Fifty-six-year-old Lindberg Anthony took his own life on Saturday night by reportedly hanging himself while in detention inside a holding cell in Crooked Tree Village. But his family is crying foul. Police say that the officer in charge of the substation picked up the intoxicated mechanic after a report was made against him by other […]
One last piece of information from the police….Businesswoman Bibiana Kus reported to police that two armed men stormed her property in Saint Matthew Village on Saturday night after nine and stole an assortment of jewelry and her vehicle. Quick police action led to the recovery of the vehicle but the trove of stolen jewelry is […]
The body of a visitor to the village of Hopkins was found on the beach this morning. There is no identification nor was she a guest at any hotel in the village, so police are working to determine who Jane Doe is. A diver found her remains just after six a.m. and by this evening, […]
On Tuesday afternoon, a brazen robber was caught while attempting to flee from the scene of a jacking at DK Supermarket. The culprit made off with a bottle of top-shelf liquor, abandoning his bicycle near the entrance of the store. But he didn’t get quite far before being captured by Belama police and members of […]
Police say they are still investigating the death of Rene Godoy in Silk Grass Village. So far no one has been detained for the beating that ended Godoy’s life. Godoy, as we told you on Thursday, went on a crazy chopping spree around the village and injured three persons. He also chopped up at least […]
Did vigilante justice end the life of a Silk Grass resident? Or did authorities go overboard restraining a seemingly high and angry man? Tonight the family of Rene Godoy says that residents beat him up and police may have had a hand it. According to the family, Godoy frequently consumes alcohol and at times he […]
Police, meanwhile, say that after one a.m. they responded to reports that a man had chopped three persons in Silk Grass Village on the Southern Highway. The chopping victims had been rushed to the Southern Regional Hospital while police searched for their alleged attacker, Salvadoran national, thirty-year-old Rene Godoy. In the process of subduing Godoy, […]
San Narciso businessman, Omero Campos is still nowhere to be found after having been reportedly kidnapped ninety-six hours ago. The proprietor of Henry’s Store in the village left his house en route to his farm in San Victor Village, which is well known for illicit activities and contraband activities. Later that day, his alleged kidnappers […]
It was a happy occasion for the graduating cadets but also a time of reflection for the Minister of National Security. John Saldivar admitted today that the government has failed in keeping the youths away from violence for a number of reasons. He says it was plain wrong to close the Belize Technical College, the […]
The spate of armed robberies of late has not been limited to Belize City. This morning at eight o‘clock, a lone gunman entered a local branch of the Insurance Corporation of Belize in San Pedro and held up the cashier at the start of business. Shortly thereafter, police responded to the robbery at the corners […]
Accused rum thief Robert Flores is lucky to have escaped criminal charges after being caught red-handed stealing a bottle of Hennessey from DK Supermarket on Tuesday afternoon. Footage of the manhunt, as well as Flores’ subsequent capture by employees and the police, aired exclusively on News Five, has gone viral. But he will not be […]
The family of a San Narciso businessman is with bated breath tonight following his kidnapping on Sunday. Omero Campos left his family and home in the village heading to his farm but has not been heard from. But his family received a call from his purported kidnappers who gave them until midday to come up […]
DK Supermarket is located at the entrance of the City where road works are ongoing. That location is heavily trafficked by commuters on foot as well as by vehicles. All that, however, did not stop a brazen single robber to target the supermarket. It all happened at about two o’clock when the unidentified robber walked […]
The family of six-year-old Daisy Acevedo is still reeling from her shooting death on Monday morning in San Pedro, reportedly at the hands of her two-year-old sister. Despite the family’s overwhelming grief in the wake of the accident, Daisy’s stepfather, thirty-year-old Shamir O’Neal Myvett, a tour operator, has been charged criminally for causing death by […]
The shooting death of an eleven-year old boy shocked his family and the community back in May 2012. Six years later, the court has found that Andrew Willoughby is guilty of the murder of the former Muslim school student, Daniel Matura. The child was hit by bullets on May twenty-first as he ran across the […]
There is grim news from the island of San Pedro where residents are still recovering from a deadly fire last week. A six-year old girl was killed at her house this morning in the DFC area of the island. The young child, Daisy Acevedo, was shot on the neck and had partial amputation to her […]
Fifty-six-year-old jeweller Manuel Pacheco, a resident of Cockburn Lane, Belize City, appeared in court today for arraignment. Pacheco, whose business is located on East Collet Canal near to Pound Yard Bridge, is accused with the murder of fifty-year-old Jose Manuel Villanueva. He appeared before the Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser this morning having spent the weekend […]
Police, however, contend that there is sufficient evidence to charge Pacheco, despite reports that he was defending himself and property following an altercation with Villanueva over a dog. At the weekly press brief today, Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett said they are relying on surveillance footage to assist in the investigation. ACP Joseph […]
Corozal police are investigating what appears to be a kidnapping in San Narciso Village. Forty-three-year-old Homero Campos remains missing tonight, following an ominous phone call made to his family on Father’s Day. The businessman had set out from his home en route to his farm when he was reportedly abducted. It is a sensitive matter, […]
By all accounts, the passing away of a police officer found unresponsive outside of the Corozal Police Station, appears to be of natural causes. On Sunday night, while his colleagues were making their rounds on the compound, they happened upon the motionless body of Police Constable Mitchell Cobb. Despite all efforts to rush him to […]
Guatemala was hit by a tremor early this morning, two weeks after the eruption of Volcan de Fuego. The epicentre of the quake was registered near the Pacific Coast less than twelve miles from Escuintla, an area at the Fuego volcano’s base that was most affected from the eruptions of gas and ash that began […]
Belmopan police are investigating a shooting incident over the weekend during which a vehicle was damaged after being struck by multiple bullets. According to thirty-four-year-old James Wagner he was hanging out in the May Garden neighborhood when he got into a misunderstanding with a group of men. They left and returned sometime later and sprayed […]
Just before news time on Thursday, shots rang out on East Collect Canal near the Pound Yard Bridge which resulted in the murder of a mechanic. Several shots were fired at Jose Villanueva, who was hit three times to the back as he stood inside his yard. His neighbor, with whom he has been feuding […]
A police officer’s quick action foiled a robbery in progress in the downtown area today. The brazen robbery in progress happened shortly after ten this morning in front of a music outlet on King Street and it was all captured on surveillance cameras. The perpetrator walked up to a parked vehicle and pulled open the […]
On Wednesday night around eight-twenty, robbers struck the Balloon Bar Pizzeria on Marine Parade. Police say they were called out to the establishment where they learnt that two armed robbers entered and demanded money. Inspector Wilfredo Ferrufino says the thieves attacked the business owner and his employees. Insp. Wilfredo Ferrufino, C.I.B., Eastern Division “Police […]
