GSU Commander Mark Flowers has been pictured grinning from ear to ear, cozily hugging William Mason, but depending on the outcome of an investigation currently underway, he won’t be smiling anytime soon. That’s because Flowers could very well be facing interdiction and criminal charges if allegations of carnal knowledge made against him turn out to […]
There was a robbery last Friday evening at the Income Tax Department in Belmopan. Sometime around five-thirty p.m., as employees were wrapping up for the day, they were held up at gunpoint by three men who entered the establishment demanding money. Over thirty thousand dollars was taken; a police officer who was on special duty […]
The Rural Eastern Division police were able to crack what seems to be another smuggling ring in the Belize District. On Tuesday afternoon around three o’clock, officers stationed at Crooked Tree intercepted a group of nine Honduran nationals, who it is believed were making their way north to cross into Mexico. While Assistant Commissioner of […]
Today, the rank and file of the Belize Police Department gathered in Hattieville for the opening of a project two and a half years in the making. It’s a new building which will greatly enhance the capabilities of the officers operating at the Hattieville Formation, providing room for intelligence operations by Special Branch personnel as […]
Tonight, fresh details have come to light on the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas over the weekend in one of the most heinous crimes in Belize. In the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith, the prosecution, led by Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, disclosed new information surrounding the bizarre murder. Three pastors were […]
One of William Mason’s properties is located at mile thirty-one on the George Price Highway. This is where late yesterday, the murder weapon, a knife, was retrieved from a pond after the water was pumped out. The weapon, the severed head, the charred remains being secured, today, the courthouse was inundated with heavy Police presence, […]
There was a homicide in San Ignacio on Monday night. Just before seven o’clock, police were called out to Floyd Moro Street in the Santiago Layout area to discover the body of a man in a pool of blood on the dirt road. Edilberto Moralez, a construction worker of Benque Viejo is believed to have […]
At news time, police are transporting from Belmopan to Belize City, the prime suspect and four other men to be arraigned for the chilling murder of a pastor. The group was first taken to court in Belmopan, but released and then quickly rearrested to be brought to the Belize City Magistrate’s Court where they have […]
William Mason is being charged along with Terence Fernandez, Keron Fernandez, Ernest Castillo and Ashton Vanegas. Mason is being represented by attorney Herbert Panton of Lindo’s Law Firm. The brutal murder and the circumstances of the discovery of the head of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas are sensational enough. But the tragedy has been given wings because […]
Just in case you underestimate Mason’s connections, we can tell you tonight that the case is being handled under extremely tight security protocols – including heavy armed guard at the Western Regional Hospital while the head of Lucas was held at the morgue to ensure that it didn’t disappear. Today, Blackett bristled at the suggestion […]
Tonight there is a very strong suggestion that the murder of Lucas may not be the only crime hanging over Mason’s head. In fact, the reason for the preliminary detention on Friday was because of another terrible crime which has now been linked to the death of Lucas. According to reliable, multiple sources, Mason kidnapped […]
William Mason is allegedly a dual national with ties to Canada and Guyana – but when Police seized his documents they found out that he seems to be a tri-national – that is, he also has a Belizean birth certificate. So how is that even possible? All too easily, according to Minister of Immigration Godwin […]
The Lucas murder is certainly center stage, even if Belize does see more than its share of violent crime. In fact the press conference hosted by the Ministry of National Security today was allegedly to update the public on new policies which will now come into play. According to Minister John Saldivar, the murder pace […]
But while the GSU has the blessings of the government, it’s not exactly carte blanche. The unit has taken a bad rap, perhaps very deserved, for its militant stance when dealing with gangs. Saldivar says that militancy will need to be somewhat tempered. John Saldivar, Minister of National Security “This new focus of the […]
With the appointment of an action task force, enhanced community policing and the GSU, the Ministry of National Security is pulling out all the stops. There’s one new move which we can predict won’t be very popular, though, because it never is. Saldivar says that the Department is going to bring new focus on bear […]
Last week, we reported on a woman detained under curious circumstances at the Ladyville Police station. Ana Villacorte, a victim of an alleged burglary, told News Five that she was locked down last Tuesday after she discovered that her house in Maxboro, Belize District had been burglarized. Villacorte, who is the common-law wife of attorney […]
He recently was released from prison after five years on remand for a murder charge, but tonight, Ronlee Petillo is back behind bars after he was formally charged for the July ninth murder of Roger Banner. Twenty-nine year old Banner, who was released from prison six months before his killing, was sitting on the rail […]
And there is breaking news from Belmopan tonight. We have been able to confirm that the Income Tax Department was robbed this afternoon at the close of the business day while cashier were reconciling the days collections. The employees at the department were also robbed of their personal belongings including cell phones. The robbers were […]
Twenty-nine-year-old Nigel Castillo was shot on Thursday night in the vicinity of La Croix Boulevard in the old capital, a short distance away from where police have established a checkpoint. Around nine p.m., Castillo was on the basketball court behind the Charles Bartlett Hyde Building when he was fired upon. During the incident he was […]
There was an unreported violent incident between a man and his girlfriend in the village of Double Head Cabbage, Belize District, in May of this year. This morning, the twenty-one year old female, who is pregnant, was arraigned and remanded to prison until August thirtieth, 2016. Ernestine Noralez, aka “Queenie” appeared in the court room […]
Also in the Magistrate Court today, a construction worker from San Pedro Ambergris Caye, was arraigned for a mid-week shooting on the island. Twenty-three year old Luis Carter, also known as “Wizz”, a resident of the San Pablo area is facing charges of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and dangerous harm with […]
The Chiquibul National Park and the preservation of the bountiful resources within its boundaries are once more in the forefront. The uphill struggle to monitor, manage and defend this huge protected area has long been the yoke of the Friends for Conservation and Development, FCD. But this time the FCD has been joined in the […]
According to Castellanos the illegal incursions are caused by poverty, but that poverty is used to great effect by organized crime cartels which reap the lucrative dividends of the illegal labor. Byron Castellanos, Executive Director, BALAM “The greatest threats are those that you can see listed there – the extraction of flora and fauna, […]
Turning to crime…A shooting just after midnight on Tuesday on La Isla Bonita San Pedro has left two persons hospitalized; one who is fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Around twelve-thirty a.m., thirty-year old Dwayne Hyde was shot to the abdomen by one of three men who followed him to his […]
The violence in the streets of the Old Capital continues. There was a shooting incident on Tuesday evening and fortunately no one was injured during the spray of bullets. Sometime around five p.m., Errol Flores reported that while riding a bicycle along Banak Street, he was accosted by another male person on bicycle. That individual […]
