Businesses along Albert Street have become the target of thieves in recent days, despite a noticeable police presence in the downtown area of Belize City. Last Thursday, we reported on a pair of armed robberies during which the culprits made off with cash from the proceeds of the day’s sales. The thieves struck at Hofius […]
While the robbery at M and L Collections failed, on Monday night, well-known businessman Jeremy Spooner, better known as ‘Spoonaz,’ was the victim of an armed robbery. He was inside his business Spoonaz Photo Café on North Front Street in Belize City just before eleven when a gunman, dressed in a brown security guard uniform, […]
On Monday afternoon, the sixty-one-year-old driver of Dangriga’s Mayor Francis Humphrey ended his own life in front of his house as he was being pursued by the police. Maurice Serrano died instantly from the blast of a single shot as police, along with a social worker as well as two underage girls, approached him. The […]
As we told you on Monday, police constable Braiden Robateau and three siblings were arrested and charged by Orange Walk Police after they were nabbed in a marijuana smuggling operation in the north. On Saturday, the group of four men, including brothers: Harvey, Windell and David Trapp were busted red-handed in Santa Cruz Village, Corozal […]
Thirteen-year-old Elwin Pitter remains in recovery at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital under police guard. It is expected that upon his release, charges stemming from several firearms offences will be preferred on him. The teenage boy was shot in the lower legs by a team of GSU officers who responded to information that Pitter was […]
A total of seventy-nine murders have been reported, unofficially, across Belize to date, putting the country on course for another triple-digit year of killings. Other types of major crime reports, including burglary, robbery and theft have also been getting attention. Despite the change in command in Belize City and elsewhere and the plethora of plans […]
There are two versions about the police shooting of a minor over the weekend. The thirteen-year old remains hospitalized tonight after being shot multiple times on Saturday evening. The Pitter family is contradicting the police report on how Elwin Pitter, better known as ‘Flap,’ ended up at the Karl Heusner Hospital. Flap’s father, who has […]
Just before news time last Thursday, our newsroom received reports of a suspected drug plane being tracked by local authorities heading north. Despite checks made in Corozal and Orange Walk, there was no confirmation of any illegal landing in Belize. That’s because the aircraft in fact carried out a wet drop in the Rio Hondo […]
Just before news time on Friday, there was an armed robbery at a popular business establishment. Police are looking for two persons of interest in connection with the brazen robbery of Courts Belize. The incident reportedly happened on Friday evening around four p.m. and was reported four hours later by the manager of the Corozal […]
A sizeable drug bust over the weekend has resulted in the arrest of a police officer in the Orange Walk District. Twenty-two-year-old Braiden Robateau is assigned to the San Ignacio police formation, but on Saturday afternoon he was all the way in Santa Cruz Village with a group of men hauling a load of marijuana. […]
It is our policy not to report on suicides, however, an incident this afternoon in Dangriga has left the community in shock. Maurrice Serrano, identified as the driver for Mayor Francis Humphreys, was reportedly being sought by police pending charges of sexual assault committed on a pair of minors. When the officers caught up with […]
A pair of thieves dressed as police officers got away with a serious amount of cash during a home invasion in Ladyville on Thursday night. Taiwanese businessman Laing Gee Fong told police that the duo approached his residence and informed him that they would be conducting a search for firearms and ammunition. Instead, the men […]
Since opening its doors to the public several weeks ago, the Belize City Center has been the venue of choice for various sporting and other entertainment activities. The facility has also been fairly secure and free of the violence that plagues the Old Capital. But on Friday night, following the well-attended basketball game, an altercation […]
Police this evening confirmed that one person was arrested and charged for shooting a soldier of the Belize Defence Force. It happened in the village of San Pedro Colombia in the Toledo District sometime this morning. A twelve-gauge shotgun recovered by police is suspected to be the weapon used in the shooting. The soldier is […]
The largest fish factory vessel in the world, which is flying the Belize flag, has been seized in Peru. Reports in the media say that the Damanzaihao, which has the capacity to process five hundred and forty-seven tons of fish per year, has been detained in Peruvian waters. The vessel has just switched from the Peruvian […]
One of the biggest department stores was jacked today in downtown Belize City. The brazen robbery took place during the lunch hour when Hofius on Albert Street was open for business and customers were purchasing inside the store. Two men entered the premier hardware and houseware dealer at twelve-forty-eight p.m.; one was armed with a […]
Twenty-eight-year-old Kyne Gentle was shot and killed in San Ignacio on May twenty-first, as he stood outside of Blue Angels Nightclub. It is not known why the tri-athlete was marked for death, but his killer executed the hit ruthlessly, standing over him and firing a round into his head to finish the job. That individual […]
Thirty-seven-year-old Anthony Bennett is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned for murder earlier today. The Mahogany Street resident is accused of fatally shooting Erbin Garrido inside his home in the Gungulung area of Belize City on Tuesday night. Quick police work led to the apprehension of their suspect on Wednesday. While […]
Joseph August, a resident of Esperanza Village, Cayo was recently released from prison where he had been incarcerated after being accused of murder of a relative also from the village. August was on remand since January 2013 for the December 2012 murder of Rene Vera, his cousin. Vera was found lying in a pool of […]
A police officer is in trouble tonight in the wake of a domestic dispute in front of the police station. A verbal exchange between the pair of officers attached to the San Ignacio Police Station last Thursday around four p.m. has resulted in a police constable facing disciplinary charges for brandishing a firearm and pointing […]
Police are said to be investigating an attempt to set a popular tortilla factory in Santa Elena Town on fire this morning. Rony’s Tortilla Factory is originally from Orange Walk Town but set up shop in the Twin Towns two months ago. Around four a.m., someone threw a device made up of a bottle of […]
A soaring number of murders have taken place in the five months of this year, most which have occurred in Belize City. So far, our archives show a record number of seventy-nine persons killed, making the January to May period bloodier than 2017’s figures when the count stood at fifty-two. On Tuesday night, another murder […]
Jordan Burns had been on the lam since escaping from lawful custody on Friday. That was until this morning when he was recaptured by police and slapped with an additional charge. On May twenty-fifth, he was formally arrested and charged for the murder of thirty-four-year-old Carlton Moreira who was shot and killed in the vicinity […]
There has been additional manpower deployed into the Saint Martin’s area, including the presence of the Special Patrol Unit. The team has been conducting mobile and foot patrols in the neighborhood prior to Tuesday night’s murder in Gungulung. The community, says Deputy ComPol Chester Williams, is often difficult to police, especially since rival gangs are […]
This week, the police department deployed a handful of officers into the area of Saint Martin’s infamously known as PIV. They weren’t there to make any arrests, instead they were sent to survey residents in an effort to understand some of the challenges in that locality. Here’s how today’s Meet and Greet went on Jasmine […]
