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Members of the police are at this hour investigating the strange disappearance of a prominent attorney’s son. Late this evening police received a tip that the vehicle driven by Blake Arnold was found abandoned near mile three on the Western Highway. Blake is the son of Belize City attorney, Ellis Arnold. He reportedly went missing […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
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Seventeen year old Conrad Guzman Montes is still in a critical but stable condition tonight after he was stabbed once in the chest on Wednesday morning. The youth underwent surgery last evening and is now in the intensive care unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. His prognosis is still guarded and doctors say they […]
Written on September 24, 2009 | Posted in
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In December of 2008, he was remanded to the Hattieville Prison for murder. And tonight, twenty year old Guatemalan Austin Choc Pop is on the lam after he escaped from custody Wednesday night. According to Deputy Officer in Charge of the Punta Gorda Police, Inspector Andres Makin, Pop was handcuffed to another detainee being transported […]
Written on September 24, 2009 | Posted in
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We reported the bad news on Wednesday night that a teacher was robbed at the Holy Redeemer School. Tonight we report that another teacher was targeted on Tuesday night in Ladyville. But the good news is that her robber is behinds bars and that’s where he will remain for the next year despite his claim […]
Written on September 24, 2009 | Posted in
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They say secrecy among friends is bad manners, but drinking among friends can be much worse. Such was the case today when an early morning incident among drinking men ended up almost fatal on one of Belize City’s busiest arteries. It happened on Orange Street and has left a teenager clinging to life. Marion Ali […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Belmopan police say they have a lead in connection with Saturday morning’s double slayings in the Valley of Peace community in the west. While they would not say who they’re looking for or his connection to the victims, cops told News Five today that they are questioning several persons who might be able to help […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Schools have become the new target of thieves and News Five found that a brazen thief went too far in the most recent robbery. The robber not only pounced on an educational institution, but he also attacked a teacher’s assistant in the presence of a young child. It happened around five on Tuesday evening when […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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It was a three day weekend and as many murders took place. We begin with a double murder in the most unexpected place. Early Saturday morning two men who not only worked together but who camped out together as employer and employee in Valley of Peace were found hacked to death. The weapon of choice […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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In the third murder, a Belize City resident was gunned down near Cinderella Plaza Monday night. At midnight, thirty year old Deon Marvin Meighan a resident of Mex Avenue was walking with three friends, two males and one female, when the shooting occurred. A lone gunman with a white shirt over his head walked from […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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Aside from the three homicides, a fourth person was found dead in Belize City. Up to news time, Police were unable to confirm whether or not the US National was murdered. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a report. The body of an American national was found this afternoon in a bushy ditch on Louise Bevans […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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Last week we reported on the murder of Guatemalan national Pedro Coc Pop of the western village of El Progresso. Police believe they that are close to solving the murder and have charged twenty-eight year old Zacarias Tesecum, a farmer of the same village located at mile seven on the Mountain Pine Ridge Road. Pop, […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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In Belize, one of the major outlets to report crime is Crime Stoppers. But in the United States, information about criminals on the lam is spread around through the popular televised show Americas Most Wanted. Well, one of the US most sought after criminals in recent history was found in Belize. Derrick Yancey, a former […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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The weekend’s first homicide occurred in Big Falls Village in Toledo around seven o’clock on Saturday night when a single gunshot shattered the quiet of the night. It was the shot that ended the life of a well known businessman during an armed hold up at his store which is also houses his family home. […]
Written on September 14, 2009 | Posted in
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In another homicide, the brother of a cycling champion was slain on Sunday night in Belize City. Thirty-six year old Ellis “Peppa Gacho,” Meighan, was murdered near his home by a lone gunman. Ellis, a resident of Banak Street, was across the Central American Boulevard and was standing near a lamp post when his assailant […]
Written on September 14, 2009 | Posted in
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In the third murder also on Sunday, this time up north in Orange Walk, twenty-two year old Marvin Lennens Stevens of Guinea Grass Village is facing murder charges for the homicide of Roberto Cal, a resident of the same village. Just after midnight Sunday morning, Stevens and thirty-seven year old Cal, got into an altercation. […]
Written on September 14, 2009 | Posted in
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The Customs Department has been hit several times by burglars who have tried to get past security to jack containers loaded with the popular illegal drug pseudoephedrine. Early Thursday morning, there was another major attack on the Customs and Excise Department at the corner of Caesar Ridge Road and Central American Boulevard. Heavy shooting took […]
Written on September 11, 2009 | Posted in
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The tenth of September was mostly peaceful with few reports of unlawful activities during the day but there was heightened security around the city. But the night did not pass without a homicide. The most recent murder victim is twenty-four year old Collin Smith, better known as “Chingwang”. He was shot four times after midnight […]
Written on September 11, 2009 | Posted in
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Police are looking for three persons in connection with an arson that occurred in Progresso Village, Corozal. Shortly before twelve Tuesday night, a wooden home once owned by police constable Omar Zuniga, who works in the village, was burnt to the ground, allegedly as an act of retaliation by one of the three persons wanted. […]
Written on September 9, 2009 | Posted in
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We reported on Monday night on the senseless homicide of sixteen year old Austin Tillett at Mahogany Heights. Four minors are still being questioned and have not yet been charged. Shortly after midday on Sunday, Tillett’s body was found in bushes near his home with multiple cut wounds to the neck, hands and feet. Tillett […]
Written on September 8, 2009 | Posted in
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The community of Mahogany Heights is reeling over the brutal murder of one of its own, a minor. Sixteen year old Austin Tillett was found dead approximately two hundred yards from his home on Sunday. He had multiple wounds to the upper part of his body and legs. The motive for this latest homicide is […]
Written on September 7, 2009 | Posted in
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In other crimes, a frightening armed robbery occurred this afternoon in the Belama Phase One area of Belize City. An employee was injured and had to be hospitalized for a gunshot wound to her right shoulder. Twenty-four year old Kenya Avilez, was along with Cie Lin, the owner of Friendly Restaurant and Store located on […]
Written on September 7, 2009 | Posted in
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Earlier in the day, there was another shooting in the city. The victim this time was Elsworth Augustine, who reported to police that he was heading to catch a taxi on Vernon Street when the incident occurred. Augustine says he was walking on Sibun Street and was accosted by a man who fired a single […]
Written on September 7, 2009 | Posted in
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And shortly after five this evening, the popular HL’s Burger joint on Albert Street was jacked by two armed bandits who pounced on the employee on duty, Yvette Flowers. The robbery was carried out in a few minutes with precision and the brazen thieves got away with the day’s sales. Flowers was accompanied by her […]
Written on September 4, 2009 | Posted in
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Early in the week, fake Belize Water Services and Telemedia cheques were popping up around the country. And tonight there is another scam to report, it is more complex, the true value is still unknown, but it is safe to say it is in the thousands of dollars. The Belize City post office has in […]
Written on September 3, 2009 | Posted in
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A security guard was shot during an attempted intrusion early this morning at a business establishment in the old capital. The incident happened at Tomza Gas Limited at mile four and a half on the Northern Highway. And while the two armed thieves got away with nothing more than the gun and crowbar they went […]
Written on September 2, 2009 | Posted in
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