The crime situation in Belize has many residents constantly looking over their shoulders in fear that their lives would be washed away in the indiscriminate wave of bloodshed that now runs through the streets. Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jeffries a few days ago made a presentation to the Rotary Club of Belize addressing the effects […]
The autopsy of slain police corporal Gavin Sanchez was conducted this afternoon at the K.H.M.H. morgue. Of the number of bullets which penetrated Sanchez’s body during the shooting on Thursday morning at the police precinct at San Pedro, one proved to be fatal. News Five spoke with Tara Li Sanchez, wife of the deceased officer, […]
In other news about crime, an overnight burglary at the Central American Health Science University near the Boom cutoff inconvenienced some sixty students who gathered inside the lecture hall today for a seminar on forensic medicine. The theft of a safe containing cash and legal documents has also set back the university. It is believed […]
Five days after the armed robbery at the Social Security office on Princess Margaret Drive, the Board issued a press release on the incident. And the amount the Board is saying the two thieves got away with on Monday when the incident occurred was far less than the media has reported. In fact, SSB’s figure […]
And in Belize City, the violence continued today when a fruit vendor who was working to earn an honest living was attacked by someone who instead wanted easy money. Thirty-six year old Honduran national Alfred Martinez was selling fruits in the Southern Foreshore area at about twelve-thirty this afternoon and had just left Continental Airlines […]
Four days after it was held up and robbed, the Social Security Board has still not released the exact amount of money they were relieved of on Monday afternoon. But as News Five reported on Wednesday, we have been reliably informed that the thieves made off with around four hundred and fifteen thousand. We understand […]
Murders, they have become the norm in the City Streets, and they are now becoming as frequent in daylight. Just before nine o’clock this morning, the life of twenty-three year old Fredrick Flowers was cut short when he was hit by a barrage of bullets in a dangerous area of Bagdad Street. The Jane Usher […]
Not only are daylight murders becoming common, but daylight robberies are also on the rise. Earlier this week we reported on the robbery of the Social Security funds from its offices on Princess Margaret Drive and last week on the robbery of Doony’s on Albert Street. It is so dangerous that not even security cameras […]
The official amount stolen in the Monday afternoon hold-up at the Social Security office in Belize City has still not been released, neither by police or the Social Security office. But News Five has received reliable information that the total taken in that heist was around four hundred and fifteen thousand dollars in cash and […]
Belize City may be deemed murder capital but even the idyllic and peaceful La Isla Bonita is facing a crime wave. Over the recent weeks several incidents have marred the reputation of San Pedro, the top tourist destination in Belize. Last night two separate stabbing incidents were added to the growing list of criminal activities. […]
The Social Security Board was jacked just before the close of business on Monday afternoon. The heist, carried out by two armed gunmen who held up the SSB offices on Princess Margaret Drive, is still baffling the police. As News Five reported, the two culprits entered the building through a back door and approached two […]
A man lies critically wounded after he was shot on Monday night in Belize City. The incident occurred around nine o’clock near the complex building in Lake I. Police Press Officer, Sgt Fitzroy Yearwood says that the weapon has been recovered. In the meantime the shooting victim is fighting to stay alive at the Karl […]
Late this afternoon, the latest robbery was reported. It took place at the offices of Social Security Board in the city. The thieves were on time for the mid month payments that follows pay day. News Five’s Marion Ali has the details on the most recent robbery of a yet undisclosed amount of money. Marion […]
An international conman who was caught in Belize last year February was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday. Forty-four year old Milos Gaspar received his current sentence in Kansas but he has left traces of his deceit across the entire Atlantic Ocean. His modus operandi was to rent a mobile home or a […]
There has been a spate of shootings over the past week and the cry of excessive force being used by officers has been tremendous. O’Neil Anthony Jones was shot by an officer on February fourteenth while riding his bicycle near a bar in Lord’s Bank. And on Saturday March sixth, Elmore Neal was shot by […]
Despite the promises of implementation of the Harold Crooks report and recommendations coming from the police department, no tangible evidence of the success of any plan has been forthcoming and the violence continues to spread. The blood from over a dozen reported recent shootings in the old capital alone and three shooting deaths, have been […]
A daring mid-afternoon robbery by two thieves who stole a service weapon from an Atlantic Bank security officer was thwarted when one of the assailants got shot on the left hand. His partner in crime was quickly apprehended by Belize City police. The two had fled the scene when they were stopped dead in their […]
Glenford Matura was gunned down on Wednesday morning just before eight and tonight Belize City police are seeking two suspects in connection with his murder. It is reported that twenty-nine year old Matura, a laborer of Central American Boulevard, was shot multiple times on Euphrates Avenue while he was on the job as a sanitation […]
Eighteen-year old Elmore Neal was killed on Saturday afternoon in broad daylight. His death is still mired in controversy because it involved a police officer. Neal was fatally shot a stone’s throw away from the home of his friend, twenty-nine year old Glenford Matura, who was targeted next. As many were heading to the workplace […]
There have been eleven shootings in eight days in the City streets. The latest was on Tuesday night when Elvis Bevans was shot twice to his left leg and foot. Bevans was riding his bicycle on Neal Pen Road in the direction of Kraal Road when he was approached from behind by a male person […]
The murder and shooting were followed by an armed hold up on Albert Street. The thieves in downtown Belize City were brazen enough to carry out their deeds just before the busy lunch hour. Doony’s was the target once more. While the three culprits could not put their hands on any cash, they did rob […]
The post mortem examination on the body of a customs officer who died while in police custody in Orange Walk Town has concluded and it doesn’t offer much to the ongoing investigation into his death. Twenty-eight year old Mathias Duran died from a fractured skull due to a blow to the head. He was laid […]
Police were on alert over the past extended weekend but still the criminals ruled the streets. There were two murders, many shootings, one which ended fatally at the hands of the cops and still yet a sudden and bizarre death of a customs officer while in police custody. We start first with a report from […]
While the Duran family claims Matthias died due to police negligence, in Belize City another family is grieving the loss of a loved one who died after he was shot in broad daylight by the cops. The police claim one of their own pulled the trigger in self-defense but the family says Elmore Neal was […]
Turning to the weekend’s homicide’s, Jeffery Martindale Kelly was shot at least seven times on Monday night while he stood at the corner of Prince Street and the canal side near Deng’s store. He lived for the past eleven years at a popular home in the neighborhood known as ‘Wax House’ along with friends who […]
