Up north, a twelve-year-old student has reported a most disturbing incident. While the incident allegedly happened months ago, it is only now being reported. The minor claims that in mid-February, her father raped her in Corozal. A doctor has certified that the minor was carnally known.
A pair of thieves pulled off a robbery in Punta Gorda which netted them more than thirty thousand dollars. Over the weekend, Huigiang Chen of James Store reported that two armed robbers entered his bedroom at his house and held up his wide Yanhi Huang, demanding money and his firearm. The businessman handed over a […]
When Rudolph Kelly perished following a violent collision on Central American Boulevard last Tuesday, speculations ran wide that he did not succumb to injuries received during the accident. It was a theory that his family firmly believed and that opinion has since been supported with the results of an autopsy. A post mortem examination conducted […]
Twenty-six-year-old Osner Campos, a bartender of San Pedro, is lucky to have escaped with his life on Friday night when an armed robbery at Wayo’s Bar resulted in a discharge of gunfire. According to Campos, sometime after eleven p.m., himself and another bartender were working at the establishment in Boca del Rio when two men […]
A trio of thieves was busted over the weekend after holding up a restaurant on Euphrates Avenue. An Indian manager inside Jolly Bees and several of his patrons, all medical students, were robbed of an undisclosed sum of money, as well as personal items while having a meal inside the establishment. The robbers weren’t as […]
Eighteen-year-old Brandon Hughes is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned of Friday for the murder of businessman Oscar Rosado Sr. Hughes was one of three men accused of robbing Rosado’s construction supply store on Cemetery Road on the afternoon of April twenty-third. During the hold-up, the elderly man was shot in […]
There’s an all-points bulletin for the capture of Jordan Burns who escaped from police custody on Friday, after being charged for the murder of Carlton Moreira in the Mayflower Street area last Tuesday. Moreira was shot once to the head and died instantly. Police say that Jordan is considered to be armed and dangerous. […]
In related news, the City Council has confirmed information to our newsroom which suggests that the motor for the BelCan Bridge is missing. There were previous reports that parts for the motor had been stolen, but later returned. A little-known fact about the BelCan Bridge is that it too can be swung, but like its […]
After spending a night in lock-down, eighteen-year-old Brandon Hughes was taken to court this morning and arraigned before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser for the murder of well-known businessman, Oscar Rosado Senior. Police are actively looking for two other suspects who remain at large. Hughes was picked up at his house on Aloe Vera Street and […]
The unrelenting spate of gun violence in the Old Capital since last Saturday continues, as we open our newscast tonight with coverage of yet another murder. On Wednesday evening, a construction worker and his colleague became the latest victims of an armed assault as they walked along Dolphin Street sometime around six o’clock. Carl Tristan […]
Missing Belize City resident, Jose Zelaya Junior, was found dead on Wednesday afternoon in a cane field north of Calcutta Village. He had been missing for three days and his father believed that his son, who carried his namesake, had been kidnapped and killed as he traveled to Corozal to visit him. A postmortem conducted […]
Police are seeking two persons in connection with Wednesday afternoon’s murder of Carlton Moreira in an alley between Banak and Mayflower Streets. While the area is known for both external and internal gang rivalries, Moreira was not known to be a part of that world. So speculation from both police and the family is that […]
On Wednesday, alleged gang leader Nicoli Rhys appeared in court, charged with the murder of taxi operator Luis Carlos Moh, who was found near Homeland Memorial Park on Monday dead of gunshot injuries. He had been called to pick up two persons in Belize City and take them to mile eight on the George Price […]
Police have arrested and charged twenty-one-year-old Daron Gonzalez for the crimes of arson and murder. Twenty-four-year-old Jorge Magana was killed over the weekend inside Flomon’s Guesthouse, which was then set on fire. But ACP Joseph Myvett today indicated that from their evidence, the arson was not because of the murder; the events were separate. […]
Accident or murder? Police say it leans toward the former for now in the case of Rudolph Kelly, a landlord of Mile Eight on the George Price Highway who sustained two cut wounds and crashed while headed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for treatment on Tuesday night. Today Crime Investigation Branch chief Alejandro Cowo […]
Police on Wednesday removed four firearms off the street in a span of about eight hours, the last as a result of a robbery at a north side establishment. At about twelve thirty in the afternoon, a thirty-eight revolver with four live rounds was discovered on Fern Lane. Four hours later on Partridge Street Extension, […]
Woman Corporal of Police, Audrey Moody, faces charges of dangerous harm stemming from a domestic dispute at her home over the holiday weekend. The victim is a fellow officer and her common-law husband, Constable Hector Esquivel, who remains hospitalized in stable condition. ACP Joseph Myvett relayed the details of the criminal and internal investigation. […]
Two Guatemalan nationals were today arraigned in the Punta Gorda Magistrate’s Court for fisheries and immigration offences. The duo, Dalian Cruz and David Medina, was caught illegally fishing using a gillnet inside the Port Honduras Marine Reserve after nine o’clock on Monday night near South Snake Caye, a conservation zone within the reserve. The men […]
A father of two was gunned down in Belize City around one-fifteen this afternoon in the middle of a gang-ridden neighborhood. But the authorities and his family don’t have a clear motive why because Carlton Moreira was a law-abiding citizen. He worked hard, took care of his family and avoided the criminal lifestyle. But someone […]
Within hours of the murder of Luis Carlos Moh, taxi operator of the Kings’ Park area of Belize City at mile eight on the George Price Highway, police have made an arrest. His accused killer, Nicholi Rhys, is a familiar face, having previously been charged with and acquitted of the murder of the late former […]
While Belize City police are yet to make an arrest in the Monday morning execution of Michelle Anderson, the children of the slain fish cleaner are seeking public assistance in defraying the cost of her burial. Daughter, Natalie Ortiz is making an appeal to anyone who is prepared to lend a helping hand in covering […]
The body of twenty-two-year-old Jose Zelaya was found in a cane field in Calcutta this earlier today, after reportedly attending a beach party in the Corozal District. Zelaya was a resident of a Mahogany Street Extension in Belize City. News Five will have more on this story in Thursday’s newscast.
Over the past week, several people have been murdered. Now, it is nothing new for Belize City, really, but for many these killings are worrying because most of the victims in recent times have been productive citizens not typical of gang-related crimes. Today when the media caught up with Region One Commander Howell Gillett, we […]
Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett was on hand this afternoon to receive a brand new police booth on the north side. We met Gillett on Barrack Road where the police booth was installed. The purpose is to improve the working conditions for police officers. This is the second booth to be donated to the Belize Police […]
Earlier in the newscast, you heard Commander Howell Gillett speak briefly about the crime in the city. While he has been on the Southside for less than three months, there are some quarters in the Belize Police Department that are critical of his approach to crime. Many feel that while he is doing some good […]
