Undoubtedly, the death of Derrick Uh in custody has left a major black eye on the Belize Police Department and while his family is reeling from the tragic loss, the Commissioner of Police, is also at a loss for words. As if resorting to a litany of expletives would somehow change the course of what […]
In the wake of the heartrending incident, many are questioning whether Uh was purposely left inside the prison van to die. While that may not have been the case, it is safe to say that the officers were grossly negligent in going about their duties upon returning from San Joaquin that night. Chester Williams, […]
There has been a resounding call for justice following the death of Derrick Uh. Releases have been pouring in from all angles. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister says that it is a tragedy beyond comprehension; PM Briceño, a father of three, says that he stands with the rest of the nation […]
There were two fatal road traffic accidents over the weekend, one was a hit and run incident during which an individual was knocked down and killed along the Southern Highway. Despite being transported to Independence Village, the succumbed to his injuries. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The vehicle did not stop. The person was […]
Belize City resident Bryan Coleman was stabbed on Friday night while socializing with a pair of men. They ended up in an altercation and he was reportedly attacked by twenty-eight-year-old Jose Velasquez. Here’s more from ComPol Williams. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Three young men were socializing in a yard on Courtney’s Crescent in […]
Earlier today, Commissioner of Police Williams also commented on the ongoing investigation into the death of Private Micah Miguel, which is still being ruled a suicide. He spoke about the department’s participation in the Belize Defense Force’s investigation into allegation of sexual abuse against Miguel. Here is what he had to say. Chester Williams, […]
He was charged a week ago, along with three Belizeans, for the July thirty-first double murder during the mass shooting in Hopkins Village. But there is little that is known about John Roy Smith, the forty-three-year-old retired Canadian soldier who was apprehended inside his pickup truck that police say was one of two vehicles fleeing […]
Grievous harm, cruelty to a child and wounding – those are the charges that have been brought against thirty-one-year-old Troy Banner when he appeared in the magistrate’s court in Belmopan earlier today. As we reported on Monday, the Camalote resident is once again being accused of seriously injuring a newborn baby. In this most recent […]
It has been five years since Police Constable Marvin Locke was viciously stabbed to death at the Raccoon Street Police Station. It was an unprecedented attack on an officer at his place of work. The suspect, fifty-two-year-old Marcial Toledo has remained on pretrial detention at the Belize Central Prison since the tragic incident in March, […]
A Salvadoran national living in Belize was sentenced to fifteen years in prison after pleading guilty to the rape of a five-year-old child. Bairo Gomez was accused of the crime back in October of 2018. During his arraignment, Gomez was considered a flight risk. As a result, he was placed on remand at the Belize […]
Over the past two weeks, there have been several reports of rape of a child in the west, in Belize City and Orange Walk. Tonight, the despicable report involves a fifty-two-year-old man from the island town of San Pedro. On Monday, August eighth, police say a seventeen-year-old minor, in the company of her mother, reported […]
She was supposed to show up to court last Monday, after being out on bail for her alleged role in the murder of an American restaurateur in San Pedro four years ago. Her alleged accomplice, Leon Walford, has been found guilty and is awaiting sentencing, but where is Tracey Betancourt? Tonight, she remains on the […]
He was the driver behind the wheel of a red pickup truck that was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle near King’s Children’s Home in Cotton Tree Village. Tonight, Roaring Creek resident Jermano Bol was formally arrested and charged for manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, drove motor vehicle without due […]
It was another deadly weekend and this time, a mother and businesswoman was the target of a robbery and cold-blooded murder. The incident happened at Cocktail Bar and Lounge in Ladyville, at the corner of Perez Road and Woodpecker Street where Vanessa Acevedo lived and operated a bar. And while police have already made an […]
Tonight, Troy Banner is once again making headlines for allegedly committing an unthinkable act upon his fifteen-day-old son. The newborn was transferred from the Western Regional Hospital to the K.H.M.H. over the weekend after receiving medical attention for injuries he received, allegedly by his father. Police have since arrested and charged the thirty-one-year-old man for […]
There was a stabbing incident in Orange Walk on Sunday when an individual who was allegedly being attacked by a trio of robbers defended himself with a knife. The altercation happened on Baker’s Street and when it was over, one person was observed with injuries that were inflicted on him during the scuffle. A.S.P. […]
A minor was sexually assaulted in the Lake Independence area of Belize City last Wednesday. The twelve-year-old was walking along Heart Street when she was accosted by someone she recognizes by his face only. She was then taken into a derelict building where she was taken advantage of. A.S.P. Alfonso Aban, O.C., Crimes Investigation […]
The news of Sunday morning’s mass shooting in the Garifuna community of Hopkins cast an air of fear over the village and shock across a country that had only seen that level of terror play out once in 2008. Today, the media caught up with Prime Minister John Briceño at an event at the Best […]
While these undertakings are being done to reduce the prevalence of gun violence, in the Lake Independence area, a State of Emergency has taken effect. This means that for thirty days, at minimum, thirty-one individuals believed to be affiliated with gangs in that community have been locked up to quell the tension that had been […]
A state of emergency came into effect on Saturday morning in a portion of south side Belize City. The S.O.E. is in the wake of numerous incidents of gun violence amongst feuding gangs in the Lake Independence area, which is the division of Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde. During an interview with the media today, […]
So what is the solution for the situation in Lake I? DPM Cordel Hyde says that there are many factors over time that have led to the current state of affairs and that the solution has to be methodical. Minister Hyde says that mediation should be done in the short term. Cordel Hyde, Area […]
This afternoon around two-thirty p.m., four suspects were paraded to the magistrate’s court in Dangriga by armed police and B.D.F. officers. Prior to their arraignment, they were being held in police custody after being apprehended along the Southern Highway near Silk Grass Village on Monday evening. It is alleged that the men are responsible for […]
There are a number of questions surrounding forty-three-year-old John Roy Smith, a Canadian national who has been charged along with three Belizeans from Sittee River. While he was formally arrested and charged for two counts of abetment to commit murder, those charges have been upgraded. Nonetheless, little is known about the ex-military officer who, according […]
Investigations continue into the murder of notorious street figure Alrick Smith which occurred on the night of July twenty-eighth outside of the Rene Villanueva Media Center on Slaughterhouse Road in Belize City. In the wake of his killing, a state of emergency was declared for the Lake Independence community. But before we go to comments […]
ComPol Chester Williams goes on to share additional details unearthed during the investigation. He confirms that the vehicle involved in the murder was torched on the John Smith Link Road; and says that the owner of the vehicle, Justin Usher, is wanted by police for questioning. Another person of interest with known gang affiliation, who […]
