Early this morning the GSU called the media to a press briefing at Raccoon Street, hosted by no other than Inspector Mark Flowers. As usual, he had quite a lot to say, and we’ll share that with you. But first to another allegation against Flowers! This one was made back in 2009, by Immigration officers […]
He hasn’t been in charge of the Gang Suppression Unit for long, but he’s racked up quite a record. A lot of people would say that’s not a good thing in his case, but Mark Flowers is certainly impressed by his own performance. Today, he took credit as he made the announcement that alleged Ghost […]
o what has brought about this remarkable change in a man who has been linked to many acts of violence crime and even murder? Well as clichéd as it may seem, Anthony claims that God showed him the way…that, and family. Today, he told the media that he has no doubt that there will be […]
There were two murders in the Belize District this weekend, one out west and one down south. We start with a murder on Saturday night at the corner of New Road and Hyde’s Lane. Thirty three year old Jose Luis Umana, a resident of Card’s Alley, was shot once in the center of the forehead. […]
The second murder happened in Ladyville at around three am Sunday morning. There are reports that twenty-one year old Brandon Flowers was partying at a club in the community when there was an altercation. Details are sketchy, but News Five has confirmed that Flowers was stabbed twice and died in front of his uncle’s home, […]
In the west another man was killed when he was stabbed to death. Tonight a pair of Teakettle men is on remand at the Belize Central Prison, following the Friday night stabbing death of Kevin Taylor Jr. The vicious attack on Taylor happened in Unitedville sometime after ten o’clock. According to San Ignacio police, the […]
The weekend’s fourth murder occurred in the South where Independence police are investigating an apparent case of homicide, following the discovery of the lifeless body of a woman in that community. At around nine o’clock this morning, police were called to an area on the Tex Mar Shrimp Farm Road where the corpse of thirty-three-year-old […]
Belize City police have arrested and charged another suspect for the armed robbery of A and R store which occurred back on twentieth August. During the heist, robbers made off with twelve thousand, two hundred and seventy-nine dollars in cash. So far, three persons have been linked to the brazen daylight robbery, including a security […]
Two weeks ago, mechanic Allan McCoy claimed that members of the Gang Suppression Unit, including Inspector Mark Flowers, worked him over as he headed home from a club. Just minutes before they pulled him over, there was an accident in which a vehicle ran GSU officers on a motorcycle off the road. McCoy claims that […]
Flowers today made much of the Ombudsman’s report, but made no mention of the Police report. That report, made by McCoy to the Professional Standards Bureau, does make very specific allegations against Flowers. After the interview with Flowers we caught up with McCoy who was caught off guard by the news that GSU Head Mark […]
Vehicles belonging to the Mayor of Belmopan and the Ministry of Health are among six vehicles to be stolen and not recovered from the Belmopan area. Over the weekend, another vehicle went missing. The Toyota Hilux belonging to OIRSA was stolen between Thursday and Friday while it was stationed inside the OIRSA compound at Mile […]
The Caracol Archaeological Site remains closed indefinitely in the wake of the murder of Special Constable Danny Conorquie two weeks ago. While efforts are currently being taken by the Ministry of National Security to address the issue of incursions, the unfortunate incident which claimed the life of the young officer unfolded before a group of […]
In April 2012, a family of seven, including Allison Major, was charged for firearm offences, following the discovery of a pair of shotguns at their residence on Peter Seco Street. Despite the fact that nineteen-year-old Kent Lynch subsequently took the rap for the offences, Major was also arraigned since he is listed at the same […]
George Street associate, Kareem Lopez, who allegedly discharged a firearm Causing Public Terror on Douglas Jones Street following the Jouvert was granted Supreme Court bail in the sum of eight thousand dollars. The judgment was contained in a written ruling dated Wednesday of this week, but it was not until today that his attorney, Kathleen […]
The Business Manager for MJ’s Bar, a well known and local spot in the city, located on West Collet Canal, was today before the court to answer to two counts of Employing a Person Not in Possession of an Employment Permit. Ray Herrera appeared before Magistrate Herbert Panton and pleaded guilty to the two charges. […]
We have been reporting on a Belize billion dollar tax fraud scheme which was busted in September at the office of Titans Securities LLC here on Coney Drive. Five persons have been named including a Belizean but so far only two Bahamian stock brokers have been charged. But there is another allegation of tax fraud […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Miguel Segura, on interdiction for the manslaughter of Yolanda Valencia, was arraigned on a string of traffic-related offences, including driving with alcohol concentration above prescribed limit, on August nineteenth. It has since been confirmed that Segura’s blood-alcohol level was indeed above the legal limit. Segura was returning to Benque Viejo del […]
Two men were formally arraigned for murder this morning at the Punta Gorda Magistrate’s Court. Although the charges were just laid, the murders go back some time. Twenty-one year old Kenner Gomez will face justice for the murder of twenty-six year old Janice Floris Vargas, which occurred on Mother’s Day, exactly five months ago. Additionally, […]
Bahamian nationals Rohn Knowles and Kelvin Leach met bail of a hundred thousand dollars on October first, for an extradition warrant. The duo and three others are wanted by the U.S. for their alleged involvement in a tax fraud and money launderings scheme. The scheme involved sham companies and stock manipulations worth more than one […]
A daring heist in San Pedro this afternoon has left a security officer hospitalized after he was stabbed twice while en route to make a bank deposit. Shortly after one o’clock, Roberto Assi was on his way to the Belize Bank when he was accosted by a pair of robbers who inflicted the knife wounds. […]
Still in San Pedro, A search by a team of Police, QRT, CIB and Special Branch personnel at an apartment in the San Juan Area of San Pedro Town, yielded police both cash and weed. Present during the search were fishermen fifty-five year old Rene Gabriel Perez, and his eighteen year old son, Nairo Perez. […]
A Belize City man is lucky to be alive after he was accosted by two armed men. Sometime after ten on Monday night, thirty-six year old Jermaine Ottley arrived at his house at the corner of Allenby and Amara Street. As he exited his car, he was ambushed by two armed men who proceeded to […]
Three murders in three days…on Thursday, twenty-seven year old food vendor Gerald Palmer was shot and killed on Grants Alley by a lone gunman who opened fire on him during a nationwide blackout. Grant’s murder was followed by the slaying of Harrison Smith on Friday and the fatal shooting of Lincoln Sabido, about twenty-six hours […]
The weekend’s second murder took place on Saturday night. Another man, well-known to the law, who also twice beat the murder rap lost his life in a hail of bullets. Lincoln “Corn” Sabido died minutes after he was shot multiple times by a lone gunman who snuck up on him from behind the house he […]
As we said earlier in the newscast, twenty-seven-year-old Gerald Palmer, a food vendor of Belize City, was shot and killed on Thursday night during a nationwide power outage. He was waylaid by a lone assailant who fired as many as six shots in his direction before standing over his bullet riddled body to complete the […]
