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Serious crimes in Belize City might have been on a decline over the past few weeks, but Commissioner of Police Chester Williams explained that in the districts, particularly in Orange Walk, there is a need to strengthen the police presence and crime-fighting mechanism. He said that in the Trial Farm community, there will be some […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Last Friday, the decomposing remains of Freddy Chicas was discovered in the vicinity of the Eight Mile Community. He was executed; shot once to the head. Today, police formally arrested and charged Bevan Curtis Alford, an eighteen-year-old labourer of Ladyville for the crime of murder. Earlier today, when the media caught up with Deputy Commissioner […]
Written on March 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Forty-one-year-old Gilberto Gallego was reported missing by his common-law wife on March tenth. He returned home safely and in good health to his family a few days later, but the news tonight is that Gallego is behind bars after being charged for altering a firearm without written permission from the Commissioner of Police. A day […]
Written on March 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Two men had to seek medical attention after a confrontation in Placencia resulted in one of them being stabbed and the other being shot. The incident unfolded just before ten on Tuesday night in the vicinity of Rick’s Cafe on the Placencia Main Road. Police say that when they arrived, they met the owner of […]
Written on March 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Just before the manslaughter proceedings commenced this afternoon, Justice Antoinette Moore handed down her ruling for other matters. In her verdict in the case of rape of a child against Cyril Casimiro, Justice Moore found him guilty. The case was heard in the Corozal jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The incident occurred back on April […]
Written on March 14, 2023 | Posted in
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The decomposing remains of twenty-one-year-old Freddy Chicas were discovered by a search party on Friday morning, in the vicinity of the Eight Mile Community along the George Price Highway. A missing person’s report had only been issued for the whereabouts of the Hattieville resident the night before; but, according to the family of the young […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-two-year-old Kriston Andre Smith, a former public officer, was arraigned today in connection with the burglary of the magistrate court’s building in the parking lot on Regent Street. The burglar may have been on a spree of break-ins prior to that incident, as he also appeared before the lower court today where he was arraigned […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, a well-known criminal is once again behind bars for allegedly burglarizing All Saints School over the weekend. Forty-eight-year-old Kenroy Coote appeared before Magistrate Khiana Gordon today where he was read a single count of burglary. It is alleged that on Saturday, March tenth, the King’s Park resident broke into one of the school buildings […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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A sixteen-year-old student of Saint John’s College visited the police station here in Belize City in the company of his father, where reported that whilst walking along Princess Margaret Drive, he was attacked by several persons, including a fellow classmate. During the incident the teenager was reportedly struck several times in the face, sustaining injuries […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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He was officially reported missing on Thursday, but was last seen alive by relatives and friends on Sunday, March fifth. This morning, during a search by family and friends, the decomposing body of twenty-one-year-old Freddy Chicas was discovered off the George Price Highway a few hundred yards away from the roadside. News Five’s Duane Moody […]
Written on March 10, 2023 | Posted in
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A man reportedly suffered a bullet wound while handling a loaded gun this afternoon in San Pedro. News Five has learned that the Lebanese/Belizean was in the company of a few friends and was inspecting a gun that is licensed to one of the friends when the weapon accidentally discharged. The man suffered a gunshot […]
Written on March 10, 2023 | Posted in
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A daring shootout between a pair of armed thieves and police officers responding to a robbery in progress in Seine Bight Village has raised serious concerns about citizen security on the Placencia peninsula, a prime tourist destination. On Thursday night, both men showed up at a beachfront resort and were in the process of robbing […]
Written on March 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Fifty-nine-year-old Byron Broaster appeared unrepresented earlier today before Senior Magistrate Baja Shoman where he was read a single charge of theft. The Guatemalan/Belizean, who is homeless, claims to be on medication for a mental condition. Nonetheless, it is alleged that on March seventh, 2023, he dishonestly appropriated a Mitsubishi pickup truck valued at thirteen thousand […]
Written on March 9, 2023 | Posted in
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A bar fight in the early hours of Sunday has left one man dead after he was stabbed multiple times by an individual whom witnesses say was visibly intoxicated inside Jeemar’s Nightclub. The incident happened in the San Pedrito community and today, thirty-two-year-old Alvaro Tun was arraigned for murder. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was in […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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On Friday, we told you about the murder of thirty-eight-year-old Brian Perez inside his Gill Street residence in Belize City. As we reported, Perez had just arrived home with his family when they were accosted by two men. His mother and sister were struck with what is believed to be a metal pipe and in […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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There were two shooting incidents in San Ignacio Town on Saturday night and Sunday morning that police believe are connected and drug-related. Just before midnight, officers responded to reports of shots being fired on Domingo Cruz Street. There, they received information that nineteen-year-old Alfredo Rash was socializing on his verandah with a friend when they […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the body of a man who died as a result of a road traffic accident along the Hummingbird Highway. The victim was flung off his motorcycle after losing control. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood told us more. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, B.P.D. “The John Doe has not […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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On Monday, a missing person’s report was issued for a resident of Hopkins Village. Twenty-four-year-old fisherman, Marlon Martinez was last seen on Friday, March third. His mother informed police that he was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and camouflage pants. He is five feet, seven inches in height, medium built and of dark complexion. […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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A small building used by the Prosecution Branch of the Belize Police Department, situated near the Belize City Magistrates Court, was burglarized over the weekend. According to police, the assailants forcefully entered the building which is now primarily being used to store office supplies. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communication Director, B.P.D. “We have received a […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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A murder was recorded in Belize City today. Just before eleven a.m., Brian Perez succumbed to a gunshot injury he received on Thursday night at his rented home on Gill Street in Belize City. The thirty-eight-year-old, who has a twin brother, had just arrived home with his family when they were accosted by two men. […]
Written on March 3, 2023 | Posted in
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A heated exchange of words between a pair of security guards employed at the same workplace has resulted in twenty-eight-year-old Julian Logan being charged with issuing a death threat. Logan appeared unrepresented before the magistrate court where he was read a single charge. It is alleged that on February twenty-fifth, Logan verbally endangered the life […]
Written on February 28, 2023 | Posted in
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An early morning murder took place in Dangriga today and claimed the life of Frank Garcia, who also goes by the nickname “Animal.” Garcia was inside his house in the Rivas Estate area when the gunman entered his house and fired the deadly shots at him. News Five’s Duane Moody travelled south today and spoke […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Last Wednesday, there was a shooting incident in Roaring Creek Village that claimed the life of fifteen-year-old Dane Matute Junior. The high school student was among a group of teenagers who went swimming at a popular location near Guanacaste Park when two gunmen opened fire in their direction. While Matute Junior was mortally wounded, his […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Where is Hattieville Primary School Principal Sharlette Jacobs? She was last seen around eight-thirty this morning and has not been seen or heard from since. The Belize Police Department has since issued a missing person’s bulletin describing Jacobs as being five feet four inches tall, slim built and about one hundred and sixty pounds. She […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Since the beginning of this year, there have been several reports of schools being targeted by thieves. Last week, two schools were burglarized, in Corozal and Belize City, and then on Sunday night, a police patrol ended up detaining a thief who was in the process of breaking into a school. Residents have said that […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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