The Brothers Castro and the curious case of the unlicensed Wingle, the haul of contraband beer, and their ministerial connections is a story that won’t go away. The arrest of siblings Jafari and Wasani and the subsequent seizure of eighty-nine cases of illegal booze is another embarrassment, as if the cancellation of their father’s diplomatic […]
According to Panton, Police Constable Shedrick Caliz presumably made an about-face and decided not to proceed with charges when he failed to produce a medico-legal form after allegedly roughing up the brothers. As for the leak of several documents, said to be charge sheets that were filled out for Jafari and Wasani, the validity of […]
While Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams is facing strong adverse criticism by the media and the public, Panton maintains that A.C.P. Williams had indicated from the beginning that a decision on whether or not to charge the siblings was the judgment of the arresting officer. Isani Cayetano “Your position seems to support and […]
The Ministry of Education continues its investigation of a reported incident of corporal punishment and possible child abuse against teacher Ednita Cocom of San Pablo Government School. She is accused of roughly treating a seven-year-old boy, the son of Thais Cowo, who retaliated by attacking her on the school compound two weeks ago. While Cowo […]
In May of 2016, Spoonaz Photo Café & Bar was burglarized and the culprit was caught on surveillance camera. Today, after more than a year of incarceration, the accused thirty-nine year old Derrick Garbutt, an unemployed of the Ladyville area, changed his not guilty plea to guilty. Garbutt claimed he was drunk when he committed […]
Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith also dealt with the case of thirty-two -year old Jamaal Jackson who was on remand awaiting sentencing for the offense of kept unlicensed firearm and ammunition. The Chief Magistrate imposed a three-year sentence on both counts and ordered they run concurrently so Jackson will spend only three years instead of […]
A week after it happened, police have confirmed the presence of drugs aboard a cruise ship docked at Harvest Caye in the Stann Creek District. Police indicated on Monday that the drugs were suspected to be methamphetamine. However, according to an official statement issued today, the substance is being tested at the Forensic Service in […]
The Transport Department continues to pursue drivers in an operation to enforce the national traffic and road safety laws. This past Friday, nine drivers of buses in the Orange Walk District pleaded guilty to various offences. Convicted of carrying excess passengers on a public service vehicle were the following: Shane Pollard of Maria’s Bus; Alfredo […]
Reports from Punta Gorda say that as many as thirty women from the South will face immigration violation charges after a sweep over the weekend. Information from the area states that a team of police and Immigration officers conducted a operations at different bars. The women will be taken to court in Punta Gorda and […]
It was a particularly violent weekend in the west. A horrific attack on a young couple has left the Santa Familia community in shock. The sixteen year old girl was slashed to throat and dumped in the Belize River; while her boyfriend was stabbed multiple times. What has left villagers stunned is that the accused […]
There was further bloodshed in the west on Friday night. Hours before the murder of Emy Guerra, twenty-two-year old Maynor Portillo was found shot to the head near the Convention Center in Santa Elena. Police are still trying to piece together what led to the killing of the young man. Andrea Polanco has more. […]
In the city brothers Jafari and Wasani Castro and their companions managed to run afoul of two separate law enforcement organizations in the span of a single day – this past Friday. It started early in the morning when they were stopped by police on motorcycles in the Conch Shell Bay area and detained after […]
The Eastern Division (South) police’s official account differs slightly in that the vehicle was parked when the officers approached, but the rest of the leaked report appears to be true. However, the quibble raised by A.C.P. Chester Williams at today’s briefing, separate and apart from politics, is whether police had enough to charge at any […]
So there will be no charges, and the matter appears to be resolved – except for the leak of a usually confidential police document seemingly designed to bring pressure on the Department to re-open the case. A.C.P. Williams says the Department is concerned about the release of its information and is doing an internal investigation, […]
The family of fifty-two-year old Jorge Lemus is trying to come to terms with his untimely death. His body was found in a drain in the village of Unitedville in the west. But tonight, the cause of his death remains under investigation though the Lemus family believes he was robbed, killed and then discarded in […]
News Five has learned of a significant bust of drugs on the island of Harvest Caye, where Norwegian Cruise Lines has their cruise port. Sometime last week, three visitors to the island were found with two kilos of methamphetamine according to Placencia police. The visitors, two men from the islands of St. Vincent and the […]
An Orange Walk man is free of the charge of theft following the conclusion of his trial in the Supreme Court late on Friday. A jury of nine deliberated for a little over an hour and found him not guilty of theft. Juan Angel Munoz appeared before Judge Adolph Lucas; he was accused of stealing […]
An elderly shop keeper was callously murdered on Thursday afternoon in Orange Walk. Ninety-year-old Pedro Pol was robbed inside his shop in August Pine Ridge at around two o’clock. Police confirm that one of two minors from a nearby village is being held for the callous murder. The elderly man met a horrific death; he […]
While Orange Walk police say one minor is in custody, the family contends that at least two persons; one from Guinea Grass and one from August Pine Ridge have been detained by police since the incident. Late this evening, however, Belize City police granted an interview on the murder but their information is contrary to […]
In the city, shots rang out on Thursday night. A young man was shot on Jasmine Street at around seven o’clock. Wasani Avila was along with a friend when a gunman approached them and opened fire. His friend escaped, but unfortunately for him, a bullet caught him in the back. But was the shooting victim […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke briefly about the shooting incident involving twenty-four-year-old Wasani Avila. According to the Officer Commanding Eastern Division South, the motive for the attack on Avila and his friend may have been robbery. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “Sometime after seven-thirty last night or thereabout, police […]
The murder of popular Belize City disc jockey Andrew ‘Hard Rock’ Bennett stunned the deejay fraternity several weeks ago, when word of the deadly shooting on Central American Boulevard spread like wildfire across social media. On Thursday, Hard Rock’s alleged killer was nabbed in Belmopan and extradited to the Old Capital where he was arraigned […]
A well-known money lender of Benque Viejo del Carmen is recovering from gunshot injuries he received on Thursday, when armed assailants opened fire on his home. Fifty-one-year-old Erwin Cocom was at home on Pedro Guerra Mena Street around eleven a.m. when two gunmen showed up at his residence on a motorcycle. The pair fired multiple […]
The murder of twenty-one-year-old Omar Barahona Junior shocked the Cotton Tree residents and surrounding communities in the Cayo District. Last Saturday, Barahona Junior was shot and killed as he attended a farewell party in his honour. According to the family, he was getting ready to leave for the U.S. on June seventeenth – a trip […]
Three weeks ago, popular DJ and radio personality Andrew “Hard Rock” Bennett was gunned down on Central American Boulevard. Hard Rock’s murder shook the community because it broke a three-week lull in the murder count. Bennett was also well-known and highly spoken of in the music industry where he provided training for young boys from […]
