The situation facing Police in the Bonner murder is nothing new. In fact, there are many instances in which broad daylight murders have gone unpunished because witnesses are afraid to come forward. ACP Williams says that is the reality, and there’s actually very little they can do about it because at this time anything resembling […]
In addition to operations on the border, the B.D.F. also conducted a more localized exercise in which eighty-five pounds of processed and parceled marijuana was found on three persons in Patchakan. Acting Deputy Commander Louis Sutherland told News Five that based on information received on June eleventh; they intercepted Edilberto Ku, John Triminio and Gabriel […]
San Pedro police have made a series of arrests following anti-drug operations on the island in the past few days. On Thursday, a team of officers visited a residence two miles south of town where they searched an apartment room occupied by Canadian nationals, thirty-five-year-old Sara Christine Brodie and thirty-seven-year-old Matthew George Hoy. Inside the […]
A watchman, the father of five children, was executed on Thursday night soon after he exited a bus. Lyndon Murillo met his death at about nine o’clock before he could get to his home in Mahogany Heights on the George Price Highway. Under the cover of darkness, a gunman shot multiple times at the watchman […]
There is another murder of a Belizean, but it happened in the U.S. Fifty-seven-year-old Elvis Tillett, originally from Crooked Tree Village, has been arrested in Osceola County, Florida for the murder of his son-in-law. According to deputies from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, Tillett and twenty-nine-year-old Marquise Ephron got into an argument on Sunday afternoon […]
On May twenty-nine, twenty-five year old Michael Wallace was killed on the George Price Highway near the Mile Eight community. Michael, his brother Richard Wallace and a friend Edward Flowers were on their way back to the city after visiting the Central Prison in Hattieville for a family day when they were ambushed by gunmen […]
Twenty-five-year-old Deshawn Young remains hospitalized in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being shot multiple times on Thursday night. According to residents, an unidentified male person was seen running along Laura Dunn Street sometime around nine-thirty, shortly before a volley of approximately four shots rang out. The person was later identified as […]
In the past few days, we have been reporting on the arrest of persons for illegal fishing. Well tonight, there is an arrest about illegal logging. An Orange Walk resident and a seventeen year old remain in detention at the Ladyville Police Station after they were caught transporting logs. This morning, Maskall police intercepted a […]
An autopsy was conducted on the body of thirty-five-year-old John Jay Rodriguez at the K.H.M.H. morgue this afternoon. The well-known musician was callously slain during a robbery attempt in Dangriga on Friday night. Rodriguez was one of several patrons inside the Havana Club at the time of the deadly shooting. While another person was also […]
The Fisheries Department made a huge bust this morning of the endangered hicatee turtle. For two weeks, they have been monitoring persons of interest carrying out illegal operations in the areas of the Belize River and the Black Creek. The department intercepted a vehicle this afternoon in the Lord’s Bank area with undersized hicatee. They […]
Fisheries Officer Rigoberto Quintana says the Seguros will be charged for a number of offenses including the possession of more than three hicatees as well as for the hicatee nets. As to the hicatees, they will be donated to the Be Free Foundation in the south. Rigoberto Quintana, Fisheries Officer “We have various types […]
The family of Vanessa Champagne Paris has asked for privacy following her death on Saturday night. Born Porfelio Rodriguez Junior, he became a transgender woman years ago and transitioned to Vanessa Champagne Paris. She became a well-known member of the LGBT community, who experienced harassment and violence in the City. She made her plight known […]
There was another death in the south. A sixteen year old minor is currently detained by Dangriga police for Friday night’s murder of a well known artist in the culture capital. John Jay Rodriguez was killed during a robbery attempt at a gambling den, which he visited routinely on Friday nights. The Dangriga community as […]
Nineteen year old Zachary Knox was released on bail today after spending seven nights on remand at the Belize Central Prison for allegedly committing an aggravated assault with a firearm upon Assistant Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams. Knox posted bail of ten thousand dollars at around five this evening. There have been claims that he […]
There was a traffic accident in the city in which a boy, Eric Sanchez, was knocked off his bicycle, allegedly by a Tropic Air employee who police believe was intoxicated. Alexander Tesecum, a Belize City resident, has been charged with four traffic offenses. He appeared before Magistrate, Deborah Rogers and was arraigned for driving without […]
There is another case involving an intoxicated driver. Customer Service Representative, John Downs admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol as he drove a car at the corner of Vernon Street and Mopan Street in the City. At the time he was also without a valid Belizean driver’s license. Downs appeared this morning before Magistrate Emmerita […]
There is a report tonight out of Colombia where the national police agency says fifty commandos have seized eight tons of cocaine on a banana plantation. The drug was reportedly heading for the Caribbean on its way to the United States though it is not known which Caribbean country the drugs would have made its […]
Taxi operator, Lionel Gillett was found dead at his mobile house in a secluded area of Belmopan on Wednesday afternoon. His family went to his home when he did not respond to their calls. Gillett was executed sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday and his house was ransacked, leading police to believe that robbery motivated […]
There was a brazen late evening shooting on West Canal on Wednesday during which a pair of Belize City men were targeted by rival gang members in the area. Fortunately, the duo escaped unharmed. Nonetheless, they were later detained pending the outcome of an investigation as it is believed that the men may have been […]
Is the murder of Gerald ‘Shiny’ Tillett related to the Saturday afternoon murder of Michael Wallace? There seems to be a bit of confusion as to whether or not there is a nexus between the two incidents. On Monday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Edward Broaster went on record to say that they are indeed linked. […]
The body of a very popular Belmopan taxi-man was found this afternoon in the Rivera area of Belmopan. Forty-five year old Lionel Gillett was last seen by family members at around nine last night as he headed for his home. When he didn’t answer calls to his phone, friends went looking for him at his […]
There is another case of domestic violence to report tonight. Hattieville resident, Richard Smith is accused of constantly abusing his common-law-wife, Ursula Ferguson. But today, her son stepped in to defend her and things went downhill for Smith. They same weapon, a machete, he had utilized on Ferguson, was used by the fourteen year old […]
Just after eleven on Monday night, shots rang out across from the police station in Hattieville. In the dark of the night, at least one gunman targeted Anthony Lewis and his common-law-wife, Emerita Bartley, as they slept in their room at their house on the George Price Highway. Bartley and Lewis were hit to the […]
A stabbing this morning in Mahogany Heights has also left a Unitedville resident hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. Twenty-four year old Tamika Gillette was injured to the right eye and behind the left ear when she was stabbed during a misunderstanding with a seventeen year old female student of Mahogany Heights this morning. Gillette was rushed […]
On Monday, we reported of a murder near the Mile Eight community on the George Price Highway. Twenty-three year old Michael Wallace was shot and killed as he traveled in a white Nissan Altima along with his brother and a friend. Gunmen from two other vehicles, an Infinity SUV and a Trail Blazer, opened fire […]
