There was a frightening home invasion in the village of Crooked Tree, Belize District at the house of the resident pastor while he was at a prayer meeting in Ladyville. His wife was at home with her elderly mother and her teenage son when her nightmare unfolded. At around seven o’clock, Pastor Maurice Westby got […]
There is yet another murder to add to the long list of homicides in the month of July. A shooting incident back on July tenth has turned into a murder. Godfrey Jones was shot on Lizarraga Avenue as he socialized with friends. He was rushed to the K.H.M.H. where he remained in stable condition until […]
There has been no end to the senseless violence which continues to plague Belize City despite attempts by the Police Department to maintain law and order. Following the wake of a bloody weekend in which three women were shot and one man gunned down, there is another murder to report. It happened late Monday night […]
Late this evening, Officer Commanding Precinct Three told News Five that Police have been conducting an intense investigation since Monday night, and are following a number of leads which could assist in the identification of Whylie’s killer. Suzette Anderson, Officer Commanding Precinct Three “As a result of that the CIB personnel attached to Precinct […]
Honduran national Carlos Mayorga, a tacos vendor, was brutally killed at his house on Mopan Street. Three female assistants were also targeted in the gun violence that occurred early on Saturday morning. Today one of the victims, Alida Asencio, succumbed at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Asencio was hit to the chest and abdomen…she lost […]
Today, attorney Hubert Elrington confirmed what we reported on Monday night that his brother, Errol Elrington, is in Belize and has been here since he fled the US after being interviewed by federal and state agents. An arrest warrant was issued for him in October, 2013, so he is legitimately a fugitive from justice? Errol […]
What was attorney Arthur Saldivar’s missing Ipad doing in the home of the Deputy Prime Minister’s brother in Orange Walk? That’s the million dollar question right now for Saldivar. He lost his Ipad at a bakery in Ladyville, and when he tracked it using a built-in feature, it had somehow made its way to a […]
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An unemployed domestic of the Ladyville area, who in September 2013 was charged jointly with her boyfriend for allegedly luring a fourteen year-old minor into their car, was back in court today. Both Stacey Leslie and John Williams, allegedly sexually assaulted the minor. He was charged for carnal knowledge and Leslie for Committing an Indecent […]
Jamie Dawson was twenty-three years when he was first accused of a murder but was instead convicted of manslaughter. Now at the age of thirty five, and after waiting eight years for a retrial, Dawson chose to plead guilty to manslaughter; a plea which the office of the D.P.P. had no objections to. Also known […]
The recent spate of crime in Belize City, particularly the unabated rash of gun violence, is cause for great concern and while the Belize Police Department has formulated a plan of action to deal with the problem, the Belize City Council is looking closely at the socioeconomic impact that it is having on the Old […]
There was deadly invasion in the early hours of Saturday morning. It was over in a matter of minutes, but by then one man was dead and three women injured. Tacos vendor, Carlos Mayorga was shot on the neck and chest and died in the bedroom of his house on Mopan Street. Three women, Sijihan […]
The death of Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist teacher, Stephen Michael Junior, shocked the community. Michael Junior was found dead on a bed inside his home at the corner of Jaguar Avenue and Tapir Street off Fabers Road Extension. He was found by his housekeeper bleeding from the mouth and nose and the door to his […]
A Belizean fugitive wanted by the US has been spotted in Belize. Physician, Errol Elrington, a sibling of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is wanted in the United States on a slew of criminal offenses related to his profession as a medical practitioner. His name appears in the list of the U.S. Office of the […]
Quality of Life Crimes…they are on the books and are now being enforced as a way to target criminal elements. Over three hundred persons were detained in the past three weeks as police crackdown on quality of life crimes. The controversial arrests have caused public outrage because a number of persons have been arrested unnecessarily […]
The Belize City Police Department, under its new head of command, Assistant Commissioner of Police Dezerie Phillips, at its press conference today spoke of the success of several ongoing initiatives by the department. The police top brass says that aside from the Israeli Galile automatic rifle that was discovered in an abandoned lot off Fabers […]
A security guard is recovering at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was shot on Saturday night. Alejandro Calderon told Police that he was inside his home at Caribbean Shrimp in Ladyville when somebody stoned his house. He came outside and was immediately hit with a single blast from a shotgun. The area is […]
A twenty-three-year-old man, Edwin Flores and his sixteen year old Honduran girlfriend have been charged with the alleged extortion of an Orange Walk businessman. The couple is accused of attempting to blackmail Wilbert Valencia of eight thousand dollars, but a sting operation by the police on Thursday afternoon led to their arrests. The minor was […]
The arrest of Edwin Flores resulted in the arrest of another Honduran national, Francisco Rodriguez. On June twenty-five, a massive early morning fire on Newtown Barracks gutted two massive wooden buildings and tragically ended the life of twenty-one year old Jacqueline Arteaga. The mother of three children was pregnant and trapped in the upper flat […]
Both the arson and the sting operation that resulted in the arrest of a couple involved in the extortion of eight thousand dollars from an Orange Walk businessman also led to the detention of four other persons. Police confirmed today that known affiliates of the transnational criminal gang, Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 are operating in […]
Early this morning the body of twenty-eight year old Stephen Michaels Junior was discovered in his home at the corner of Jaguar and Tapir Streets in the Faber’s Road area. He was lying in his bed, bleeding from the mouth, with a pool of blood under his head. Police were called to the area at […]
There was a murder on San Pedro on Wednesday morning, which is believed to have been the cause of a domestic dispute; a twenty-eight year old tour guide on the island was stabbed multiple times and succumbed after he hemorrhaged from an injury to the left thigh. Felix Alamilla was sleeping at a rental house […]
Mexican newspapers are reporting a major bust of precursor used to manufacture synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine or crystal meth. The precursor is said to originate from Belize. According to the reports, the four hundred litres of precursor, about one hundred and five gallons, were seized in an area between Quintana Roo and Campeche in […]
If you’re the driver of a late model government ride, especially a Toyota Hilux, you may want to be careful where you park. That’s because there are some brazen thieves at work in the nation’s capital Belmopan. At least three government vehicles have been stolen in recent weeks. First it was a Toyota Hilux from […]
A domestic dispute ended in murder early this morning in the north end of San Pedro. A tour guide, Felix Alamilla who is also a caretaker of a luxury rental, was stabbed as he slept at the rental. Bleeding profusely after the stabbing, Alamilla was shuttled to at least five clinics, but he was unable […]
