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The first murder of 2024 happened early Sunday morning in Bella Vista Village and police charged two brothers a day later for that homicide. But while the arrests of siblings Cornelio and Ernesto Martinez were swift, there have been quite a few reports out of Bella Vista and Independence that one of the brothers charged […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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A man was shot in the Mayflower Street area of Belize City, otherwise known as Ghost Town, on Monday night. Thirty-year-old Theodore Dwyer was reportedly sitting on a chair near a basketball court through an alley off Mayflower Street when three unidentified male persons approached him from behind and fired multiple shots in his direction. […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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Christmas 2023 has come and gone, but not without its share of mishaps. On December twenty-fourth, around ten thirty a.m., a female police officer reported that she and another female officer had been attacked by a group of men with dynamites. The officer claimed that she and her colleague were working at a police booth […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams revealed that several officers are under suicide watch and that about twenty of them will be offered counselling. The information shared with reporters succeeds a recent suicide in Sarteneja Village. Meanwhile, Minister Musa said that incidents such as PC Chan’s unfortunate death and whatever might have led him […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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A Jamaican national, who migrated to Belize recently, remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after coming under gunfire in an alley off Mayflower Street on Monday night. Thirty-year-old Theodore Dwyer was sitting on a chair near a basketball court sometime before eight o’clock when a trio of men emerged from an unlit area of the neighborhood […]
Written on January 9, 2024 | Posted in
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Twenty-three-year-old John Delcid was arraigned earlier today in the lower court on a single count of common assault. He is charged with attacking his older brother during a dispute over a missing bucket of paint. Delcid, an unemployed resident of Lawrence Avenue, appeared unrepresented before a Senior Magistrate where he pleaded not guilty to committing […]
Written on January 9, 2024 | Posted in
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A man was left in critical condition after he was viciously attacked and almost chopped to death in Caye Caulker Village. On Sunday night, January seventh, police found thirty-seven-year-old Tito Rosado on the side of the street, bleeding out from several chop wounds. We spoke with Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hilberto Romero for more information. […]
Written on January 9, 2024 | Posted in
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The first murder of 2024 is that of Belizean-American, thirty-four-year-old Christon Logan, a resident of the United States. Logan left Belize in 2017 for his home country and has been living and working there since then. He was reportedly working two jobs in order to help his family back home with a recreational business that […]
Written on January 8, 2024 | Posted in
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Two brothers were arraigned in the Independence Magistrate’s Court this afternoon for the murder of Christon Logan. The pair, captured here on this amateur video recording being escorted by police, was charged jointly for the murder that occurred shortly before three on Sunday morning. Cornelio and Ernesto Martinez appeared unrepresented before the lower court and […]
Written on January 8, 2024 | Posted in
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Twenty-three-year-old Rupert Codd attempted a dash for freedom after being arraigned earlier today in the magistrate’s court for the sexual assault of a woman. At 2:30 this afternoon, Codd was escorted to Courtroom Number Five where he was read a single charge of sexual assault upon a forty-one-year-old woman. It is alleged that he groped […]
Written on January 8, 2024 | Posted in
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The aggregate number of homicides recorded in 2023 stood at eighty-five at the end of the year. It’s a figure that the Belize Police Department and the Ministry of Home Affairs are equally proud of, the least murders on record since 2006. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, it has been his objective since […]
Written on January 5, 2024 | Posted in
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While acknowledging a marked reduction in the number of murders that took place last year, the Leader of the Opposition was sure to advise that government shouldn’t get ahead of itself since this achievement simply marks the beginning of a concerted effort to keep violent crimes at a minimum. Shyne Barrow, Leader of the […]
Written on January 5, 2024 | Posted in
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This afternoon, a mother of two broke down in tears after hearing that she was sentenced to a month in jail after she was busted with a cocaine pipe. She is thirty-two year Leeanne Monique Samuels, also known as Leanne Samos. She is a mother of a pair of one-year, three-month old twins but today, […]
Written on January 4, 2024 | Posted in
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Tonight, well-known gang member Ulide Allen is out on bail after he was recently charged for handling stolen goods. He was also granted bail on the additional charged picked up today of Contempt of Judicial Order. Allegations are that Allen was ordered by the Magistrate Court to report to the Mahogany Street Police station every […]
Written on January 4, 2024 | Posted in
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A Belize City resident was shot and killed over the New Year’s weekend, as he left the parking lot of a popular nightclub. Tonight, police have turned over surveillance footage of the incident to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, awaiting further instructions. From the look of it, twenty-eight-year-old Trevor Brown got into […]
Written on January 2, 2024 | Posted in
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Police in Belize City continue to investigate the shooting murder of thirty-eight-year-old Jorge Lozano. On Friday night, Lozano was heading home on Madam Liz Avenue when he was targeted. He was shot several times and rushed to the K.H.M.H. where he died the following day. Police say that they have a possible motive but no […]
Written on January 2, 2024 | Posted in
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2023 recorded fewer murders than any previous year, and perhaps going all the way back to 2008. While there was a spate of murders occurring over the extended Christmas holidays, prior to that, the count was somewhere in the vicinity of eighty-four. And when the Christmas holidays ended, so too were the lives of Christian […]
Written on January 2, 2024 | Posted in
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A home invasion in Central Farm, Cayo District ended with a Taiwanese diplomat being held up at gunpoint by a pair of armed intruders. The incident happened on Saturday when the victim of the aggravated burglary reported to police that upon hearing his dog barking, he stepped outside to investigate the issue. It was at […]
Written on January 2, 2024 | Posted in
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At the start of the New Year’s Eve weekend, a pair of armed thieves entered a supermarket in Corozal Town where they proceeded to rob the store owner of an undisclosed sum of money from the cash register. The incident happened on Friday night at Rainbow Supermarket. ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division […]
Written on January 2, 2024 | Posted in
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Police in Belize City continue to investigate the murder of eighteen-year-old Christian Ramos. His body was found stuffed inside a shipping container in Belize City on Wednesday morning. Ramos had gone missing two days before Christmas after leaving his mother’s house. He left on Christmas Eve following a minor dispute with his sister. He initially […]
Written on December 29, 2023 | Posted in
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The long Christmas weekend recorded three murders. This, according to Police Commissioner Chester Williams, threw a monkey wrench into department’s statistics. Williams says that so far the murder count is currently below the one hundred mark. But, the year is not yet over and so, the department is working to ensure maximum safety and crime […]
Written on December 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier this month we told you about Delson Paguada. He remains at the Belize Central Prison after being convicted, along with his brother Tionne Paguada, for the murder of Paul Jex. He was also accused of the shooting death of American tourist J’Bria Bowen in San Pedro Town. Two days after her son was arrested […]
Written on December 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-six-year-old Hildebrandt Codd remains on the lam. He was convicted in absentia of the murder of Densmore Bowman, earlier this month. That’s because Codd escaped from lawful custody moments before the verdict was handed down. He has yet to be located, but investigators believe that he is hiding in Belmopan and is being assisted by […]
Written on December 29, 2023 | Posted in
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On Thursday, we told you about the daring ATM theft at U Mall in Ladyville. The perpetrators ripped the Heritage Bank ATM from building with the help of a van. The incident was captured on camera and tonight investigators are looking for the man who rented the van. Police Commissioner Chester Williams says that the […]
Written on December 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams stands by his decision to dismiss four police officers suspected of involvement in the landing of a drug plane in Bladen on November fifth, 2021. One of those men is the infamous Elmer Nah who stands accused of the triple murder of brothers, Jon and David Ramnarace and Jon’s wife, […]
Written on December 29, 2023 | Posted in
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