The first murder victim for 2012, Dale Tillett, was shot in the Palm Island Night Club, which is known for regular advertisements of its French Kiss club promotions. The owner of the club, John Curly, has gone on the defense over the recent shooting that occurred in the parking lot. Curly sent a release saying […]
There is another family in grief over the loss of a loved one. Nineteen-year-old Dale Tillett passed away after nine this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he was admitted since New Year’s Eve. A short time before the murder of nine-year-old Pope on George Street, Tillett was shot in the head and […]
Anthony Major, aka “King” of Pink’s Alley was shot and left paralyzed for over a year until Boxing Day when he passed away. The alleged shooter, thirty-one year old Chadrick Tingling, was charged on December first, 2010 with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. This morning, Tingling appeared before Senior […]
In other crime, the skills of the police department are not always highlighted in the news. But Monty Sadarangani, the owner of Gaylord’s store on King Street says he can attest to the department’s expertise. Gaylord’s was burglarized of numerous items including apparel and shoes. But Inspector Yearwood says that most of the items have […]
The All Saints Primary School in Belize City was also burglarized over the New Year’s holiday weekend. The perpetrators took advantage of the time when students and teachers are on vacation and the caretaker, who lives nearby was away for several days. It wasn’t until Wednesday that the caretaker detected that the school’s cafeteria and […]
There is still more crime to report. A police officer is facing serious criminal charges for allegedly raping a woman twice in the month of December. Today twenty-eight year old Police Constable Lincoln Lewis was arraigned on two counts of Rape and a single count of Escape. He was escorted to court heavily guarded by […]
Brian Sears, the American missionary who was accused and charged with Committing an Unnatural Act of three brothers in Sarteneja village, Corozal District was involved in another legal matter last month. Sears was driving on Fourth Avenue in Corozal Town on Saturday, December sixteenth when he was pulled over by the cops. A search was […]
The year 2011 ended in a most violent way for Aaron Pope, a nine year old school student from Grace Primary School who was killed as he slept at home; a victim of the continued gun violence that has earned Belize City the reputation of murder capital. Aaron’s family has already lived its share of […]
The father of a sixteen year old high school student from Corozal went public on Tuesday with allegations that his daughter had been raped by a town councilor. But today police issued a report that tells a different version of what transpired between the teen and town councilor Willie Cruz. The allegations made by the […]
A sixteen year old minor is tonight recovering from a stab wound to the abdomen. But he is no victim; the teen attempted to rob Arcade World on Freetown Road at around twenty minutes past ten o’clock on Tuesday night. The manager, Francisco Rodriguez reported that he was at the arcade along with a co-worker […]
The last murder in 2011 took place on New Year’s Eve; the count stands at one hundred and twenty-five, five less than in the previous year. But there is little comfort in the Old Capital where a nine year old did not live to see 2012; he was hit when a hail of bullets penetrated […]
A U.D.P. town councilor from Corozal is in deep trouble tonight following serious allegations made by the father of a sixteen year old high school student. Corozal police told News Five today that they could not provide details of the case since the investigation is at an early stage. The claim is against Councilor Willie […]
Earlier we told you about the rash of violence in the city. Also on New Year’s Eve, at around seven a.m., thirty-eight year old Troy Flowers was riding his bike on the Mullins River Road heading toward the junction when he was ambushed. Flowers reported that a man dressed in a camouflage jacket, long green […]
And as they were ringing in the New Year at church, two teenagers were stabbed multiple times in San Antonio, Toledo. At around eight p.m. on Saturday, eighteen year old Solomon Sho and Elmer Cowo were at church when they got into a quarrel with Hermelindo Ogaldez and Aron Bol, both of San Antonio. Sho […]
The weekend murder of nine year-old Aaron Pope, a student of Grace Primary, is particularly tough for the Pope family. In 2010, the family suffered the loss of Elbert Pope; they are still grieving his death and are now preparing to bury his son. Elbert, a well-known cyclist and father of Aaron, was also murdered […]
The unrelenting stream of armed robberies during the holiday season continued in the Old Capital this morning. De He Li Store on Freetown Road became the latest target of a trio of thieves who stormed the premises as it was being opened for business sometime before eight o‘clock. According to a police report, three men, […]
Thirty five year old Eaton Carr, a resident of Dangriga says he has been under constant harassment and threat from a Dangriga Police Corporal. Carr says he is a former gang member. And though he is reformed, he still continues to be targeted by law enforcement officers in that municipality. Recently he has been wrongly […]
A Belmopan thief probably knew when he went after workers of the Reconstruction Development Corporation (RECONDEV), he would net a sizeable amount of cash. On Wednesday evening around four-thirty that robber made off with a moneybag containing cash and cheques amounting to twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars. Twenty-two year old Roaring Creek resident, Curlene Arthurs, […]
On Wednesday night, we told you about the ruthless home invasion of thirty four year old Sylvan Roberts, an ultrasound technician of Santa Elena, Cayo. Roberts and his family were inside their home when he heard noises in his living room and upon making checks he encountered masked and armed robbers inside his house. One […]
Apparently in addition to Roberts, the youth who drowned in Dangriga and the homeless man in the park, there was a fourth person who died during the Christmas Holiday. It was not put into any police report but the Belize Defense Force has confirmed that one of its own, a veteran of over a decade, […]
The soldier’s death is not the only issue that is weighing heavily on the thoughts of PG residents. The border has been patrolled by soldiers like Teul for years, but near the villages where there is no visible barrier foreigners have been taking advantage of the natural resources. Incursions by Guatemalan poachers have been documented […]
Ever since he was shot in November of 2010, well-known street figure, Anthony Major, better known as ‘King of Pinks Alley’, remained bed-ridden. Major, was by no means an innocent gun violence victim, in June 2009 he was arrested during a failed robbery attempt at Tong’s Supermarket. Major’s partner in crime, Richard Flores, didn’t survive […]
The extended Christmas weekend may have brought seasonal cheer to most of the country but there is still grief as three persons lost their lives. Two died by accident, but a man known for spending quality time with his family and for taking them on trips to Disney Land has been murdered. The well-known and […]
All was not quiet in the former capital either. Fifty-eight year old Alfonso Zetina was shot in the shoulder while walking along Youth For The Future Drive on Christmas Day. Interestingly, the laborer, of a Belize City address, was unaware that he was the victim of a shooting incident which occurred an hour earlier. According […]
At the top of the newscast, you heard of the Santa Elena resident that was brutally murdered during a home invasion. There was another aggravated burglary that occurred and it happened during the most festive if not sacred part of the weekend. In the early hours on the morning of December twenty-fifth, Christmas Day, an […]
