Trinity Castro told News Five that the bullets that struck Kendale Ramirez killed more than just one man. She says that since the incident, her three children have been having a hard time coping with the loss of their stepfather. On the phone: Trinity Castro, Common-law Wife of Kendale Ramirez “I di call Kendale […]
There was an armed hold-up earlier today on the George Price Highway in Hattieville. Police say the incident happened at around eight this morning near mile sixteen and a half on the highway. Thirty-six-year-old Jaime Sanchez, a resident of Hattieville and a driver and deliveryman for Vin Fa Shopping Centre, told police that he was […]
Forty-two-year-old Dwayne Mark Gentle has been sentenced to seven years in prison for burglary after allegedly breaking into the home of a police officer on West Street on Monday. Gentle, along with an eleven-year-old boy, reportedly stole twenty sheets of zinc from the residence of Inspector Hendrick Williams. This morning, he appeared unrepresented in the […]
It has been more than two days since Cleon Smith Junior and Kendale Ramirez were shot dead inside a rented Kia S.U.V. on Electric Avenue and police have detained an undetermined number of suspects pending investigations. The two friends were ruthlessly executed by a gunman who rode on Electric Avenue on a bike and fired […]
Forty-one-year-old Devon Jones, who pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of use of deadly means of harm after he used his vehicle and ran it into Francis Gill and crushing him, has been imposed a three-year suspended sentence for the crime he committed. Gill, who later lost his leg as a result of the incident, […]
There have been two incidents of late where multiple persons have been shot dead during armed assaults in Sand Hill Village and Belize City. While these types of violent occurrences are unusual, we asked the Commissioner of Police whether the department is observing a new trend of murders that involve more than one victims. Here’s […]
Two men from southern Belize who were sitting in a parked vehicle in front of a house on Electric Avenue in Belize City became the targets of a youth on a bicycle who opened fire on them, killing them instantly. The victims are Cleon Smith Junior of Placencia and Kendale Ramirez of Seine Bight Village, […]
As if the murder of Cleon Smith Junior was not enough for his mother to endure, she showed us abrasions on her skin that she accuses a policeman at the crime scene of inflicting on her. Stephanie Bood told News Five off camera that she had just arrived at the murder scene of her son […]
A pair of Belize City residents, convicted for the murder of forty-three-year-old Shane Budram, has been sentenced to life in prison. Raheem Budram and Kareem Eaghan Junior will not be eligible for parole until they have spent the next thirty-seven years in jail. Earlier today, Justice Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft handed down lengthy prison terms after […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Belize Police Department are closely monitoring developments in neighboring Central American countries with respect of serious crackdowns being carried out against gangs in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. There are concerns that gang members fleeing from severe measures being meted out by authorities in those countries may attempt […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Malcolm Morris Baptist, a warehouse keeper, and twenty-three-year-old Zachary Tun, a maintenance worker of Santa Clara Village, Corozal District, appeared unrepresented in the magistrate’s court earlier today where they pleaded guilty to charges of theft and handling stolen goods. Baptist was first to be arraigned on one count of handling stolen goods for a […]
A man and his common-law-wife were today remanded to the Belize Central Prison on gun-related charges. Twenty-four-year-old Charles August and thirty-year-old Eloise Baldarez of Antelope Street, Belize City, pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm and six live rounds of ammunitions. In court, they were each read one count of kept firearm without a […]
A Belize City family is lucky to be at home tonight after being found guilty of three counts of possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply. Eighty-year-old Brenda Vasquez, a retired teacher, her forty-two-year-old son, Giovanni Vasquez and her twenty-nine-year-old grandson Kristian Young, appeared before the magistrate’s court this afternoon where they were […]
As we reported on Monday, police discovered a body in the Lemonal Village; believed to be that of Owen Tucker Senior. The charred human remains were retrieved and transported to the forensic lab where a post-mortem will be conducted. Today, News Five revisits the case of the missing man turned murder. Reporter Duane Moody files […]
This afternoon, nineteen-year-old William Faux was arraigned on charges of manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct and drove motor vehicle without due care and attention after fatally running over his best friend in Ladyville on the night of October fourteenth. The tragic accident happened between miles eleven and twelve on the Philip Goldson […]
There is still no one charged in connection with the murder of businessman, Elvis Polanco in San Pedro, last weekend. Police had quickly detained one of their own who was hired by the deceased while he is on interdiction from the Belize Police Department. Investigators had felt that the policeman, who was Polanco’s security guard […]
The tally on the murder rate for 2022 won’t be in for another few weeks, but what the Belize Police Department can say from now is that they have been saddled with the number of burglaries that have occurred for this year. Today, Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams cautioned property owners to take more care […]
A Belize Defense Force soldier is hospitalized after being shot in the buttocks during an incident that may have international implications. According to a release from the Belize Defense Force, on Saturday afternoon B.D.F. soldiers at the Valentin Conservation Post along the Belize/Guatemala border heard a single gunshot. One B.D.F. soldier soon realized that he […]
The body of sixty-six-year-old Owen Tucker Senior was discovered today in Lemonal Village. Reports are that the Belizean/American businessman, who had purchased the Crocland property, was murdered and his body dumped in the village. Even before his body was discovered, this morning, Jerome Crawford, his driver with whom he had a recent squabble, was charged […]
There was a murder recorded over the weekend in Belize City. Twenty-five-year-old Jerome Bennett was at his home on Pitter Street when two persons approached and took turns executing the young man. It was caught on surveillance camera, but the identities of the shooters remain unknown. By the time family members came out of their […]
Almost a month ago, on October thirty-first, Celia Florian, a thirty-year-old businesswoman of Belmopan went missing. Her body was discovered off the Hummingbird Highway four days later and a post mortem thereafter certified that she died of strangulation. The police investigation has resulted in no charges against anyone, but of note is that a subject […]
An Orange Walk resident is admitted at the Northern Regional Hospital tonight, after he was struck multiple times to the head and abdomen with a metal bat just after eight o’clock this morning. The frightening incident took place on Liberty Avenue in Orange Walk Town, in front of a number of residents. Fortunately, Diego Armando […]
A missing person bulletin has been issued for a Belizean American businessman who has not been seen or heard from since Tuesday afternoon. Sixty-six-year-old Owen Tucker Senior was last seen in Biscayne, when he left his recently purchased property, formerly known as Croc Land. Work has been underway at the property, located about two miles […]
On Monday, we brought you the story of the robbery and murder of San Pedro businessman, Elvis Polanco, a father of four, including a four-year-old daughter. While police were quick to make an arrest, the incident has left the family naturally distraught. Their only hope is that out of all that has occurred, Polanco could […]
There was a mid-morning shooting incident in Belize City that brought everything downtown to a screeching halt. Vehicular traffic was diverted away from the Swing Bridge, where the body of a knife-wielding man lay motionless near its northern approach. He has been identified as forty-eight-year-old Francis Ramos Junior, an individual who is believed to be […]
