusely from the head. Today, a postmortem examination was conducted on the body of Cleland. The autopsy concluded that she died as a […]
Written on January 30, 2024 | Posted in
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Twenty-two-year-old Rupert Codd has been slapped with additional charges stemming from a sexual assault case in which he has been accused by a woman of attacking her near Save-U Taxi Stand. This morning, he appeared unrepresented before the lower court where he was read two additional charges of damage to property after he reportedly damaged […]
Written on January 30, 2024 | Posted in
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Fifty-three-year-old Shedrack White stands accused of a murder that occurred in Belize City in July 2020. He has been on pretrial detention at the Belize Central Prison for the past three and half years. When White appeared before the High Court earlier today, it was to determine whether he is fit to stand trial, as […]
Written on January 30, 2024 | Posted in
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Two men escaped injury and possibly worse only because the gun that was used to carry out the attack on them malfunctioned. Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero said today that the incident happened on East Canal during a business transaction. Romero added that the police have already rounded up their suspect – a man […]
Written on January 29, 2024 | Posted in
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The charges arose in late 2021 after a drug plane landed on the Southern Highway in Bladen Village, Toledo. And today, the case for the Bladen Twelve, referring to the four interdicted police officers and others who are charged in connection with the incident, was again adjourned. The Senior Magistrate who is presiding over the […]
Written on January 29, 2024 | Posted in
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A well-known car dealer is reportedly being sought by police regarding a report made against him by a medical doctor who purchased a vehicle from him in April 2023. According to a statement given to police, thirty-seven-year-old Dimas Sansorez, a resident of Caye Caulker, visited Prestige Motors where he purportedly paid businessman Amado Badillo sixty-five […]
Written on January 26, 2024 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department continues to investigate the murder of thirty-year-old Margaret Cleland that occurred on Tuesday evening in Willows Bank Village. As we reported, her common-law husband, fifty-two-year-old Emeterio Reyes, was detained by police for questioning. His alibi, however, will likely be that he arrived home on the same bus with his neighbor who […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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The High Court has found thirty-seven-year-old Rodman Welch guilty of the 2020 murder of Shakeem Dennison. On October twelfth, 2020, Dennison was shot and killed at the Yarborough Bridge in Belize City. Welch, a father of four, was soon after arrested and charged for his murder. The case was brought before the High Court in […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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A thirty-year-old mother from Willows Bank Village is the nation’s latest murder victim. And, tonight there seems to be more questions than answers. Cleland resided in a relatively secluded area in the community along with her common-law husband and eighteen-month-old son. Her partner reportedly began looking for her after arriving home from work and finding […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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According to the former Minister of National Security, there have been as many as twenty-one violent crimes committed since the start of the New Year. These incidents have resulted in several murders, including the execution of underworld figure Jose Matus who was buried today. The latest murder, as we just reported, took place in the […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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News Five continues to follow rape allegations made against a prominent Belizean attorney. As we have been reporting, two women made a police report claiming that the attorney allegedly raped them. So far, the Belize Police Department has put together a report, which has been forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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During the New Year’s weekend, twenty-eight-year-old Trevor Brown was fatally shot as he left the parking lot of a popular nightclub in Belize City. After reviewing surveillance footage and collecting witness statements, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions determined that Brown was killed out of self-defense. Being that the bullet wound was found […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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The Minister of Home Affairs criticized Hot Off the Press for the way it attacked the women and for, in his words, “adding insult to injury” by showing the video recording publicly of the two alleged victims. The actions by Hot of the Press, according to Minister Musa, who is also an attorney, prove nothing […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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Belize City resident Kenrick Gill narrowly escaped grave injury when he was fired upon by an unknown assailant on Thursday night. He was riding his bicycle in the vicinity of Hunters Lane when someone emerged on the scene and let loose a hail of bullets in his direction. Gill was injured in the shooting, but […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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There was a shooting in Ladyville over the weekend and the victim is a thirty-one-year-old woman. Anna Haylock was inside her home on Yellowtail Street when someone began firing several gunshots at her residence. When the shooting subsided, she realized that she had been injured. ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division “On Sunday, […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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Meanwhile in Corozal Town on Saturday night, an unnamed gunman came whistling at a residence, and when twenty-eight-year-old Orlando Vasquez peered outside of his mother’s house to see who it was, he was met with a barrage of gunshots. Vasquez is presently hospitalized and investigators are seeking a person of interest. ACP Hilberto Romero, […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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A home invasion on York Street here in Belize City has resulted in a pair of thieves making off with an undisclosed sum of money, as well as jewelry and a cell phone. Derone Locario told investigators on Friday night that he was at home when two armed men barged inside, held him up and […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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Two Belize City men stand accused of robbing a businessman of his firearm on Friday morning. Twenty-four-year-old Edward Saldano and twenty-one-year-old Elan White, a maintenance worker of Ladyville, were charged jointly for robbery after they allegedly held up Dennis Morey and stole a Smith and Wesson brand revolver from him. The duo appeared unrepresented in […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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The case of a former employee of the Belize Sports Council was today adjourned before High Court Judge, Nigel Pilgrim. During the virtual session this morning, attorney Darrell Bradley, argued over the classification of charges that were brought against the defendant, Ivan Ayuso. The question of whether theft or money laundering was the right charge […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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