Police have not been able to crack the murder of Lorleen Young at La Isla Carinosa. And tonight they have another case in their hands at neighbouring La Isla Bonita. Eudenia Eiley turned forty-one on Sunday, but her birthday was not a very happy one. On Saturday morning Eiley became the victim of a home […]
Still there is another home invasion, but this one ended in rape of a retired woman in a secluded area of Hattieville. A Canadian woman and her husband living for some time in the Freetown Sibun Area of the village, was the victim of the horrible sexual crime. The incident happened around two on Monday […]
Closer to home in Belize City, Monday night turned deadly for twenty-seven year old Eddie Neal, who was killed by at least two assailants on Central American Boulevard. Neal has been in trouble with the law on previous occasions and is known to have a beef with a Kraal Road gang. News Five’s Jose Sanchez […]
According to the Associated Press, a Belizean residing in the United States is being held for the brutal slashing of a University of California, Los Angeles student in a chemistry lab. The incident happened last Thursday and the assailant is identified as another U.C.L.A student, Damon Thompson, who moved to the U.S. about two years […]
A forty year-old woman of Belize City was raped last Wednesday on Chancellor Street and tonight police say investigations into the sexual crime has led them to arrest of a well-known city man. Twenty five year old Kareem Williams, who has been in trouble with the law on numerous occasions, was this morning charged with […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you about the passage of a bill to allow for witnesses statements to be admitted in court. It is intended that the legislation will secure convictions to reduce the horrifying levels of crime. On Thursday, News Five sat down with the Minister of National Security, Carlos Perdomo to get […]
Hundreds of Caye Caulker residents marched across the island today against the recent spate of violent crimes. The small island is known for its tranquility and charm that attracts tourists, but the residents fear that it is also drawing criminal elements to its shores. Duane Moody joined the march on La Isla Carinosa and has […]
The parole system of the Kolbe Foundation has come under attack because of a recent case against Barry Robinson. He was charged on Tuesday for allegedly attacking and robbing a nurse and was granted bail even though he is a parolee. That bail did not take effect because the parole unit ordered that Robinson be […]
And Carlos Keme is back on Belizean soil and in the custody of Orange Walk police. He was caught by Mexican authorities at the bordering community of Subteniente Lopez and held for the murder of Karina Daniels, who was found dead by primary school students in the center of town last Friday. Keme allegedly told […]
Turning to a constant in the newscast; violence. There was another home invasion early this morning in Belize City. A man reportedly entered the home of a fifty-two year old woman and viciously assaulted her. The woman was beaten on the head and face with a piece of wood and then she was sexually assaulted. […]
Since this morning Jason Cain, a gunshot victim, has been in the post anesthetic and recovery ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after undergoing surgery. He was shot to his chest, arm and leg on Tuesday night in front of his home on Cairo Street. A witness to the shooting told News Five today […]
Police are trying to decipher how twenty year old Randy Coye was shot dead at the Lord Ridge Cemetery last Friday without anyone hearing the gunshots. It was initially reported that Coye died after he was bludgeoned to the head with a tombstone. Coye was shot three times and a post mortem certified that it […]
And the man believed to be responsible for the murder of twenty-nine year old Karina Daniels of Corozal Town was caught on the other side of the northern border. And the information released since his capture is quite disturbing. According to a report in the Diario de Quintana Roo, Carlos Keme was detained by Mexican […]
And this breaking news, a man is clinging to life after he was shot several times late this evening in front of his home on Cairo Street. The taxi driver, Jason Cain, had apparently just exited his house and was heading to start his car when someone approached him and shot him at least nine […]
Six horrific murders in five days… not a pretty record and still no clear policy to arrest crime. The two strategies announced in the past year have failed miserably and crime and violence continue to spiral out of control. With each passing day, more bodies pile up in the morgues around the country. In Corozal […]
In the city, this morning the body of another murder victim was discovered. A twenty year old man was bludgeoned also on Friday night. The place where he was had his final breath is the place where he will be laid to eternal rest, that’s the Lord Ridge Cemetery. Marion Ali reports about this graveyard […]
Another US fugitive has been caught hiding out in Belize. This time it’s a convicted sex offender from the State of Oregon, fifty-five year old William Carl Welsh. According to a report on the Fox Twelve Oregon news website, his list of convictions includes Sodomy, Sexual Abuse and Displaying Child Sexual Conduct. But when Welsh […]
Seventy-five murders have been recorded so far for this year, that’s statistically higher than the same period last year. The two most recent cold blooded homicides were added to the long list today and the victims are both women. In Caye Caulker, a fifty-one year old enterprising manager was found dead last night in a […]
This week’s fourth murder was reported in the north early this morning. The nude body of a woman was found in some bushes in the centre of Orange Walk Town. It took hours to determine her identity and this afternoon, police confirmed that she is from Corozal. There are many troubling questions in this brutal […]
As we told you on Thursday night, there has not been any statement from the Minister of National Security on the shocking number of murders this week. But one release this afternoon from the principals of secondary schools condemns the senseless killings and other acts of violence in our society, especially those by and against […]
The daily news has been plastered with crime. In fact, this week alone, there have been two heinous murders and two primary school kids were injured in a shooting. But why the eruption of violence—particularly in the streets of Belize City—and what are the cops doing about it? The Minister of National Security has been […]
Two horrible murders in a span of less than twenty-four hours in Belize City; it’s not really a record in statistics, but it is all shocking. The murder of Dylan Ayuso, a student of Wesley College, was followed by the execution style slaying of Norman Gillett on Tuesday night just after eight o’clock when a […]
When Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jeffries last briefed the media on crime statistics from January to August of 2009, there were some decreases in major crimes compared to the same period in 2008. The latest stats are out and in September the police report an increase in murders and thefts. There were nine homicides for […]
Two young students were shot yesterday and less than twenty-four hours later, the body of a fourteen year old student was found on Magazine Road. The victim was identified hours by his mother right after she had filed a missing person report. Dylan Ayuso was beaten to the head and left dead in a pool […]
While firemen had put out the blaze, police this afternoon were looking for the shooter or shooters who opened fire on busy Mahogany Street in the Lake Independence area. Classes had just been dismissed and two children and a man were injured in the shooting shortly before four this evening. The two children, nine year […]
