On Tuesday a minor was taken in shackles to the Belize Family Court, where he was arraigned for the murder of journalist Kareem Clarke on July sixth. The minor is a known gang member and has a record on the wrong side of the law. In fact, he was in prison on remand when Police […]
Police believe that they have the right man in custody, and that they have connected all the dots to result in a conviction. In fact, they may even have the murder weapon, but that won’t be determined until further ballistics examination is done. Sr. Supt. Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “What we […]
The search for Devin Neal’s killer remains active as police officers in Roaring Creek are seeking a suspect whom they believe carried out the deadly assault near the Agripino Cawich Bridge on Monday evening. Neal was riding his motorcycle, heading home to Valley of Peace when a lone gunman emerged from the nearby bushes and […]
Three persons remain in police custody tonight in Corozal after the body of an American national was found on his farm in the village of Xiabe in the northern district. Corozal police are still trying to figure out a motive behind this latest homicide that occurred sometime between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning when the […]
September time is party time in Belize, and party time means drinking – at home, house parties, clubs, and most certainly in public. Now public drinking is prohibited, and recently that has been strictly enforced by Police. But don’t panic just yet. Senior Superintendent Chester Williams says they’re willing to give public drinkers a pass […]
The mysterious disappearance of three Belize City fishermen who set out on a fishing expedition three weeks ago has raised more questions than answers. News Five can confirm tonight that five coastguard officers have been held in police custody pending an investigation into their alleged involvement in the matter. An official search and rescue effort […]
There are two murders to report tonight…one in the north and one in the west. On Monday evening, Roaring Creek resident, Devin Neal, was ambushed as he travelled on his motorcycle to his house in Valley of Peace, Cayo. A woman, whom he had given a ride to earlier and was riding ahead on a […]
Up north, the body of a US national was found at his farm in Xaibe, Corozal on Monday by three men who went there to purchase sheep. It had multiple chop wounds and was dismembered. John Ross had been living at the farm for six years and from all accounts he seemed to be getting […]
Tonight, after almost exactly two months, there is finally news to report in the shooting death of Kremandala journalist, Kareem Clarke. Clarke was gunned down in the early morning of July sixth as he rode his bicycle on Vernon Street, near it’s junction with Lakeview Street. Following a prolonged investigation, a seventeen year old minor […]
US national, Timothy McNamara, was killed at Christmas on December 2014 at his farm in Boston Village, Belize District. At first the local police deemed it a suicide based on what his companion had reported, but investigations would indicate that he was in fact murdered. Police then issued a warrant for the arrest of McNamara’s […]
There is breaking news tonight of the murder of another Roaring Creek resident. Late this evening, the resident, identified as Devin Neal, was riding a motorcycle near the Valley of Peace Bridge in Camalote when he came under fire; at least nine shots were fired at him. He was rushed to the western regional hospital, […]
The Palm Centre is a residential psychiatric facility currently housing thirty-five patients, primarily persons that have been de-institutionalized from the Rockview Hospital, but have nowhere else to go and no family to care for them. The facility is currently in the centre of a Police investigation after disturbing allegations of a rape last week. Police […]
The outrageous allegation of the sexual assault of an elderly woman inside a mental health facility is unthinkable as is the accusation against another, much younger, mentally challenged patient. The matter is being dealt with as a criminal investigation by Belmopan police. According to C.E.O., Dr. Peter Allen, the ministry has taken all necessary measures […]
There was a murder in the old capital this afternoon and at this point, there are only preliminary reports about what happened on Castle Street. Just before two this afternoon, twenty-five year old Glenford Vernon was killed as he sat on a chair inside a tattoo shop. A lone gunman entered the lower flat of […]
The north and south eastern divisions of the Belize Police Department are partnering to tackle crime in the city. Today, they were out in the George Street area talking to residents about community policing efforts in their neighborhood. News Five caught up with Assistant Commissioner of Police Dezerie Phillips and Senior Superintendent Chester Williams for […]
Twenty-four-year old female coast guard officer, Keyren Tzib, remains behind bars tonight; she was taken to court this morning for a second time on criminal charges. Tzib is on remand for the Manslaughter of her boyfriend, Thytis Blancaneaux. The violent incident occurred in July 2015 at the couple’s Lord’s Bank home. The two were hanging […]
Special Patrol Unit Officer Ryon Wagner, the bodyguard assigned to the Prime Minister’s wife, Kim Simplis Barrow, was arraigned in the Belmopan Magistrate Court this morning on a single charge of murder. The disturbing story of an intoxicated policeman allegedly putting two bullets in the head of Nicaraguan Eduardo Sanchez Perez has gone somewhat under […]
And in other news from Belmopan, a witness in the brutal slaying of the notorious Roaring Creek resident, Russell Hyde and Marcy Humes has given a statement to police. Authorities had been seeking that person who was with Hyde and Humes as they approached the gate of Hyde’s hilltop home in Camalote on Friday night. […]
An arrest is yet to be made in the weekend murder of twenty-year-old Malik Dixon, who was fatally shot as he rode a bicycle along Flamboyant Street on Saturday night. Toony, as he is popularly known, is affiliated with the Ghost Town Crips and, according to Belize City police, his death may have been gang […]
Tonight the Punta Gorda Police Department is investigating an unusual and very disturbing allegation of rape. Over the weekend a student claims that she was beaten up by a group of females, then held down by one man and raped by another. There have been no arrests so far, but according to the Deputy Commander […]
Classes have just resumed, but tonight a student, who is a minor, is a suspect in the robbery of an even younger student. The incident happened on Princess Margaret Drive in Belize City. A fourteen year old student and his father both on foot and are from Ladyville, were pounced upon by three males who […]
Belmopan Police have made at least some progress in identifying skeletal remains found Sunday in the Salvador Area of Belmopan. A Guatemalan farmer, who went to cut sticks in a bushy area of Costa Rica Street extension, got a nasty surprise when he discovered the bones. So far an examination has revealed that the remains […]
A Western Pine resident, who had two unpaid drug trafficking bills, was escorted to court today on a third charge. He is twenty-eight-year old Andrew Smith, a resident of the mile eight community located on the George Price Highway. This morning, Smith picked up his third conviction when he appeared before Magistrate Deborah Rogers […]
There were four brutal murders over the weekend. One in the City, another in Teakettle and the most sensational double murder occurred at a feeder road in Camalote also in the west. The dreaded Russell Hyde and his girlfriend, hair braider Marcy Humes were shot multiple times at about nine-thirty on Friday night. She died […]
So while there are no arrests for the murders of Hyde and Humes, a policeman assigned to the Special Patrol Unit has been charged for another murder. Authorities believe that thirty-three year old Ryon Wagner shot Nicaraguan, Eduardo Perez Sanchez, to the head and dumped his body in a remote location on the Young Gial […]
