It is one of the worst things that can happen – a medical professional in who trust is placed to carry out a job, and that individual perverts that role and sexually abuses the patient. It is not a common allegation that has surfaced in the news in Belize, but it is making the news […]
A man was found dead inside his vehicle this morning with a gunshot wound to the head. The discovery was made just off the Philip Goldson Highway near Sand Hill Village. Investigators were called out and News Five was at the location as they processed the scene. There have been quite a few comments made […]
We begin tonight’s newscast with the arraignment of two police officers for the shooting death of a young man in Orange Walk Town over the weekend. Two of four policemen assigned to the Quick Response Team in that northern municipality were paraded to the Magistrate’s Court and charged for the murder of nineteen-year-old Dyandre Chee. […]
Elrington also spoke about the state of crime. He noted that the Belize Police Department is adding new police officers to its numbers, but said that the government must be held accountable for crime and violence and that proper investments must be made in fighting crime, from law enforcement to the administration of justice at […]
An internal inquiry by the Development and Compliance Unit, as well as the Professional Standards Branch, into the conduct of four law enforcement officers assigned to the Quick Response Team remains open. Those individuals are presently being held following the shooting death of nineteen-year-old Dyandre Chee in Orange Walk on Saturday night. It was a […]
The names of the officers involved in the deadly high-speed chase in Orange Walk over the weekend are being withheld until further instructions have been given by the Director of Public Prosecutions. But how is the Belize Police Department treating with the case, amid calls by the grieving family of Dyandre Chee, for full transparency? […]
He has spent the last ten years on remand, as he awaits trial for the triple murder of his mother, sister and stepfather back in November 2012. Now, thirty-six-year-old Jared Ranguy could be facing charges if he decides to plead guilty, or if he chooses to take a gamble for a “not guilty” verdict. Ranguy […]
A nineteen-year-old father of a one-year-old baby girl is dead after he was shot by a police officer during a high-speed chase in Orange Walk Town on Saturday night. The incident unfolded on the Palmar Road and continued into Main Road, before it ended on the Belize-Corozal Road where Dуаndrе “Yаdіеl” Сhее was shot dead. […]
In the wake of the deadly shooting, a series of investigations have commenced, including an internal probe to determine the extent of the infractions committed by the responding officers. The probe is being led by Superintendent Gerald Jones, Deputy Head of the National Crimes Investigation Branch. This afternoon, at the police headquarters in Belmopan, he […]
Four policemen attached to the Quick Response Team in Orange Walk have been taken into custody and will remain on interdiction until the probe has been completed. Their identities have also been withheld, pending further directives from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. According to Assistant Superintendent Alejandro Hernandez, who is assigned to […]
According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, having interviewed several other individuals, there is nothing to suggest that the fleeing motorcyclists fired at the pursuing officers. He went a step further to explain that the motorcycle has since been examined by a mechanic who also confirmed that the bike does backfire when being geared down. […]
The fatal officer-involved shooting comes at a time when the citizenry is awaiting a decision in the manslaughter case involving former policeman Kareem Martinez, who is accused of the shooting death of teenager Laddie Gillett who was gunned down while fleeing from officers in Placencia on July 14th, 2021. It also succeeds the conclusion of […]
The fatal shooting of a youth in Orange Walk is not the only incident that the Belize Police Department has to deal with when it comes to its officers. A video clip went viral on Sunday that exposes a police corporal who was taken off a bus by the owner of the bus after the […]
A man was murdered this morning in Santa Elena Town. According to police, just before three o’clock, they responded to a report on the George Price Highway near the Red Creek area of Santa Elena Town. When they arrived at the scene they observed the motionless body of a male person on the side of […]
Three Belmopan residents, including interdicted Police Corporal, thirty-nine-year-old Elmer Nah, appeared in court today and presented their defense as to why they were in possession of several rounds of ammunition. The case is in relation to the landing of a drug plane in southern Belize a few years ago. Nah, his common-law wife, Epiphania Caliz […]
The Crown today closed its case against twenty-six-year-old Everal Martinez, accused of the murder of seventeen-month-old baby Allyssa Nunez. Martinez gave a dock statement, saying he caused no harm to his stepdaughter, and that he loved her like a father loves his daughter. The toddler was allegedly physically and sexually abused in February 2018 and […]
A Belize City man is facing an attempted murder charge after he allegedly stabbed his own brother. Forty-one-year-old Charles Herbert is accused of stabbing Ruben Herbert on August twentieth, 2022, in Belize City. Following the incident, a wanted poster was issued for Charles Herbert’s arrest. Today, some seven months later, he appeared unrepresented before Acting […]
On Monday, we told you about the road traffic accident in Ladyville that claimed the life of twenty-two-year-old Joshua Martinez. As we reported, fifty-two-year-old Manuel Ramos was slapped with a slew of charges in connection with the incident, including one count of manslaughter by negligence; one count of causing death by careless conduct; one count […]
We begin this evening’s newscast with the ruthless ambush and murder of a man in front of his home in Belize City on Sunday morning. It happened at number six Watermelon Street in the Faber’s Road Extension area, shortly after eleven and claimed the life of Raheem Arnold, also known as “Footy”. The attack on […]
The murder of a young man in Camalote Village at the start of the weekend has plunged a family into deep sadness once again, as they were still grieving the loss of another loved one to gun violence. It happened just before midnight, when Floyd Montero was leaving a residence where he was socializing with […]
A family from Belmopan says that they were victims of a home invasion on Thursday, during which the intruders reportedly wore police boots. It’s a claim that ticked off the Belize Police Department and its Commissioner, who made clear to the media that there are no boots that are unique to the Belize Police Department. […]
Tonight, Belize City resident, Kirk Pitts finds himself behind bars after falling short on his promise to pay money towards an outstanding court fine. Back in February, Pitts was pardoned by a Senior Magistrate after making a promise that he would be paying in installments towards a two thousand and ten dollars fine which had […]
Eighteen-year-old Bevan Curtis Alford was arraigned earlier today for the murder of Freddy Chicas whose decomposing body was retrieved a week ago from an area near the Eight Mile community. Chicas, who was reported missing by his family a few days earlier, had been dispatched with a single round fired into his head. Alfred appeared […]
A life sentence was handed down in the courtroom of Justice Herbert Lord earlier today, several months after twenty-seven-year-old Jason Sanchez, also known as Jungle Rat, was convicted of murder. A fixed term of thirty years in prison has been imposed on Sanchez, who will not be eligible for parole until that term has been […]
He was supposed to appear in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court today in one of several adjournments his case is expected to see, but Elmer Nah’s case was further adjourned until May seventeenth. The new adjournment came about because of a request that Nah’s attorney, Leeroy Banner made of the court since he couldn’t make it […]
