In his final meet and greet session today, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was in the Jane Usher Boulevard area not only to bid farewell, but to get a feedback of the concerns of residents about policing efforts within the area. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “Indeed it is my […]
As of Saturday, July first, Eastern Division South will have a new commander. Superintendent Marco Vidal takes over from Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams. Vidal is the former head of the Gang Suppression Unit. Williams hopes that his legacy with the gangs will endure. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “If […]
Former Minister Elvin Penner is home tonight on bail; this afternoon he was arraigned for manslaughter by negligence of Kenrick Myvette, a motorist who was killed on Friday night. Penner was heading to San Ignacio in his SUV and Myvette was coming from San Ignacio on his motorbike when the collision took place on the […]
It had been expected, but the loss of twenty-four year old Mark Mendez of Teakettle, Cayo District, hurts no less for his family and the village. The five-day saga that brought out such anguish came to an end on Monday evening, when hunters stumbled across his decomposing body in the forests between Teakettle and Ontario […]
Police are looking, but no one has been detained for the murder of twenty-one year old San Ignacio resident, Akeem Guzman. Guzman was shot once to the back by a masked man on Sunday morning as he visited with a friend at a house off Flamingo Avenue. He was rushed to the San Ignacio Community […]
The images of a seemingly drunken cop captured by video and posted on social media has been trending all day. The cop, dressed in uniform, has been identified as Police Constable 1319 Florencio Rash. He is attached to precinct one in Belize City, but it has not been confirmed if the incident occurred in Belize […]
Police are also turning to the public for assistance in locating a man believed to be responsible for the murder of Pedro Pol, an elderly shopkeeper from the village of August Pine Ridge in the Orange Walk District. The suspect is Amin Ricardo Cho, a twenty-six-year-old resident from the nearby village of Guinea Grass. Cho […]
Gian Espadas, friend and associate of the Castro Brothers, was charged with drug trafficking today. Twenty-two-year-old Espadas, a UB student of Belize City, was arraigned on a single charge of drug trafficking when he appeared in court today before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Espadas was represented by attorneys Leeroy Banner and Bryan Neal when he […]
Former Minister Elvin Penner has been in the headlines for immigration illegalities, but on Friday, he was in the driver seat of a vehicle which hit and caused the death of a father of three-year-old girl. The fatal accident occurred on the George Price Highway when Kenrick Myvette was returning to his family in Unitedville. […]
The murder count continues to go up in the west where a wave of violence has flared up in recent times. There have been five murders so far in two weeks and a sixth case in Teakettle though unofficial yet, could very well end up as a murder. But on Saturday night, twenty-one-year-old Akeem Guzman […]
Also in the west, Belmopan Police have solved the three homicides reported in their jurisdiction so far this year. But they may possibly now have another murder on their hands. Twenty-four-year-old Markie Mendez of Teakettle Village disappeared while in the company of friends last Wednesday, and his family is now convinced that he was murdered. […]
Teakettle residents whom we spoke with today still showed traces of fear and frustration on their faces. That boiled over on Saturday, when about twenty disgruntled residents, fed up with what they felt was slow police response to the Markie Mendez missing person case, took action. They set tires across the George Price Highway in […]
Twenty-two-year-old Gian Espadas flew under the radar last week when close friends Jafari and Wasani Castro made headlines for a weekend escapade that involved an unlicensed vehicle, as well as a significant haul of contraband beer. Espadas’ name surfaced with the Customs and Excise Department following the seizure of the illegal booze, but was overshadowed […]
A store manager from Corozal Town was robbed over the weekend by two men who waylaid him at the Ranchito airstrip up north. Thirty-four-year-old Avinash Deshmukh went on a quick trip to San Pedro and it was on his return that he was robbed of about fifty-four thousand dollars in cash. Deshmukh took a one-thirty […]
Police Week concludes on Saturday with a massive parade through the streets of Belize City to culminate seven days of community-based activities. While the department celebrated the professional achievements of the men and women of law enforcement, there are two officers whose names have been called earlier this week for breaking the law. On Wednesday, […]
The shooting death of Richard Garcia in Chunox Village two Fridays ago involved a group of four officers who were responding to a request made by a villager to evict an unwanted tenant. The officers allege that they were accosted by a machete-wielding Garcia and had no other choice but to use lethal force to […]
Twenty-five-year-old Kashief Gallego was charged with and arraigned for the murder of thirty-six-year-old Jermaine Franklin. Gallego appeared unrepresented in court today before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Due to the nature of the offense, no plea was taken and he was denied bail before being remanded into custody until July eleventh. Around six-thirty on Wednesday evening, […]
The United States of America has formally transferred three boats and equipment valued at close to a million Belize dollars to the Belize Police Department. The vessels were previously seized by Belizean authorities and subsequently refurbished and equipped to fight criminal activities. According to the U.S. Embassy in Belize, “this project is expected to help […]
Thirty-six-year-old Jermaine Franklin was shot and killed while shopping for new movies inside Teddy’s on Kings Street on Wednesday night. Sometime around six-thirty, Belize City police responded to reports of shots being fired in front of the store. When they arrived on the scene, they saw the lifeless body of the Fabers Road resident lying […]
Brothers Wasani and Jafari Castro made headlines on Monday when it was reported that the siblings were arrested last Friday in connection with several traffic offenses, as well as a sizeable haul of contraband beer. The brothers, both sons of Transport Minister Edmond ‘Clear the Land’ Castro, who is also the Belize Rural North Area […]
In Breaking News, police have confirmed that there was a murder a short while ago on King Street in downtown Belize City, in front of Teddy’s Music Shop. The name of the victim is unknown at this time. Southside Police Commander Chester Williams has said that police are looking for one suspect. Further details will […]
Even as they celebrate police week, two police officers in San Pedro were taken to court this afternoon on a slew of charges including theft and extortion. Police Corporal Denfield Ramos is facing charges of Theft, Extortion and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon while Special Constable Orlando Mendez was charged with Theft and Extortion. […]
A Belize City businesswoman was convicted this morning in the court room of Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith for the drug trafficking of fourteen point six grams of crack cocaine and for possession of a small quantity of weed. Michelle Gotoy, a resident of Belize City was busted on December sixth, 2016, at the corner […]
The chilling murder of Emy Guerra in the west still has the Santa Familia community reeling. The sixteen-year-old girl and her boyfriend Eleazer Bacab were in the village when three men they knew came up to them and attacked them with a knife – killing Guerra and critically injuring Bacab. On Monday residents from Santa […]
Now, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams sat before the press on Monday and spent nearly half an hour explaining why police chose not to charge twenty-three year old Wasani, and twenty-one year old Jafari Castro, sons of Minister Edmond Castro, for an incident early on Friday morning when the brothers were stopped for speeding […]
