George Carr Junior brought in the New Year recovering from stab wounds after he was attacked in the wee hours of December thirty-first. After eleven days of police investigations, two men were charged this morning with Attempted Murder, Grievous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. They are twenty-four year olds Leo Palacio Junior […]
The Ladyville community is still in shock as it grieves the murder of twelve year old school girl, Janessa Jones. The body of the child was pulled out of the sea near Mile Four on the Northern Highway before noon on Wednesday. The young girl had multiple fractures on the skull and abrasions on her […]
Raymond “Killa” Gentle, the reputed boss of Kraal Road was gunned down at a construction site in a congested neighborhood where at least twenty children reside. There had been previous attempts on his life, but on Wednesday afternoon, he did not survive the hail of bullets that hit him on the chest. He was rushed […]
There are two murders to report tonight and both of them are leaving more unease because of who they are. The body of a missing twelve year old girl was found at about midday and just before news time tonight, the boss of Kraal Road was shot and killed. Raymond ‘Killa” Gentle, was overseeing the […]
The other homicide involves a twelve year old girl whose mother appeared on our newscast on Tuesday night. Janessa Jones went missing on Monday and today her body was retrieved from the sea in the area of Mile four and a half on the northern highway. Marion Ali was at the scene and has this […]
A week ago a woman was raped at her house in the northern Belize District. Her three children were also at home when the heinous incident allegedly occurred. Tonight there is a suspect in police hands. He is thirty-eight year old watchman, Carlos Matura, of Antelope Street who was arraigned for Rape and Aggravated Burglary […]
Restore Belize was established in June 2010 as a crime reduction initiative to operate from the Office of the Prime Minister. The program became necessary since violent crime has been consistently increased over the past decade. A workshop to formulate a strategy has been underway all week and it is being attended by the Minister […]
Police confiscated a considerable amount of weed in an operation by the Gang Suppression Unit this morning. The officers searched a house on Rivero Street in Belize City, which is occupied by twenty-seven year old Russell Dougal. What they found was almost four pounds of suspected cannabis. The stash of weed was well concealed which […]
We asked Minister of Police, Doug Singh, to comment on the matter and he says Boutz cannot expect special treatment just because she is a tourist. “I am not aware of the details of the case. It is something that I am going to get up on. It is my understanding from the information I […]
Nine days into 2011, the first murder occurred over the weekend in the city. The victim is well known to the law and was gunned down a minute’s walk from his house. Michael Malic had stopped to buy cigarettes when he was ambushed and at least sixteen bullets found their mark on him. Malic survived […]
Late this afternoon, both the Fire and Police Departments headed to West Landivar where a boat was on fire. The signs all point to arson and according to boat owners, other vessels moored in the area have been targeted. But why and by whom? There is some speculation, yet no one has been held responsible. […]
Once, twice, and now for the third time, Brandon Smith and Edwin Flowers are facing charges for Randy Coye’s murder. Smith and Flowers were initially charged along with Leon Gray, Deshawn Mena and Kenroy Humes in October 2009, but they were all released in July 2010 by Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. A week later, all […]
In other news, four months after the murder of Carlos Espat, police picked up Nicaraguan National Sylvio Espinoza on Monday. Today he was arraigned for the Murder of forty-seven year old Espat, who was bludgeoned to death on September fourth. Espinoza is said to have known Espat for some time and had been to his […]
Four months after the former educator and political scientist, Carlos Espat, was found dead at his apartment at the corner of King and Albert Streets, police today made an arrest. The suspect is twenty-two year old Sylvio Espinoza, a Nicaraguan national who lives in Belize City. Espat was found dead in his bathroom on September […]
Police detained three men at the close of 2010 for the murder of Nigerian taxi driver, Francis Chukwu. After a weekend in lockdown, Kendal Green, Egbery “Eggie” Daly and Jermaine “Bow Foot” Zuniga, were arraigned today. They appeared unrepresented before Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer where they were jointly read a single charge of Murder. It’s […]
The New Year got off to a rocky start for a Belize City couple; forty-nine year old Sherland Sanker and fifty-two year old Conrad Dougal. It’s so bad that Dougal ended up before a Magistrate today to face charges of Aggravated Assault and Grievous Harm. According to Sanker, she went to visit Dougal on New […]
Women moving several pounds of weed; it’s not a usual occurrence but that was the case down south on Friday afternoon. Punta Gorda police were tipped off by one of their own who saw Thomasia Rash entering a James Bus, on the Southern Highway, carrying bags believed to be used to transport drugs. The bus […]
Police believe they have the man who pulled the trigger on Francis Chukwu, a Nigerian taxi driver, who had moved to Belize with his kids to better his life. Kendale Greene aka Gentle, a Belize City tour guide, is being processed for Chukwu’s murder. That was earlier today. But late this evening, thirty-one year old […]
Four persons were taken into police custody on Thursday night after a police search led to the discovery of almost a quarter pound of suspected cannabis at a house on Neal’s Pen Road. What caught our attention in this story is that one of the persons arrested and charged is a thirteen year girl. She […]
In an update to the murder of thirty-two year old Patrick Kerr, the results of a post mortem certify that the cause of his death was Acute Pulmonary Edema, due to multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. Kerr was gunned down as he waited to have a hair cut at a barber on […]
Five men were detained following a burglary on November twenty-sixth, but the man believed to be the mastermind, managed to escape from custody. Since then, Nelson Peters has been on the run but Ladyville police caught up with him on Monday. Today he appeared in court to be charged for the Burglary along with the […]
There were one hundred and three murders in 2008 and the country cried out against the spike in violence. Well this year the criminals outdid themselves and that record was long surpassed. With one day to go in 2010, there are one hundred and thirty murders on record. As always, the majority of the carnage […]
Nigerian taxi driver, Francis Chukwu, was one of five persons murdered over the Christmas weekend. The cab driver was killed by a single gunshot and his body was found in his taxi in the area of the Lord Ridge Cemetery. But who would want him dead? That’s a question that remains a mystery to his […]
Benque Viejo police are reviewing video tapes taken from a surveillance camera installed near the Mount Carmel Credit Union that may be able to determine the thieves who broke into the institution over the holiday weekend. The tapes, we have learned, show more than one person entering the premises. The thieves broke the padlock on […]
In the courts, a twenty-one year old Belize City tour guide who allegedly preyed on a sixteen year old student was arraigned today. The charges relate to an incident on the night of December twenty-seventh when Edward Lizama allegedly attacked the young girl near the Cumberbatch Field in the Yarborough area. The minor claims Lizama […]
