In other news, a sixteen year old minor left home with his father this morning and shortly after, ended up in the hospital. Father and son were heading to clean a yard, but made a stop at an abandoned house used as a hang out spot in the neighborhood. Within minutes a police patrol passed […]
In recent news, primary school children have taken the lead against crime in rallies and protests in the streets. But last night, three primary school students were injured in a shooting incident as they headed home on Antelope Street Extension. They were not the intended victims and were fortunate that the bullets caused only minor […]
There is one more report of police brutality. The mother of a Southside youth alleges that her son was targeted simply because they live in a crime prone area. According to Helena Alvarez, she found out from a neighbor that her son, eighteen year old Wilfred McDougal, was being beaten not far from home. Alvarez […]
Corporal Gavin Sanchez was killed back in March, nine bullets found their mark on him. It initially appeared like an open and shut case but not so. The office of the Director Public Prosecutions has determined that there is not sufficient evidence to press murder charges; we’ll have more on that later. But TaraLee, the […]
A young mother was viciously murdered because her friend wanted her baby; that’s as horrendous as it can get. It has been twelve days since her disappearance and murder but the body of Raylene Dyer has still not been found. Three men have confessed the gory details of how Dyer’s life was taken and are […]
There is a major break in the double murder of attorney Richard Stuart and his wife, Maria Stuart, a chartered accountant. They were viciously stabbed to death at around midnight on Saturday as they arrived home from a dinner. According to our sources, a former employee made a jailhouse confession. As we reported Tuesday night, […]
You’ve probably seen him directing traffic at the Cinderella Plaza or you may have heard him on the morning talk show circuit. Well, last Friday night Roy Craig, popularly known as “Bullet”, became a victim of the crime epidemic. Craig told News Five today that during the horrible experience he thought he would have been […]
There has been a rise in horrific crimes, but the following story is horrendous beyond belief. It is the first case that we know of locally and the details sound more like a Lifetime drama that depicts the moral decay to which our society has plunged. Raylene Dyer, a young mother who gave birth three […]
At news time tonight, a Guatemalan national is in custody for the brutal murders of Richard and Maria Stuart, who were viciously killed at around midnight on Saturday. While the Guatemalan has reportedly confessed to the murder, it is believed he did not act alone and police are looking for a second suspect. The Stuarts […]
The next story started out as just another burglary but turned out to be a comically botched up jacking. It happened, or should we say, started in Lord’s Bank Village at a house where the thieves broke in and ended up at the roundabout near the Belcan Bridge in Belize City with a high speed […]
Miriam Gillett was one of three prison officers who were ambushed and caught in a hail of bullets as they headed home from work at the Hattieville Prison on Friday night. While her co-workers remain hospitalized, Gillett did not survive the attack and died on the spot after a bullet found its mark on her […]
An American fugitive was arrested in San Pedro on October eighteenth. According to our friends at AmbergrisDaily.com, Ricardo Caveras was arrested during a joint operation between the San Pedro Police Department and the security officer from the U.S. Embassy. Apparently, Caveras has different arrests warrants pending in the United States under different aliases. While using […]
The news spread like wildfire, attorney Richard Stuart and his wife Maria were repeatedly stabbed at his home just before midnight on Saturday after a Bar Association dinner. Their murder was horrific and shocking. Stuart, a former magistrate who moved into private practice, was well known and highly connected in the United Democratic Party. His […]
Less than twenty-four hours before, there was a deadly assault on three prison employees while on their way home from work on Friday night. They were ambushed in a taxi near Hattieville with what is believed to be a high powered assault rifle. Miriam Gillett was killed on the spot; the two others are in […]
There’s another murder to report. Police have now confirmed that eighteen year old Raylene Dyer was murdered in the Cayo District. Dyer was killed on October eighth when she went missing and her body has still not been located. Four persons have been detained and arraigned including nineteen year old Aracely Cahueque of Corozal Town, […]
There was other violence over the weekend. Even before the Stuart and Gillette Murders, a shooting occurred at six-thirty p.m. on Friday. The victim was hit by a volley of fire by a gunman who rode towards him on bicycle. Luckily for him, the bullet caught his legs, arms and side. Leroy Card told News’ […]
Friday night’s third shooting incident occurred at nine-fifty-five on Mosul Street in Belize City. In less than five minutes three persons were shot during a botched robbery of PICAME Bar. According to the proprietor, Jose Santos, he was standing behind the bar when two persons entered wearing caps. One of the men jumped over the […]
There was an armed holdup at around ten thirty this morning at Eric’s Store on Bachelor Avenue in Belize City. According to the owner of the business, Guo Zhu, three youths entered, armed with guns and pointed the weapons at her and demanded money. The men stole an undisclosed amount of cash and two cell […]
The thirty-three Chinese passengers on the three flights that originated from Haiti in September and October have long left the country. There are two investigations being carried out; one by the police department and one by the Ministry of National Security. Six immigration officers have been arrested and charged. And according to the Prime Minister, […]
We reported in Thursday’s newscast that twenty-five year old Steve Parks was hospitalized after being shot in the head as he purchased food on Wednesday night. Parks’ sister, Pamela Baird, told News Five that he was clinging to life and had a thirty percent chance of survival, but he needed blood. His fight ended exactly […]
In other crime news, two armed men accosted an employee of Corozal businessman, Kishore Kumar. They shot him three times, once in the face, once in the right shoulder and upper back. The attack happened outside the home of his employer on Fourth Avenue in Corozal Town sometime after six on Thursday evening. And while […]
There was another attack on a business while our team was in Corozal today. It happened at Real Discount Store on Second Avenue at around eleven-fifteen this morning. Reports are that two youths rode up on bicycles, one with a gun and the other with a knife. They held up the sales clerk and took […]
Information about the suspected drug plane that landed near Sarteneja has still not made it to the police blotter. But Corozal police say that while their response to the area was not quick enough to intercept the aircraft, but they did detain five men in a vehicle carrying a fuel pump and a battery in […]
Is our national security at risk? We’ve reported on three planes that landed at night bringing thirty-two Chinese Nationals. Tonight we can report that another plane landed on Wednesday night in northern Belize, but unlike the three that came from Haiti, this one is believed to have unloaded cargo from South America. It is a […]
There were two shootings in the old capital in less than twenty-four hours, but luckily, none turned out fatal. The first, the more serious of the two, happened on Mahogany Street on Wednesday night and the other happened shortly after ten this morning between the Sister Clara Mohamed Primary School and Excelsior High School on […]
