In the other case, two businessmen faced similar charges for the sale of a vehicle without the proper procedures. Muhammad Hamze, a car dealer of Blue Marlin Boulevard, had to answer to two offences: Recklessly Dealing with Uncustommed Goods and Reckless Possession of a Vehicle for which the identification number was tampered With. That’s because […]
On Monday night we showed this picture in a story about Kareem Flowers who was shot as he walked on Dean Street on Sunday night. We have since been informed that the Kareem Flowers we showed was not the one injured in the shooting.
There are no murders to report tonight but there were three shootings over the weekend. Forty-seven year old Honduran national Miguel Marcia remains bedridden inside the recovery ward of the K.H.M.H. after being shot during a robbery attempt. Marcia, a local vendor, was on his way to catch a boat near the foot of the […]
The second weekend shooting also took place in the Old Capital, a stone’s throw away from the previous incident almost twelve hours earlier. Nineteen year old Clement Bol Junior, a construction worker and student of Gwen Lizarraga High School’s Evening Division, was shot on Saturday evening while walking along West Canal in the direction of […]
An eighteen year old has turned himself in for the murder of the reputed Kraal Road leader Raymond “Killa” Gentle. So who killed Killa? Well, the man in police custody is Corwin Bennett of Plues Street, and is believed to be a member of the George Street Gang. After several attempts on his life, Gentle […]
There was a brazen robbery in broad daylight this afternoon in the old capital. Prosser Fertilizer Company, situated at the corner of Hydes Lane and North Front Street in Belize City, is the latest business to be hit by armed robbers this week. At around two o’clock this afternoon two armed men entered Prosser brandishing […]
Police hauled in six persons on Thursday morning to face charges for firearm and ammunition offences. They are naturalized Belizeans, Alba, Marvin and Esdras Lopez, Mexican national Mario Augustine, Honduran national Jessika Lopez, and a seventeen year old minor. The group was arrested at Marvin’s house on the Western Highway following a police search at […]
Adolfo Manzanilla, an eighteen year old laborer of Ranchito Village in the Corozal District has been charged with the rape of a fifteen year old high school student. The minor was at the school grounds after classes earlier in the week, when she was approached by Manzanilla. He then allegedly forced her to the male […]
Early this morning, the body of forty-six year old Harris Gabourel was spotted on the old Northern Highway. Gabourel had been shot many times and the blood stains were still fresh on the road where his body was found. His grieving mother, a diabetic, says he was her caregiver. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports on […]
A student was raped at a high school up north. The fifteen year old student from Corozal Town claims that after classes on Tuesday, eighteen year old Adolfo Manzanilla approached and forced her into the school’s male bathroom and sexually violated her. The young victim was taken to the Corozal Hospital. Manzanilla’s presence on the […]
Tito “Pleck” Martinez was on the run since an attack on a couple in Punta Gorda on Sunday evening. Darlene Coleman and her common-law-husband, Jesus Bol, were surprised by Martinez, who reportedly stormed into their home, masked and armed with a nine millimeter pistol and a machete. Bol struggled with Martinez and was injured on […]
Esso New Road Service Station was jacked again on Monday by gun toting robbers. According to nineteen year old Bernardo Coc, a gas attendant, he and fellow co-worker Shane Alarcon were approached by two armed men at seven-thirty p.m. One of the assailants, who was dressed in a camouflage peak cap, a white T-shirt and […]
There were two shootings in the Old Capital in the past twenty-four hours. Shots rang out on Monday night at the usually quiet Belama community, across from the police sub-station on Chetumal Street. Just last week there was outrage from the area representative that the station has been closed since the end of last year. […]
In the other incident, a Belize City businessman is lucky to have survived a shooting this afternoon at the corner of Carnation Street and Western Avenue. Glenn Leslie of Leslie’s Sand and Gravel was shot in the abdomen and had to be rushed for medical treatment. According to police, two men pursued Leslie’s son and […]
He first made the news almost a year ago and it appeared that Detective Constable, Jermaine Mangar, an interdicted cop who has now moved from the City to live in Orange Walk, will remain in the headlines as he will now stand trial at the Supreme Court. The charge is an old one: Conspiracy to […]
A woman is claiming she was sexually assaulted by a high ranking officer of the Police Department. But apparently she doesn’t want to pursue the matter in court. The woman, an employee of the Ministry of Works reported the alleged attempted rape to Superintendent Sandra Bodden, at the Commissioner’s office. According to the statement, the […]
A couple in Punta Gorda was attacked on Sunday night and tonight Jesus Bol is hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. with chop wounds on his hand and minor injuries on his head. His common-law-wife Darlene Coleman, has charges of Attempted Murder and Rape pending in the Supreme Court against Tito Martinez, who is also known as […]
A burglary early on Sunday morning at Three Flags Supermarket at mile fifty nine on the Western Highway, ended in the death of the suspect. Paul Benjamin was a football player and his family is still in shock. They don’t believe he ever entered the building and allege that the scene was staged. While the […]
Twelve year old Janessa Jones was the first minor to be murdered this year, and since her body was retrieved from the sea last Wednesday, police investigations have not resulted in any arrests. The probe continues and so far Janessa’s mother and stepfather have twice been detained for questioning and released. Arlene Bainton, reported her […]
A Swedish visitor, staying at the Seaside Guest House in Belize City is tonight still shaken after she was robbed at gunpoint. Sofia Eva Hillstrom says she was approached by a single assailant, who pointed a firearm at her head and demanded her belongings. She handed over her purse, which contained cash and personal documents […]
A seventy-five dollar bicycle has turned out very expensive for twenty-one year old Enrique Alvarez, who admitted in court today that he stole it from Oscar Portillo. He pleaded guilty to a charge of Theft, saying that he jacked the bike because he needed money and intended to sell it. But now Alvarez must pay […]
Going into the weekend, there is great unease in the city where gang warfare has erupted. There were two shootings on Thursday night within minutes of each other. One turned out fatal for Trevor Trapp, the brother of Andre Trapp who was ambushed last year as he left the court in downtown Belize City. Trevor […]
Forty minutes before Trapp’s murder, a shopkeeper was shot inside his business. Shirong Mei, was at his shop at the corner of Prince Street and East Canal when he was shot by a customer. The customer came up to the barred window of the store and after placing his order, he shot twice at Mei. […]
The fifth murder victim for this year is from Carmelita in Orange Walk District. David Middleton left his common-law wife at work on Monday and did not return to pick her up. He was later found badly beaten and with six stab wounds. Middleton managed to talk to police before he slipped into a coma […]
A Belize City man was shot last night near his home. The victim forty-seven year old Clifford Eagan is a security guard at Fultec on Coney Drive. Eagan who lives on West Street may have been shot simply because he was walking near George Street, where retaliation was expected for the Raymond Gentle murder. Eagan, […]
