Another family grieves the murder of one its own in the wild cycle of violence. At the crack of dawn on Sunday morning, Frank Usher, a minor was shot and killed. His mother had made reports to the police that her son’s life was under threat and Usher moved from Roaring Creek to Camalote. But […]
There were two unusual deaths reported in the Toledo District this weekend and one of them may have involved foul play. Just before six o’clock on Friday morning, the body of fifty-eight year old Guatemalan, Pedro Che Pacoy, was found on the side of the road near mile sixty-four on the Southern Highway. Pacoy left […]
Another minor has been sexually abused by a man she knows and trusted. This time, the victim is an eleven year old primary school girl, who alleges that she was molested by her stepfather. His name is being withheld to protect the child’s identity, but today the forty-two year old step-father, was charged with Aggravated […]
Two weeks ago, a US pastor was charged for sodomizing three brothers. And tonight, there is very disturbing news coming out of the community of Roaring Creek of the sexual abuse of another minor. A pastor, thirty-seven year old Jason Neal of the New Jerusalem Christian Mission has been charged with two counts of indecent […]
In our recent poll on the security of our borders, an overwhelming number of persons did not have confidence that the Belize Defence Force could man the borders. Well tonight, there is a new report of incursions into Belizean territory by Xateros that come across the border from Guatemala. During a recent research expedition funded […]
It has been nine days since it was disclosed that forty-two weapons went missing from the Belize Defence Force headquarters at Price Barracks in Ladyville. While it is considered the biggest theft, to date none of the weapons have been recovered from the streets. On Thursday police released the name and picture of ex-BDF soldier […]
Twenty-eight year old Ricky Valencia, a well known criminal figure, who was named in the attempted murder of Attorney Rodwell Williams and the Heritage Bank heist in Orange Walk, is tonight behind bars. He was arraigned today on a single charge of handling stolen goods in relation to a fifty dollars sim card belonging to […]
There was a major heist earlier this month at the home of Belize City businessman, Jian Lin He and items valuing over ninety thousand US dollars were stolen. It somehow escaped the daily police report, but today Anthony Morris Junior, a resident of Simon Lamb Street was charged with Burglary and Handling Stolen Goods. While […]
Belize City police are tonight looking for one person, a former Belize Defense Force corporal, in connection with the disappearance of a cache of high powered weapons from a warehouse at the B.D.F. headquarters in Ladyville that was detected last week. Dennis Ireland, a resident of Mahogany Street, is being sought for his suspected role […]
University of Belize students, eighteen year old Gladys Chiac and nineteen year old Tiffany Herrera were knocked down on Wednesday night on the Ring Road in Belmopan. The students were hit by a car driven at the time by Police Constable, thirty one year old Solomon Mas, attached to the Belmopan Police Station. While Herrera […]
From politics to crime, just after seven o’clock on Tuesday night, a well-known criminal figure was executed on Reggae Street. At least two dozen bullets were fired at Noel Usher as he made his way home. Usher had survived a previous attempt on his life and has been named in a number of violent crimes, […]
The Whylie Report on the investigation into the forty-two weapons that were stolen from the Belize Defence Force reveals a lack of security at the B.D.F. headquarters. The bulk store was not checked for twelve days in breach of established procedure. That is so because of changes in schedule and the person who was responsible […]
The construction at the Marion Jones Stadium continued today as normal; but the news is spreading in both Belize and Mexico that one of the contractors on the multimillion dollar project was brutally murdered on Monday night. Fifty-six year Luis Cano Carillo was shot at least eight times in the parking lot of El Pollo […]
The GSU conducted a raid at the apartment of Albert Talbert, also known as Cat, early this morning on Maskal Street in Belize City. Cat was seen disposing of a plastic bag which the GSU claims contained cannabis. The unit also found a small amount of cannabis in the apartment but their biggest find was […]
Police officer, Luciano Jaime Pena is before the courts for a charge that is not common in Belize. The complaint against Pena was made by his wife Ruby Pena, who found out that he also married Olga Leticia Guzman Vasquez. This morning the first witness to testify was Ruby, who has been married to Pena […]
Security at the headquarters of the B.D.F. was breached last week. It was a stunning revelation that has brought disrepute to the force. Forty-two weapons, including seven M-4 carbine rifles were stolen from the armory at the weapons bulk store and these are surely to end up in the dangerous streets. The date of the […]
A cruise ship tourist was busted with marijuana he allegedly bought after he arrived in the old capital. Twenty-two year old Tech Support employee, Irvin Ashante Conner, a US Virgin Islands national, was busted with one point two grams of marijuana when he was searched by police at the Belize Tourist Village. Around three this […]
Two men were today charged with Handling Stolen Goods in the courtroom of Magistrate Dorothy Flowers. They appeared separately, but both charges were in connection with the recent robbery at US Imports on Cleghorn Street. Thirty-eight year old taxi driver, Randolph Audinett, pleaded not guilty and was released on bail of one thousand, five hundred […]
The long list of murder statistics for this year has gone up by two and now stands at one hundred and eight. Two men were killed over the weekend, one in Orange Walk and the other in the City. In both cases the motives are unknown. A security guard was killed in a pre-dawn murder […]
In Belize City, where the homicides are at all time high, a resident of King Parks was walking his girlfriend home when he met his death in the deadly South Creek area. Karl Galvez was shot at close range to his chest on Saturday night. His mother received the dreaded call after ten o’clock and […]
In other violence in the city, a disc jockey is recovering from a stab wound to the abdomen. On Sunday, Mauricio Lemus was inside a taxi, when he had a misunderstanding with the driver, Wilson Galvez. While the vehicle was near Element Night Club on Newtown Barracks, an unidentified man who was in the front […]
Several cases of the sexual abuse of minors have been reported in the news recently. In Sarteneja, a U.S. national has been accused of sodomizing three brothers. And in Belize City a wife has accused her husband of attempting to rape their seven-year-old daughter. In both cases, the accused men have been remanded. But before […]
In court today, an associate of the Ghost Town Gang was charged in connection with a shooting incident that occurred on August tenth. Nine shots were fired at thirty-one year old Nelson Kareem Bowen, who was at his home on Sibun Street. He was fortunate to only be hit once on the thigh. Since then, […]
Around twelve-thirty this morning, police busted a vehicle with four parcels of marijuana on Vernon Street. A pick-up truck driven by San Ignacio resident, Leslie Grinage was stopped where police discovered the stash underneath the vehicle where the spare wheel is kept. Also travelling with Grinage at the time was nineteen year old Mario Cunil […]
The fate of twenty-two year old Arturo Ek, who was found guilty of murder in November 2007, remains in the hands of a panel of three Court of Appeal judges. Ek’s application follows a conviction and a subsequent life sentence which was handed down by Justice Michelle Arana in July of last year. The Corozal […]
