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In the wake of the shooting, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke with reporters. He outlined the sequence of actions taken by the responding officers, according to the amateur footage that is being widely circulated. ComPol Williams also revisited two previous injuries during which Francis Ramos Junior, inflicted and attempted to inflict injuries on members […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Was the police officer that fired the fatal shot that neutralized Francis Ramos Junior justified in using lethal force? It’s a question that many are asking in the aftermath of this morning’s deadly shooting. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams outlines the steps that will be taken by the Belize Police Department before turning over a […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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A little over four years ago, a Belize City family was beset by tragedy when a distraught former in-law rammed a piece of heavy equipment into a home, killing a five-year-old boy, his fifty-three-year-old grandmother and a teenage minor. The frightening ordeal made headlines as the single-flat residence occupied by Louise Young and her grandchildren […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A businessman was shot dead in San Pedro and his common-law wife was also shot and robbed of their day’s sales. It happened in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, as Elvis Polanco and Thomasa Garcia were heading home. At the heart of the police investigation are a policeman on interdiction, who was employed as a […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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In the north, another law enforcement officer is being investigated, following allegations being made against him that he sexually abused a female minor in Corozal District. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the Commander of the Professional Standards Branch has been tasked with looking into the matter. What the ComPol may not have been […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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A burglar, who was caught inside a church stealing, pretended to be using the bathroom to stave off attention that he had already drawn to himself after prying open the back door to the church. Tonight, twenty-five-year-old Evander Usher is spending his first night in jail and, unless he can convince a Supreme Court judge […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Police Constable Lorray Arzu lost her life following a deadly shooting incident in Dangriga on October twelfth. The twenty-two-year-old woman was along with another individual identified as Leonel Rowland inside a Ford pickup truck when they came under gunfire. During the attack, PC Arzu was struck by bullets in the head. She succumbed to her […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Forty-six-year-old Angelita Requeña and her two children endured a vicious assault over the weekend when her common-law husband attacked them with a knife. The Esperanza resident remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, while Michael Williams has since been charged with three counts of attempted murder. According to police, the incident was the result […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s the kind of incident that frequently occurs in the drug world, a hit is placed on persons who cross someone powerful, either over money or product. That’s what police are investigating tonight, following a most heinous occurrence on Thursday. Three friends were executed inside a home in Sand Hill Village and the deadly attack […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero, along with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, was on the scene this morning. Investigators were canvassing the area and speaking with residents to get a clearer picture of what may have taken place overnight. The Officer Commanding Eastern Division told the media earlier today that while the motive may have been […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Tension amongst feuding gangs within the Antelope Street Extension area continues to pose a challenge to the Belize Police Department. Over the last few days, there have been numerous reports of gunshots in the area. While the L.I.U. continues to collaborate with police in the area, they have not had much success in bringing all […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Police have revealed the identities of the persons detained in connection with an attempted robbery at Lina Supermarket on Mahogany Street in Belize City. They are twenty-three-year-old Marquise Conorquie, twenty-three-year-old Nolbert Smith and twenty-four-year-old Kienan Castillo. Police say that when they responded to the report they apprehended the three men at the scene. Police also […]
Written on November 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Four men are in police custody tonight after a foiled robbery attempt at Lina Supermarket on Mahogany Street in Belize City. Just before midday a group of armed thieves entered the supermarket and held up the business owners. While carrying out the crime, a police mobile that was in the area drove towards the store. […]
Written on November 16, 2022 | Posted in
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A father of two is dead following a shooting incident on Monday night near the entrance to Crooked Tree Village. By all accounts, Reece Riverol was quiet and troubled no one. But last night, he was targeted by an unknown gunman who lured him out of his home by throwing rocks at his house. When […]
Written on November 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Independence police are investigating a burglary that took place in Bella Vista Village over the weekend that resulted with the alleged thief being found dead inside a home he was attempting to break into. This morning, just before five o’clock, a Belizean domestic from Bella Vista reported to police that someone was breaking into her […]
Written on November 14, 2022 | Posted in
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A pair of armed robbers appeared before the magistrate’s court in Belize City today after being arrested and charged for a holdup on Amara Avenue that took place on Friday. Twenty-seven-year-old Troy Augustus and his accomplice, twenty-two-year-old Orlin Garcia, have been charged with two counts of robbery and one count of kept firearm without a […]
Written on November 14, 2022 | Posted in
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A policeman was arraigned today in the Belize City Magistrates’ Court on a charge of Perverting the Course of Justice. It follows an alleged incident outside of an establishment on Newtown Barracks two weeks ago when the policeman reportedly took away a man’s gun and kept it in his possession. Police Constable Herman Ramos is […]
Written on November 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier today, twenty-two-year-old Curtis August pleaded guilty to Handling Stolen Goods in reference to several guns that were stolen from the residence of former Commissioner of Police, Allen Whylie. He was fined fifteen hundred, dollars plus five dollars cost of court, to be paid by March thirty-first, 2023, in default, six months imprisonment. Whylie’s home […]
Written on November 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Police have recovered several guns that were stolen from the residence of the former Commissioner of Police, Allen Whylie in Lemonal. The firearms were discovered in two different locations, one in the same village where Whylie resides, and three additional weapons were found further north in Orange Walk. Of note is that earlier this week, […]
Written on November 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Last evening, we reported on two incidents of attempted kidnappings that involved children, in one case, a six-year-old in Orange Walk, and a teenager in another instance, as she walked to school near Neal Pen Road and Central American Boulevard, in Belize City. There were two audio recordings that lent to the credibility of the […]
Written on November 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Thirty-seven-year-old Jonathan Burgos, a businessman from Orange Walk, is accused of stealing three thousand, five hundred dollars in cash from a well-known attorney in Belize City. While the alleged theft happened two years ago, Burgos is only just being brought before the court to answer to charges that he deceived attorney Mark Williams when he […]
Written on November 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Belize City police are investigating an incident that took place this morning where a female high school student was almost abducted as she walked to school in the vicinity of Neal Pen Road and Central American Boulevard. Details of the alleged incident were shared in a Whatsapp group sometime following the event. Here are the […]
Written on November 9, 2022 | Posted in
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A man is in the remand section of the Belize Central Prison tonight after he was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrates’ Court on a charge of attempted murder. Charles Egbert West was shuttled away one day after he celebrated his thirty-eighth birthday. Police allege that at around nine on Saturday night near Mile thirteen […]
Written on November 9, 2022 | Posted in
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Three men escaped grave injuries during a shooting incident on Wagner’s Lane in Belize City on Saturday morning. According to police, twenty-seven-year-old Khalil Heusner, twenty-six-year-old Malique Humes, and twenty-one-year old Ruben Usher were on Wagner’s Lane at around seven a.m. when a lone gunman attacked them. The three men received gunshot injuries for which they […]
Written on November 7, 2022 | Posted in
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A woman who went missing last Monday and was reported missing two days later, was found dead over the weekend. Thirty-year-old Celia Celeste Florian, a self-employed resident of Mariposa Street, Belmopan, reportedly went on a fishing trip last Monday and never returned. Her body was discovered on a dirt road as Officer in Charge of […]
Written on November 7, 2022 | Posted in
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