Another person says she can corroborate Thomas’s reports. That’s Bood’s mother, Estell Rhaburn, who was visiting on the same night of the alleged abuse. She told News Five that she heard the commotion in her daughter’s room. Estell Rhaburn, Witnessed Police Brutality “Afta bout five or seven minutes soh I hear wah lotta noise dah […]
He’s been a wanted man for some time and last night they almost got him. Twenty-seven year old Edward Lord Jr. whose notoriety dates back to the gangland slaying of George ‘Junie Balls’ McKenzie in August 2007 is tonight hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after being shot in the face on Thursday night. Reports are that […]
Before news time this evening Operation Jaguar was in full effect. Several officers pulled up on the intersection of New Road with Victoria and Pickstock Streets. Although the area wasn’t covered in crime scene tape, it attracted dozens of residents. The officers allowed residents to continue on their way and there didn’t seem to be […]
The story behind the killings of two Belizean wanted men who were linked to the Scotiabank robbery in March of this year is still under investigation. The men, Alexander Edwards and Benjamin Peters, were reportedly onboard a bus in San Pedro Sula, Honduras when they were killed. A third man, Gabriel Salazar, who was wanted […]
At news time tonight, there are two suspects in the latest homicide which took the life of BeJohn Martinez. The twenty-five year old was found clinging to life near the Haulover Bridge this morning with a gunshot to his head. He was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he expired shortly after. Martinez […]
On Tuesday night we reported on an alleged incident in which Belizeans may have been killed in Honduras. According to reports, three men who were detained in connection with a robbery of Scotiabank’s Spanish Lookout Branch back on March thirtieth were caught up in the incident. The three men identified as Juan Salazar, Benjamin Peters […]
They’ve been targeted a few times previously and on Tuesday night thieves again paid a visit to the offices of National Transport at two and three quarter miles on the Western Highway. The robbers were quick and precise and the incident lasted less than two minutes. It happened shortly after eight before employees were preparing […]
There’s one more day to end September, the deadliest month so far this year and before it does another homicide has been added to the long and growing list. In fact, 2010 is likely to have the distinction of the year with the highest number of murders the country has ever seen. With three months […]
A twenty-six year old deportee who left the jewel some fifteen years ago was found lifeless over the weekend. Sherlock Syfox has been back in Belize for ten months, but on Sunday morning his body was fished out of the sea in the Southern Foreshore area. But is his death a case of murder? His […]
There have been widespread allegations of police brutality that some people believe the abuse is now institutionalized. The most recent case is so shocking that it pales in comparison to other reports. The victim is a pregnant woman whose common-law-husband alleges that Judith Bood miscarried his child after she was accosted by three police officers. […]
The computers were stolen from Youth for the Future, which is situated near the Bel-China Bridge and just about a hundred yards from the couple’s home. Seven Dell brand flat screen computers along with a microwave oven were taken by thieves, who broke into the building sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning in the […]
At least two Belizeans have been killed in Honduras. The two were wanted in connection with the brave March thirtieth armed robbery at the Scotiabank branch in Spanish Lookout and are said to be dead tonight after they were shot and killed in an armed bus robbery. Reports to our newsroom are that Benjamin Peters […]
Last week’s robbery of Palm Island netted thieves thousands of dollars. The cash and stolen items were not recovered and no arrests have been made. And over the weekend the robbers struck again, this time they targeted a customer. According to fifty year old Lance Bernard, at nine-thirty p.m. on Saturday, he left his 2002 […]
Was a twenty-three year old deportee murdered? That’s what police are trying to determine. This weekend, the high tide in Belize City did not only wash sea water and debris closer to the mainland; on Sunday morning, the lifeless body of a Belize City man washed up on Southern Foreshore. It was partially decomposed and […]
Last Friday, the debate often got testy in the House of Representatives. There were nine bills that were tabled and passed; three of them dealt with the pressing crime situation. Because of the volume of news, we did not report on the Families and Children Bill which extends the categories of circumstances in which the […]
Since the beginning of the month the Belize Police Department has kicked into overdrive embarking on a series of joint operations to tackle crime in the city. Information from the department is difficult to come by at times but today an update was issued to the media of operations undertaken primarily by Eastern Division. Various […]
Thirty-three year old Michael ‘Crazy’ Arnold, an accused rapist of Mitchell Estate area in Ladyville, is in the Remand Section of the Central Prison after being fingered for a number of sexual assaults over the past week. Arnold, who already had several offences before the court, was additionally charged on Wednesday with aggravated assault of […]
We reported in Wednesday’s newscast that a Belize City resident was shot several times at about five p.m. on Gibnut Street. According to an eyewitness, Abdul Theus was arguing with another male prior to the shooting. The assailant described as wearing a purple and white cap, white shirt and blue pants, was walking along with […]
On Wednesday we reported on the early morning robbery of Palm Island Club and Restaurant located at a mile on a half on the Northern Highway in Belize City. The details have just come to light. The club’s owner, thirty nine year old John Paul Curly said that at three-forty-five a.m. on Wednesday, he was […]
The night of the twentieth as well as Independence Day went without any reported violent incidents. But the quiet did not last for long. Just before news time this evening, a man was shot in Belize City. It happened at about five-thirty on Gibnut Street near its intersection with Roger’s Stadium. Abdul Theus was caught […]
No one is spared from the hands of criminals, not even the house of God. A thief or thieves broke into the Wesley Church on Albert Street and made away with a number of wall fans. The burglary was discovered this morning and indications are that a small person gained access through a broken window. […]
While the burglary of the church occurred in the absence of its congregation, a popular nightclub was also robbed shortly after the last of its flock went home early this morning. After a successful night of its French Kiss dance, three masked men barged into the Palm Island nightclub. After five this morning, the gunmen […]
Only two weeks ago, a heinous triple murder was reported in Carmelita Village, one of the victims was a fourteen year old boy whose parents were also killed. Tonight there is a double homicide of two minors to report also in the Orange Walk District. The two were killed at around one o’clock on […]
Police have now clarified that aside from being attacked with machetes, the victims were also shot behind the head. It has also been established that the eight attackers, who were dressed in camouflage clothing and armed with rifles, went to the ranch and assaulted the three victims after midday. Police Press Officer Fitzroy Yearwood says […]
There are two other murders to add to the grim statistics. At nine-thirty on Sunday morning, the body of a minor was discovered in a drain at Lord’s Bank. His head was wrapped with a red shirt and his feet were placed in a white nylon bag. Rene Alfaro was last seen on Saturday night […]
