Two Belize City residents have lost thousands of dollars in valuables in separate burglaries. On Thursday, Ashley Myvette reported that between June twentieth and October sixth, while she was away, his house was burglarized. Thieves made off with an assortment of electrical power tools and a Sony brand stereo system. His total loss added up […]
The residents of Placencia Village are also being terrorized by burglars. In the past couple weeks, several businesses and homes have been broken into; some of them more than once. Many of the residents are a part of a Facebook group called Placencia Crime Watch and the reports of burglaries and failed attempts have been […]
Investigations are ongoing tonight into the scandalous heist at the B.D.F. compound at Price Barracks, Ladyville. Whether or not there was collusion, the robbery presents a huge embarrassment for the security forces and public confidence is waning. The arsenal of forty-two guns, including the M-4 Carbines and M-16s were jacked from two of five rooms […]
Some serious cash is missing from Wesley College and its finance officer is the prime suspect. According to police, Principal Brenda Armstrong filed the report that during the period of July tenth and September first, the Wesley College Atlantic Bank account was drained of sixty-five thousand two hundred and twenty-six dollars. It is also alleged […]
The mean streets of Belize City may have more to add to its arsenal, which already includes fragment grenades stolen from security forces. A cache of high-powered weapons has been stolen from the Belize Defense Force headquarters at Price Barracks in Ladyville. It’s a huge and brazen heist, in fact one of the biggest at […]
But in addition to a police investigation, the B.D.F. and its ministry is also offering the public a handsome reward for any information that can lead to the recovery of the weapons. Allen Whylie, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Defense says that the ministry will give thirty thousand dollars for the recovery of these […]
In another story that has become an embarrassment; the Belize Coastguard has confirmed that a skiff was stolen from its compound over the weekend. According to Acting Commander Elton Bennett, sometime around eleven pm on Sunday night, thieves went to the coastguard’s pier at the headquarters at mile three. The thieves swam toward the vessel […]
A few weeks ago we reported the brutal rape of a four year old girl for which no one has been charged even though she identified the perpetrator and the attempted rape of another minor allegedly by her father. Well tonight there are reports from the Corozal District that three minors, all siblings have been […]
Was it an inside job that caused thieves to pull off a daring midnight burglary at what should have been a highly guarded military compound? Not much has been confirmed, but despite military grade weapons, a successful heist of a Coast Guard vessel was pulled off at the Belize Coastguard Compound on Sunday night. While […]
Belize was blacklisted by the United States in September as one of the countries that play a major role in the transnational movement of drugs. The bad press continued today with an article in the Washington Post which describes Belize as a poorly defended country with sleepy port towns, mangrove swamps and jungle airstrips that […]
On Friday night we told you about the gruesome murder of an unidentified Hispanic man in the Stann Creek District. On October sixth, Dangriga Police responded to a feeder road at mile ten on a citrus farm on the Stann Creek Valley Road where they saw the lifeless body of fifty five year old Santos […]
Businessman, Wendelin Reimer, was violently attacked and killed in a broad daylight robbery last Friday afternoon. It is believed that three culprits were involved and today one suspect was arraigned for the Murder of the thirty-five year old owner of Eagle One Hardware Store. Twenty-four year old Nicholas Swazo was additionally charged with one count […]
A seventeen year old minor and nineteen year old Stephen Flowers were also charged with robbery today. The two allegedly held Justin Castillo at gunpoint on October second and stole his two hundred dollar beach cruiser bicycle. Flowers, who was found with the bike, was additionally charged with Handling Stolen Goods while the minor was […]
City gangs may be working on peace amongst each other but violent crime on productive citizens it appears is on the rise. On Wednesday night, a Sandhill store owner was gunned down during a robbery of his establishment and before one this afternoon; another businessman was murdered during a robbery of his store. Neighbors and […]
It is the start of the weekend, and unfortunately there is another murder to report, this time in the Stann Creek District. While details are still sketchy and police investigations are ongoing, News Five understands that the body of an unidentified Hispanic man was discovered with massive chop wounds to the head. The body was […]
The rate of murder in the Caribbean and Central America is near crisis point. And with today’s murders, the count for 2011 is now at one hundred and six. And while this number is alarming for Belizeans, a recent study entitled “Global Study on Homicide” ranks Belize as having the sixth highest homicide rate globally. […]
Eight persons were arraigned today on a slew of charges in connection to the midday robbery at the Farm Center on Tuesday. A seventeen year old minor, Mervin McDonald and Andrew Talbert were charged with two counts of robbery. That’s for stealing a wallet containing personal documents and twenty-five dollars in cash from Duane Humes […]
The Kevin Lee story is apparently more insidious than initially estimated. Lee is the well known acupuncturist who operated up to three massage parlors in the City. In late September reports of the secret videos of Lee’s clients began to circulate. It’s sex, lies and five to six thousand video files that were apparently on […]
But with a sea of video files on hand, the police department can’t necessarily identify everyone on the tapes or know if they want to complain about the recordings. And though there are well known personalities caught in various stages of undress, there are still countless others who are unsure whether or not they were […]
The unraveling of the six thousand or so video files in the Kevin Lee saga, is far from over. There were allegations that a computer technician or even security personnel may have been involved in an attempt to extort Lee for cash. News Five asked the Police Minister to comment. Jose Sanchez “Is there any […]
On Tuesday night shortly before seven-thirty forty–three year old businessmen, Ernesto Myvette was shot several times and killed at his establishment, “Myvette’s Shop” on the Maskall Road. Myvette was killed in what appears to have been a robbery when he was getting ready to close his store. The businessman’s nine millimeter licensed firearm is also […]
In court today, a mechanic was charged with Burglary and Handling Stolen Goods for allegedly robbing his neighbor. The victim is a businesswoman who was wiped out of over two thousand dollars worth of items. Twenty-two year old Douglas Flores Junior of Neal’s Penn Road pleaded not guilty to the charge of Burglary and secured […]
A barrage of bullets was unleashed on four persons on Monday night in Orange Walk Town. One died on the spot, two minors were injured and the other had just stepped away. The gunman simply walked into the house where the group was and fired as many as six shots. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports. […]
On Monday’s newscast News Five spoke to the grandmother of a seven-year-old girl who was sexually abused by her biological father. The child is still trying to cope with the incident and the Department of Human Services has spoken to the child’s family. The mother of the victim has two other daughters, and is also […]
There was a robbery in the city this afternoon. Shortly before two o’clock a trio of young men entered the Belize Farm Center on North Front Street where they jacked a pair of deliverymen, identified as Gladwin Penner and Wayne Humes, of a nine millimeter handgun. It was a brazen robbery on a busy artery. […]
