On Tuesday we reported on two cases of abuse against minors. Wilhelm Leslie was charged with sexual abuse of a young girl on Tuesday, and today, eighteen year old Andres Bailey was charged for an unnatural crime, dangerous harm, and aggravated assault upon a seven year old boy. The abuse was allegedly taking place since […]
Two businesses in the Cayo District were scammed with counterfeit Belizean currency in the past few days. The first report came from George Devassy, the owner of South Indian Restaurant in San Ignacio Town. Devassy says that at about nine p.m. on Monday night, two men entered the restaurant and purchased beers, paying with a […]
The National Basketball Team did not do as well as expected in Santo Domingo today where the Centro Basket games are taking place. The team squared off with it arch rivals from Mexico and we will have a full report of how that game went later in the newscast. But here on the home turf, […]
In the other case of sexual abuse against a minor, the child in question was reportedly the victim of a prolonged period of sexual abuse but in this instance the victim is a young boy. The incident first came to the attention of authorities when the boy was taken by a parent to a local […]
Thirty-three year old Phillip Anthony Barrera, a father of four, was shot and killed while he was on his way to the bus terminal at eight forty five on Sunday morning. Barrera would have caught a bus to Orange Walk where he would have spent the day with his four children and his four month […]
As we reported on Monday’s newscast that five persons were shot at about nine-forty-five on Saturday night. Eight women were sitting on Rosena Garoy’s resident at number four Banak Street, when Dennis Smith went over by the gate and spoke to one of the ladies. A short while later, three men on bicycles rode up […]
This past weekend, one man was murdered and many others were injured in the continued gun violence in the Old Capital. Philip Anthony Barrera was heading to the bus terminal on Sunday morning when a gunman rode up on bicycle and fired several shots hitting him on the jaw and rib cage. It proved deadly […]
But the previous night, on Saturday, there was other gun violence in the Old Capital. Eight women were in a yard at Banak Street when gunshots interrupted their discussions. Two of the women were injured and the gunmen rode on towards Zericote Street where more bullets were fired. Three persons were hit and police have […]
The violence was not confined to the city. There was a ruckus in Camalote Village and while fortunately it did not end fatally, the incident landed two brothers in the hospital. The confrontation involved two opposing groups of youths from the same village and was over an old beef involving a stick of weed. The […]
It is the only murder reported so far this week, and it happened in Cotton Tree Village, forty-two miles west of Belize City. The motive has not yet been established but police are leaning strongly toward a family dispute between the victim and an uncle. Family members say the Eleazar Enoch Barrientos was threatened repeatedly […]
Thousands of dollars have been reported stolen from Bella Vista Community. The Bella Vista Lots Committee reported the theft of over twenty thousand dollars after an internal audit was conducted. Salvador Ack, the chairman of the committee, reported that on June third, the committee held a meeting and requested that Fidel Maradiaga, the treasurer, present […]
Pallotti graduate, Neisa Pipersburgh was found dead on June nineteenth at Burdon Canal at Mile Six on the Western Highway; three days after she had gone missing. Police detained a few persons, but then released them after questioning. One of those detainees was a neighbour whose car was impounded. And while police have not come […]
Colin Lord had a close brush with death after he was shot to the head on June eighteenth. He underwent emergency surgery at the K.H.M.H. and was transferred to the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited where he was placed in an induced coma and doctors worked on a severe swelling on his brain. Today News Five […]
While the trade show went well, Saturday night’s dinner dance was aborted because of a murder that occurred at the South beach hotel. All the guests were evacuated and according to Minister Martinez and Honorary Consul Sylvestre Vega, everyone at the reception, while disappointed, were safe and sound. Anthony “Boots” Martinez, Minister of Works “While […]
There were no major crimes reported in the city over the weekend as tropical storm Alex breezed through Belize. But there was a mid morning shooting today that has left one man hospitalized in critical condition. It was a quarter to ten when thirty-five year old Ernesto Perez was approached by two gunmen while he […]
Dionicio Salazar, the twenty five year old man, who had been named in the brutal murder of Marlon Rivera and shooting of Dean Dougal, has been captured. Police caught up with Salazar on Thursday afternoon in Belize City following a tip to Crime Stoppers. The shooting occurred on June thirteenth in San Ignacio near the […]
In respect of another murder, a red Volkswagen Jetta remains impounded at the Queen Street Police Station pending the outcome of an investigation into the murder of a former Pallotti student. The day before Neisa Pipersburgh’s disappearance last Wednesday, her mother, Alice Williams, recalled seeing a heavily tinted car driving slowly past her residence on […]
Late this afternoon, police were reportedly processing a vehicle believed to have been linked to the murder of nineteen old Neisa Pipersburgh. The vehicle, a small red car, is being closely guarded at the police compound on Queen Street. The name of the owner will not at this time be disclosed pending confirmation but we […]
Twenty-eight year old Colin Lord tonight remains in an induced coma at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited after undergoing an extensive overnight surgery to reduce the swelling of his brain. He is hooked up to several medical apparatus including a life support machine and an IV to keep him alive after a near fatal shooting at […]
On the local front, there have been no charges brought so far in the abduction and brutal murder of Pallotti graduate Neisa Pipersburgh who disappeared from her residence in the Fabers Road area last Wednesday morning. Her body was discovered floating near the Burdon Canal Bridge on Saturday morning with what appeared to be multiple […]
The advanced state of decomposition in which the body of nineteen-year-old Neisa Pipersburgh was found made it difficult for forensic pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran to conclusively determine the cause of her death. Despite reports that signs of foul play were visible on the corpse, Estradabran was unable to say whether the former student was stabbed, […]
The other recent murder of thirty-eight year old Elbert Pope, a single parent and father of six, has also sent shockwaves through the cycling community. The veteran cyclist had no known enemies, or at least they were not aware of any danger to his life. At previous workplaces, however, it was believed he was being […]
One person remains in police custody after a string of fires in Placencia over the weekend. Since the suspect has not yet been criminally charged, his identity is being withheld but police on the peninsula say the fires are being investigated as arsons. Placencia villagers headed out for a night on the town on Saturday […]
It was a weekend of carnage; a well known cyclist was murdered in Belize City on Sunday night and a laborer was stabbed to death in Dangriga, we’ll have more on this later in the newscast. But on Saturday morning, Neisa Pipersburgh, who had gone missing since last Wednesday was found dead, she had been […]
The Pallotti High School prom was set for Saturday, the same day that Neisa’s body was found. It was a most painful and difficult time for the graduates and families. News’ Five Marion Ali reports on how her murder re-shaped prom night. Marion Ali, reporting Prom night for graduates who received their diplomas last Sunday […]
