Thieves have become more brazen over the years and on Tuesday night; two robbers set their eyes on Doctor Jose Espat. Doctor Espat is the well-known finalist in Channel Five’s 2012 KTV Latino Competition. But around nine-thirty p.m., as he arrived at his house on Teachers’ Street in West Landivar, he was pounced upon by […]
Three months into 2014, six persons have been tried in court for three sensational and heinous murders. In fact there are about one hundred and ninety persons behind bars and the overwhelming majority is facing trial for murder or murder related offences. But if the acquittals since the beginning of the year are any indication, […]
There is another acquittal though for a lesser offence to report tonight. Back in May 2010, the wife of the then Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development Juan Coy, was killed in a traffic accident in the area of Indian Creek Village. Juan and his wife, Brigida, were traveling along with Venancio […]
The murder of seventy-six year old American national Dennis Walt has gone below the radar. The incident has not made it to the police blotter, despite the discovery of his lifeless body last Friday at his place of business in Sarteneja. Walt, an ex-pat who has been living in Belize for the past twenty years, […]
A fifty-five year old man was before the court today to answer to the charge of Theft. He is accused of stealing nine hundred and fifty dollars worth of items from Paula Almendarez. Percival Usher, a resident of Central American Boulevard, appeared before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith and was arraigned on a single charge […]
The Gang Suppression Unit is reporting that it found ammo and drugs in the Lake Independence area. The GSU says that at midday on Monday, it carried out a search on Berris Street which is considered territory of the PIV Bloods Gang. In an open lot, the unit found an Omega brand plastic container with […]
Tonight, there is a significant setback to what has been called a revisiting of confidence-building measures between Belize and Guatemala. News Five has been able to confirm that a high-level meeting scheduled for Sunday in Antigua, Guatemala was postponed following a shooting incident within the Chiquibul National Park on Saturday. There has been no comment […]
The past weekend turned violent for three families whose loved ones were killed. Early this morning a man was found dead in a latrine at a school in Guinea Grass, Orange Walk District and on Saturday, the body of a US retiree was found with gunshot wounds at his farm in Sarteneja. But on Sunday […]
Up north in the village of Guinea Grass, the family of Azael Gomez is grieving his untimely and mysterious death. Gomez was last seen alive on Saturday morning; a search party combed the area, but could not locate the missing man. But this morning, Gomez’s body was found in a latrine by a student at […]
Corozal police are tonight trying to unravel the mysteries of a murder and a disappearance in Sarteneja Village at the start of the weekend. On Friday evening, the lifeless body of seventy-six year old Dennis Walt, an ex-pat who had been living in Belize for almost two decades, was discovered at his place of business, […]
On Friday, we reported on a shooting in the Mahogany Street area which involved the Police, GSU and the occupants of a van. The violent event unfolded at about one-forty on Friday afternoon when the Mahogany Street area was abuzz with activity. In a high speed chase, police eventually caught up with the van and […]
A woman was raped in the wee hours of last Friday at mile ten and a half on the Phillip Goldson Highway; her alleged attacker was detained at the scene of the crime by police. This morning, a Belize Water Service employee, fifty-one year old Eugene Reneau was arraigned for rape in the court of […]
Around one-thirty this afternoon, there was a dangerous shooting on Mahogany Street; it was all caught by our camera. Here’s how it unfolded…Police and GSU officers were responding to a shooting that occurred near Electric Avenue minutes before. According to information available, the shooter or shooters fled to the area of Lacroix Boulevard traveling inside […]
There is also a case of rape to report tonight where the aggressor was caught in the act. Early this morning at about two-thirty, Ladyville police were tipped about a violent incident near mile ten and a half on the Phillip Goldson Highway. In a swampy area off the highway, the police surprised a man […]
Up north, police have detained an alleged robber and are looking for another. At about seven-twenty on Thursday morning, there was an armed hold-up at the Oasis Water Plant located in Corozal Town. The owner of the business, Alvaro Sosa confirmed to police soon after that while he and a worker were inside the business […]
On Tuesday night we reported that a single engine plane had crashed landed at Spanish Lookout, Cayo and left abandoned on a feeder road. The pilot or passengers were nowhere to be found when law enforcement officers got to the scene. All that was left of the CESSNA were portions of the wing and tails […]
Two Guatemalan nationals were busted on Monday morning in the Chiquibul National Park. Police report that the officers of the Special Patrol Branch conducted a search on them that yielded firearms and ammunition. Twenty-one year old Jose Sub Coc of the Cah Bom, Alta Vera Paz was found in the possession of a point twenty-two […]
There is a report tonight that a small single engine plane has crashed in the Spanish Lookout area. Details have been slow in coming in but police confirm that the remnants of the plane were found on a dirt road about three miles from the Guatemalan border in the Spanish Lookout Community. What we were […]
News Five has received multiple reports of an incident at the Western Border several weeks ago. According to credible sources, contraband operators in two trucks coming from Benque Viejo del Carmen crashed through the Guatemalan border checkpoint. It has been reported that the contrabandistas opened fire at the Guatemalan officers at the crossing, forcing them […]
When they were leaving the court today several of the men were bandaged and were limping or suffering from injuries they allegedly sustained at the hands of police. Before departing in a taxi, Errol Andrews spoke to News Five about what he calls the excessive use of force used by the police on them on […]
Corey McKay of Ladyville remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in critical condition following a shooting on Monday morning in the Bobo Hill area of the village. McKay was shot along with Kareem Arnold as they rode their bicycles home; Arnold was hit to the left shoulder, treated and released. But McKay was […]
Police in Rural Belize District had their hands full over the weekend. There were a number of traffic accidents which we will have later in the newscast, but there were also two shootings which occurred in proximity of the police station on Pigeon Street in the Ladyville Community. One person was injured and there was […]
But there was a third shooting in the Ladyville Area…this one occurred early this morning. A search by the family of Corey McKay and Karim Arnold as well as the police was launched just after eight this morning following a report of a shooting in the Bobo Hill Area of the village. From what News […]
A daring, late-evening heist at the western border last Friday, believed to be the work of a duo of Guatemalan bandits, remains the subject of a joint police investigation. The armed robbers, described as properly attired, were bold enough to enter Belizean territory where they proceeded to jack a pair of money changers of almost […]
On Sunday morning, there was a burglary in Belize City. Now that’s nothing out of the ordinary, but in this case the victim was a well-known politician and the burglary seemed focused. We say that because when the home of Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat was breached, the burglar or burglars took only two […]
