And a cop believed to be a Belizean with the L.A.P.D. who allegedly owns a private security firm in Belize surrendered to U.S. authorities today after he was indicted for attempting to illegally export guns to Belize. Press reports in Los Angeles say that fifty year old Johnny Augustus Baltazar is the owner of Elite […]
An arrest has been made in the jacking of a businessman from Dangriga. While that appears to be good news, the family of the man who was arrested for the crime is crying foul. His wife and mother believe that the cops have confused him with someone else. Twenty-seven year old Wilbert Lopez, who works […]
Two gunmen robbed Tienda Melchor in a broad daylight heist at the corner of Mussel Street and Cemetery Road on October twenty third. The store keeper and bystanders saw the men escape in a red car. That is after placing a DVD player, two thousand dollars cash a pair of boots inside a “Winnie the […]
Employees and customers of the Transport Department were surprised by a brazen midday robbery. It was executed with precision at the West Collet Canal Offices. At least one of the robbers was wearing a mask. One policeman was badly beaten and an undisclosed amount of money was stolen in the robbery. News Five’s Jose Sanchez […]
There are disturbing details arising out of the recent murder of Hubert Tillett in a secluded area of Hattieville. Tillett was found in a dug out pool in his yard last Friday and initial reports were that he his throat was slit. There was little official information on the state of the body, but Tillett’s […]
There is an update with the other murder that occurred over the past weekend, thirty year old taxi driver Mario Chi was shot to the chest in front of his family. The homicide took place at Chi’s house in Santa Elena. From the onset, Anna Elizabeth Uck claimed her ex-husband had threatened to kill Chi […]
And in the west, a Santa Elena taxi driver was murdered in cold blood in front of his family on Sunday night and today the police are still searching for clues. Two persons of interest were initially detained for the fatal shooting of thirty year old Mario Chi. They are still in police custody being […]
The People’s United Party met on Saturday in San Ignacio and settled an agreement to transfer the ownership of Belize Times, Vibes Radio and Independence Hall to a trust to be administered by four trustees. After that meeting, we spoke to Party Leader, John Briceño about currently pressing issue. On the crime situation, Briceño feels […]
Two men were murdered over the weekend: one in Hattieville and the other in the twin-town of Santa Elena/San Ignacio. In Hattieville, a resident was found with his throat slit in a dug-out pool. In Santa Elena, a taxi driver was shot in front of his common-law-wife and her three children. She believes it is […]
The body of a Hattieville resident was found at the edge of dug out pool behind his home last Friday evening. Hubert Tillett lived in a secluded area about two and a half miles down the Dollar Bank Road. His wife and kids reside in the United States. Tillett was last seen by his brother […]
While the Hattieville home invasion turned fatal for a resident, a family not far away in Burrell Boom experienced a similar ordeal but was fortunate to survive. After one Saturday morning, a sixty-two year old Burrell Boom resident woke up to his home under siege and his wife and kids in danger. The businessman requested […]
In breaking news, News Five’s Duane Moody is just back from Hattieville where a body has been found in a swimming pool. At this early stage, police are treating this case as one of murder. The body has been identified as Hubert Tillett, a resident of the village. The discovery was made by his brother […]
And on St. Thomas Street this afternoon, there was a robbery and shooting. The manager of Diamond Entertainment was shot at by would be killers but he bravely fought them off and he escaped unscathed. It happened after two p.m. when two unmasked men rode up on bicycles and fired one shot. The man was […]
Before that robbery occurred two gunmen also robbed Tienda Melchor at the corner of Mussel Street and Cemetery Road. It happened close to one in the afternoon while the streets were busy with pedestrians and students. There were at least three persons in the store at the time. According to one of the victims two […]
Also in the west, Belmopan police have still not filed any charges against anyone for the murder of Roaring Creek resident, Brandon Jones. Jones had gone to a house not far from where he lived in the village, reportedly to settle a score over an old beef. But that did not go as planned and […]
Belize has been dubbed murder capital number one because of the per capita murder rate. On October fifth to the ninth, Channel Five’s Open Your Eyes dedicated a week’s program to the burning issue of violent crime. Another organization is joining the effort to address the crime crisis. The Belize Association of Principals met today […]
A Belizean has been found dead in neighboring Chetumal. His body was found on Sunday afternoon in a pool of blood and had multiple wounds. According to reports in the Mexican press, a woman spotted the body near a business named “Flores Magicas” located on Heroes and Lazaro Cardenas avenues. Mexican authorities say the driver’s […]
A shooting at Roaring Creek Village has left two men hospitalized. Sometime around eleven this morning, twenty-seven year old Dane Matute and eighteen year old Errol Gabourel were both in the Another World Area in the village resting after playing basketball when several shots were fired towards them from nearby bushes. Matute received injuries to […]
Chicago police have a half kilo of heroin in their possession and it might be linked to Belize. Thirty-seven year old U.S. citizen, Ryan Jaime, was busted with the package on Tuesday and was arrested in Country-Club Hills. The drugs were wrapped in plastic and hidden between two children’s books and a photo album, with […]
Meanwhile, the recent death of a prisoner, which initially had indications of a suicide, is now being determined otherwise. The inmate was found hanging inside his cell on October ninth. A post mortem examination has revealed that prison inmate, Alfonso Ek, was murdered by manual strangulation. Ek was in prison since 2005 for maim and […]
A small wooden home in the Saint Martin’s De Porres Area was gutted in an early morning blaze. The neighborhood was engulfed with smoke during the morning commute. The fire is being tagged as arson and that is because, the owner’s common-law wife, with whom he has been living for more than thirty years, reportedly […]
Turning to the dangerous city streets, a minor was shot last night in the old capital. Seventeen year old Kenrick Longsworth, a resident of Castle Street, was hanging at the corner of Castle and Pitts Alley when according to his mother; he was shot at by an assailant known as Mister T. The bullet missed […]
It is getting apparent that burglars are getting more abrasive and their new trend is to invade while the victims are still inside. In Tuesday’s newscast we reported on a home invasions in San Pedro and another in Hattieville where an elderly Canadian woman was also raped. Two African men living in Belize City were […]
One bit of good news that got lost in the voluminous number of court stories, is that Corozal police have made a major break in the case of Javier Castillo’s murder. Castillo, a former U.D.P. Councillor and at the time of his death, was teaching at Escuela Mejico, was laid to rest this past Saturday. […]
The defense attorney for the Belizean who was charged Tuesday with the attempted murder of a fellow student of the University of California, Los Angeles spoke about the case today. Defense Attorney Robin B. Berkovitz was assigned to defend twenty year old Damon Thompson. She said “There is a lot of information that has yet […]
