All four detainees are residents of Hattieville, Belize District, but police say that they are not known as drug peddlers. In this case, the cannabis is coming from Mexico because it is reportedly of a higher grade. Inspector Ferrufino was also asked to explain this dynamic. Insp. Wilfredo Ferrufino, C.I.B., Belize City “We found […]
Also aiding to G.O.B.’s crime fight is a series of bills first introduced in the House during the Budget presentation and passed by the Senate last week. The new Protection of Witnesses Act of 2018 allows a magistrate to grant an order prohibiting the disclosure of the identities of persons who are, or are willing […]
….and from house fires to a vehicle fire. Sometime after twelve-thirty on Wednesday morning, fire-fighters were called out to the parking lot of an apartment complex on University Drive, Belize City, where they saw an SUV engulfed in flames. The fire-men proceeded to put out the fire but by that time the vehicle was covered […]
Three Honduran fishers are behind bars tonight after they were charged for fishing illegally within a marine protected area. Southern Environmental Association and Belize Coast Guard were on a joint patrol on Monday night within the spawning aggregation zone at the Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve. There, they arrested three illegal fishers, seized […]
By News Five’s unofficial count, there have been forty-eight murders in the span of three months and a few days, or on average sixteen per month. One of the more sensational murders was the execution of Ghost Town boss Kendis Flowers, murdered two weeks ago at the corner of Sittee and Mahogany Streets in Belize […]
Police have denied involvement. Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett this afternoon reiterated that the critical surveillance footage in their possession vindicates the GSU and that police had intended to show the video to the family. While he could not confirm whether that has taken place, Gillett maintained that the investigators are trying to ensure that they […]
There is breaking news tonight that thirty-six-year-old punta rock artist Daniel Cacho, known to all as “Lova Boy”, is behind bars. The artist is being held without bail in a Los Angeles detention center. He is charged with two counts rape of a minor and two counts of kidnapping. The self-proclaimed “Prince of Belize” was […]
United States Marshals have expanded the manhunt for former marine, Raymond McLeod, who is wanted for the murder of his girlfriend, Krystal Mitchell. As we reported on Tuesday, an eleven thousand U.S. dollar reward is being given for assistance in the arrest of this fugitive. According to a release issued today by the U.S. Embassy […]
Orange Walk police are reporting the burglary of the home of well-known businessman and former politician Orlando “Landy” Burns. According to a report made by the fifty-nine-year-old victim, sometime between four a.m. last Friday and around midnight on Tuesday, while away on Easter vacation, his house was burglarized. It is believed that at least two […]
There were separate drug busts on Tuesday in the south and north. Around four p.m., officers on a mobile patrol on a feeder road near Swasey River covered by the Independence jurisdiction spotted a man in the bushes acting suspiciously. Upon seeing the officers, he threw away a black plastic bag which contained one hundred […]
As you heard earlier in the newscast, Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett is working on multiple initiatives across south side Belize City. Today we caught up with the regional commander at one of his meet and greet in Precinct Two where he was visiting with residents in the Neal Pen Road Extension, Arlington Drive and surrounding […]
Over the Easter weekend, there were four murders: one in the north, two in the west and one in the city. We begin today’s newscast with the gruesome discovery of the body of a man in the San Pedro Village of Corozal District. The decomposing body of Louisville villager Eleazar Chan was found properly wrapped […]
The murder of Eleazar Chan has rocked the small village in the north. His nephew, Eliodoro Ya, is also the chairman of Louisville and tonight he is imploring the police department to solve this crime as soon as possible because villagers have lost their sense of security. Eliodoro Ya, Chairman, Louisville Village “As an […]
This morning, police escorted twenty-two-year-old Evyn Ardon, a Honduran national and construction worker of Antelope Street to court to be charged for murder. Forty-two-year-old Manuel Canales, who lived in the ‘London Bridges’ network located behind Antelope Street Extension, made a life for himself as a respected private contractor and raised two sons and two step-sons. […]
Police have also made an arrest in the murder of forty-four-year-old Emmerson Anderson who was killed six days ago at the long barracks at the corner of Sibun and Ebony Streets in Belize City. While he was not the intended target, it is believed that two persons he was playing dice with managed to escape […]
In western Belize, two persons were also murdered in separate violent crimes. A twenty-one-year-old Teakettle villager was reported missing by his family on Wednesday and two days later, his body was found not far from the village in Camalote Village, Cayo. He had been shot to the head and buried in a shallow grave. But […]
The second murder in the Cayo District occurred in Buena Vista Village just outside of Spanish Lookout. Thirty-six-year-old George Hyde was killed in front of his friends. The group of men was hanging out at a friend’s house when a fight broke and Hyde was chopped to the neck. He died on the veranda where […]
There is an international search for a U.S. marine believed to have spent time in southern Belize or may still be here. Earlier today, the San Diego Police announced it is offering an eleven thousand U.S. dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of a thirty-four-year-old veteran from Arizona suspected of murdering his girlfriend […]
Police are looking for one person in connection with the murder of forty-four-year-old Emmerson Anderson, who was shot and killed on Wednesday night in Belize City. The Belize City resident was shot to the abdomen and rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital around eight p.m.; minutes later he succumbed while receiving treatment. Now, Anderson […]
At the scheduled police press briefing today, Assistant Superintendent of Police Alejandro Cowo gave the media updates on several incidents, including the murder of Jamal Humes, whose remains were unearthed on Wednesday from a shallow grave in the Western Pines community, two miles off the George Price Highway. Earlier that day, shooting victim Fabio Paredes […]
Aside from the fatal shooting of Anderson, there was one other act of gun violence in San Pedro for which the victim is in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The incident occurred on Tuesday night in the San Pedrito area where a turf war has seen many persons fall victim to gun […]
This morning around nine o’clock, a team of officers set out to a remote area of Western Pines where they were led to a shallow grave along a dirt road near the site of the proposed Airport Link Road. There they found a makeshift burial place where a badly decomposed body lay entombed beneath the […]
Fabio Paredes, a resident of Berkeley Street who was shot in both legs over the weekend, has succumbed to his injuries. Belize City police confirmed earlier today that the laborer had passed away while undergoing treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. On Monday, Assistant Superintendent of Police Alejandro Cowo informed the media that Paredes […]
Tensions have been high in the Mayflower Street neighborhood after residents and GSU personnel clashed on Sunday evening, following the burial of slain gang boss Kendis Flowers. The Ministry of National Security has since justified the conduct of the Gang Suppression Unit, denouncing the actions of the residents. Since then, they have gone on the […]
And caught in the Mayflower and Deputy Commissioner Williams crossfire was new Officer in Charge of Eastern Division South Howell Gillett. He was on the meet and greet today – but he says he will not be deterred from carrying out the community policing activities because of high tensions in the community. Howell says he […]
