The carnage over the holiday weekend was unabated. The year has not yet ended but it is the most murderous in history; a record number of one hundred and thirty murders make up the long list of victims of violence. Between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, five murders were added to the depressing statistics. We […]
In the Old Capital, where the number of murders is the highest, two men were fatally shot. Patrick Kerr was a regular on the streets and in the courts. His past misdeeds came back to haunt him when his life was taken within hours of Christmas. On Boxing Day, a Nigerian who had just moved […]
It was the countdown to Christmas and many were busy winding down preparations. But in Orange Walk, the fourth and fifth horrific murders interrupted the festive weekend. In the first case, Reginald Rowley was bludgeoned to death at his home by his step-son, twenty-one year old Amir Dominguez of San Jose Village, Orange Walk, who […]
In other crimes, San Pedro, police are investigating a report that a young boy was sodomized. It is disturbing enough that a grown man sexually abused the young boy, but what’s worse is that child is mentally challenged. The boy was allegedly picked up in a taxi on the island and was taken to a […]
Two men, who robbed the driver of a Coca Cola delivery truck and the owner of a Ladyville business, spent the holidays at the Queen Street lock-up. The duo, Wababa Noralez, of Caesar Ridge Road and Roger Bowen of Kraal Road, appeared before Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb McKenzie this morning. They were charged with robbing […]
Between the close of business last Thursday and reopening time this morning, the Mount Carmel Credit Union in Benque Viejo Del Carmen was Burglarized. The thief or thieves gained access into the building by forcing open a burglar bar door and damaging a glass door. They helped themselves to a generous Christmas gift in cash […]
Thirty-nine year old Godwin Santos, a resident of Ontario Village, was today formally charged with a single count of murder in the Belmopan Magistrate‘s Court. On Wednesday night during a wake, Santos stabbed Justin Jones once to the neck, in front of a number of mourners. Jones is the son-in-law of Joan Sutherland, who you […]
Christmas is the time for giving but one Mahogany Heights resident just wants back what is rightfully his. Carlos Cawich bought a Ford Ranger a little over a year ago, but one morning, he woke up and realized that his truck was stolen. According to Cawich, all he wants for Christmas is his 97 Ford […]
Joan Sutherland is a fierce and outspoken member of Belizeans for Justice. In fact she is a founding member of the group because she sought justice when her eighteen year old son, Allen, was killed over a video game, but the accused walked free. Just past midnight, tragedy struck again for Sutherland. A wake for […]
When the receivers moved in on the Novelo brothers, Tony and David, their assets were repossessed for unpaid debts. A vehicle driven by Tony’s girlfriend thirty-four year old Yasmin Villanueva, was taken on November thirtieth as part of the properties belonging to National Transport. Villanueva, a businesswoman of Cemetery Road, says that she had parked […]
A most twisted and unusual case came up today before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers. Businessman Albert Flowers and the sixteen year old nephew of Tony Chamas were arraigned for Attempted Suppression of Evidence. That’s because Flowers’ sixteen year old son is facing charges for allegedly robbing Chamas. And as strange as it seems, Chamas’ teenaged nephew […]
Shoppers are getting their last minute Christmas goodies but the thieves are just as busy. After two this afternoon, two youths went to the Saint Joseph’s Parish office and held up the secretary, Jane Palacio, with guns. The thieves then stole one thousand eight hundred dollars in cash, which were the salaries of office employees. […]
Two hours before closing time on Wednesday Marva’s Restaurant on Water Lane in Belize City was targeted by three thieves. The men rode up on bicycles and two went into the restaurant while the third stood watch outside. One of the assailants who went inside was armed with a gun, which he pointed at the […]
There’s a new allegation of cops overstepping their bounds. On Saturday, a Chinese business store was allegedly robbed in Dangriga and police say they apprehended one of the robbers shortly after the report was made. He has been identified as eighteen year-old Glenford Castillo, a resident of Dangriga who was released from the Southern Regional […]
The violence extended to the capital where an old beef escalated into total mayhem between two feuding families at the Maya Mopan Community. Two houses were set on fire and four persons were injured, including a woman whose arm was mutilated and is still hospitalized. Another person is clinging to life. When News Five’s Delahnie […]
In San Ignacio, Herman Morris was murdered sometime Friday night. The CGA financial controller was found dead in his vehicle just outside his home, by his housekeeper. The murder has been a particularly shocking one for the community and a post mortem has confirmed that Morris had a brutal death. He died from exsanguinations, which […]
On Monday night we reported on a particularly violent weekend; three persons were murdered in the City, San Ignacio and Dangriga. At press time tonight, Dangriga police are questioning two persons in connection with the homicide of a US national who was stabbed to death in her house. Her body was discovered at around nine […]
Turning to crime, there’s been turmoil in the Citrus Industry for months and tonight the industry is beset by a heinous murder. Herman Morris, financial controller for the Citrus Growers Association was found murdered early on Saturday morning. Morris worked in the Pomona Valley for the past nine months but lived San Ignacio. Morris left […]
The other murder was in the city. ‘Break Dance’ as he was known, was killed on Sunday night. There are no motives at this time but the news of the death is still shocking to the family of the victim. Sunday started as the typical day of rest for most Belizeans including the Gabourel and […]
Police are investigating yet another death and the victim is a US national who lived in the Stann Creek District. Police say that the body of fifty-six year old Miriam Shimi was discovered around nine this morning inside her bedroom in Sittee River Village. From what we know, Shimi’s death is being treated as a […]
But prior to Sunday night’s murder another Belize City man was shot. Although Break Dance died from one gunshot, the second victim was shot about five times on Saturday night. Believe it or not, he survived that shooting incident. According to reports, twenty-eight year old Alvin Cumberbatch, a security guard, was standing at the entrance […]
A coronary inquiry into the death of Mark “T-Dog” Stuart, concluded today and after two hours of deliberation the jury could find no one responsible for the killing. The stunning decision comes seven years after Stuart was shot twenty-seven times at close range by prison officers on August twentieth, 2003. The inquiry didn’t start until […]
The accused is Peter King, the ex common-law husband of Leslie Garcia, is also the father of her two children. The murder of Argentina is a shocking blow to the family. It’s a sobering sidebar on the violence that has gripped our country which we know is no longer limited to gangs. News Five spoke […]
A Santa Elena man is in trouble with the law tonight after a fifteen year old student reported that they had been having sexual relations. The minor claims she met on December thirteenth Carlos Chuc at Delicious Chinese Restaurant in San Ignacio, where talked for a while and then he took her to Riverside Hotel […]
At the top of our newscast tonight is a most unusual homicide; it happened on Monday night. The suspect is the son-in-law of the victim and a well known chef in the Ladyville area. Peter King is expected to be charged for the murder of Argentina Arevalo Garcia, a resident from Indian Church Village. Arevalo […]
