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One Belmopan resident is dead, while two others are hospitalized and fighting for their lives only days before the end of the year. Just before eight p.m. on Thursday, a lone gunman targeted Michael Williams at his residence in the Maya Mopan area. That same shooter then opened fire on two other men who were […]
Written on December 30, 2022 | Posted in
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Thirty-four-year-old Ronlee Petillo, a well-known affiliate of the George Street Gang, is back on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being detained by Belize City police on Thursday. Petillo, a career criminal who has been charged for murder on two prior occasions, was arraigned in the magistrate’s court this morning on charges of rape […]
Written on December 30, 2022 | Posted in
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In court earlier today, Petillo was brought up on charges stemming from an incident that reportedly took place on the morning of December ninth, during which he is said to sexually assaulted a woman inside her vehicle after asking her for a ride home. A little over two weeks later, Petillo allegedly assaulted another woman […]
Written on December 30, 2022 | Posted in
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There are still no signs of Akeem Augustine who disappeared without a trace on Christmas Day. The twenty-seven-year-old Lake Independence resident left home on Flamboyant Street on December twenty-fifth to attend a party in the Jane Usher Boulevard area and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. With every passing day, relatives fear that he […]
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Arms trafficking is a global issue that requires a multiagency approach to bring under control, but the data available is sparse and as such poses an existential threat to humanity. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, gangs and drug cartels commit much of the violence in the Central American region, including Belize, but the […]
Written on December 30, 2022 | Posted in
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An investigation is underway following the release of a brief video on social media depicting a group of young men menacingly brandishing firearms. Those individuals are believed to be active members of a Belize City gang. The amateur footage is reminiscent of a similar recording that was posted on Facebook by the Baptist brothers in […]
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Among those recognized for the partnership with the police was the Leadership Intervention Unit, chaired by William Dawson. The L.I.U. has introduced several transformative programs into gang-ridden communities. He spoke candidly about the realities of street life and the types of conversations that have to be held with gang members to help them realize that […]
Written on December 30, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department is working overtime this New Year’s weekend to ensure that the festive season continues without much incident. In the Old Capital, officers will be deployed on foot and mobile patrols. For the New Year’s countdown, a detail of officers has been assigned to Digi Park and elsewhere in the country, the […]
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The year 2022 is only two days away from becoming history, and among the parting thoughts each year for many Belizeans is how we did in terms of crime, particularly murders. For the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Belize Police Department, there’s much to be proud of. Even though there are still a few […]
Written on December 29, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning, a couple appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer where they were arraigned for three counts of kept firearm and ammunitions with a gun license and two counts of drug-related offenses. Traffic warden Anthony Wagner and his common-law wife, Vanessa Moreira, were at their Hondo Street home when police conducted a search on December […]
Written on December 29, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-one-year-old Kareem Maleek Fisher, a resident of Elston Kerr Street, has been arraigned on the charge of being a member of a gang. Fisher reportedly belongs to an offshoot of the George Street Gang known as the Antelope Horse and Carriage/One Stop Clique. Earlier today, he appeared unrepresented before the lower courts where he pleaded […]
Written on December 29, 2022 | Posted in
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Tonight, a family is distraught after a lone gunman opened fire on a pair of elderly men, killing a well-known tour guide. The incident happened on Racecourse Street just before ten o’clock, while Emert Flowers and Dusseldore Waight were socializing at his residence. It is believed that the deadly attack was a message being sent […]
Written on December 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Another Belize City man is missing and hasn’t been heard from since Christmas Day when he left for a house party in the Jane Usher Boulevard area. It is unlike twenty-seven-year-old Akeem Augustine to leave home and not get in touch with his family. Tonight, his loved ones fear the worst. It has been a […]
Written on December 28, 2022 | Posted in
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An operation carried out by elements of the Special Patrol Unit has led to the recovery of a pair of firearms, matching ammunition and a quantity of retail cannabis. S.P.U. personnel descended on a property on Hondo Street, in the Backatown area of Belize City where they conducted a search of the residence. That operation […]
Written on December 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier today, thirty-year-old Perry Stratford, a British national who was arraigned on Tuesday for alleged kidnapping, theft, harm and damage to property against his fiancée, was granted bail at the Supreme Court. The emergency bail application before Justice Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft commenced at 10:30, following a delay in transporting Stratford, a British army soldier, from […]
Written on December 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Heavy rains that fell over the mountains last week spelled tragedy on Christmas Eve for an experienced tour guide employed at Caves Branch who had taken a group of tourists on an expedition and returned to find flash floods in the river they had to cross back over to reach their base. And on the […]
Written on December 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Thirty-year-old Lindon Hinds, known to many in the Antelope Street Extension area as Monsta, was gunned down inside him in the wee early hours this morning. The incident happened at his home on Pitter Street. According to police, they visited the elevated wooden structure near the Lord Ridge Cemetery where the observed Hinds’ lifeless body […]
Written on December 27, 2022 | Posted in
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A woman has been arrested and charged in San Pedro for the weekend stabbing of a resident of the San Pedrito area. Talita Cruikshank was reportedly socializing with Omar Nal at his home on Boxing Day when a verbal exchange resulted in Nal being stabbed in the left shoulder. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, […]
Written on December 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Thirty-year-old Perry Stratford a British soldier attached to the British Army Training and Support Unit in Belize, BATSUB, was remanded to the Belize Central Prison earlier today after being arraigned for an alleged kidnapping, theft, harm and damage to property against his fiancée while in Belize. It is reported that on Christmas Eve, Stratford abducted […]
Written on December 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-two-year-old Tafaree Sanchez, a Belize City resident, appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser today where he was arraigned on the charge of being a member of a gang. It is alleged that Sanchez, the son of former basketball player Edward “Bart” Sanchez, is a member of the P.I.V. gang. According to Sanchez, who appeared unrepresented, […]
Written on December 27, 2022 | Posted in
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A mother is in grief tonight after her son died of wounds he sustained, allegedly at the hands of police in Independence Village, nineteen days ago. Desiree McDougall told us that cops brutalized her son after they caught him smoking marijuana, and they are claiming he was disorderly. But whatever the situation was that led […]
Written on December 22, 2022 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, we reported on the discovery of the body of a man in a shallow grave in Hattieville Village. While family and friends believed it to be Leroy Fuller, who also goes by the name Leroy McKoy and the alias Timba, there was still no confirmation from the Belize Police Department on the identity […]
Written on December 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Last evening, we showed you how contrabandistas smuggle illegal beers, perishables and other illegal goods across the northern boundary – the Rio Hondo. As Customs Officer Adrian Rancharan shared, they use the roughly ninety-mile stretch of the river to bring across the contraband goods via boats and small ferries that are provided by Mexican residents […]
Written on December 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The body of a man was discovered inside a shallow grave in Hattieville Village earlier today. A resident happened upon the ghastly site several yards off the George Price Highway at the approach to the Hector Creek Bridge. Scenes of crime personnel, as well as police investigators, were at the location for several hours as […]
Written on December 21, 2022 | Posted in
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The victim of a vicious beat down on the island of San Pedro, following a minor traffic mishap, is speaking out tonight. Aron Castillo took to his Instagram page over the last twenty-four hours to recount his traumatic encounter with three men on the island who allegedly attacked him in a fit of rage and […]
Written on December 20, 2022 | Posted in
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