The third murder of the city occurred shortly after two o’clock Saturday afternoon when a group of friends socializing on Yarborough Road came under fire. Twenty-five year old Jonathan Faber also known as ‘Chap’ received several shots to the body and head and later died at the K.H.M.H. News Five’s Duane Moody found out that […]
But a man from Benque Viejo del Carmen will spend the remainder of his life behind bars on a murder conviction. Miguel Matus was on trial in the Belmopan Supreme court late last week for the shooting murder of seventeen year old Patricia Tzib of Cristo Rey. Tzib was shot in the head on October […]
We normally don’t report on suicides… but one such case caught our attention because it happened behind prison walls and it involves a mentally challenged inmate. The prisoner at the Central Prison reportedly took his life late Monday evening. Sometime around six-forty-seven p.m., a prison officer on routine check of cells discovered the lifeless body […]
We lead tonight with the death of a nineteen year old following a shootout in a contraband bust early Thursday morning in the San Victor Village. The Customs Department was out in force today to do damage control at a press conference. The story is that a contingent of law enforcement officers—both B.D.F. soldiers, Anti-Drug […]
The department is alleging that Oba was hit by mistake in the warning shots. Oba’s father, Marcelino, says his son was not part of the pack and that the family needs help. Marcelino Oba, Father of Deceased “They killed him even though he wasn’t doing anything. He want involved in any kind of problem. They […]
It’s the list of the top ten; not in the musical charts, but of hardened and most wanted criminals in the country. The list, released by the Police Department includes men who have committed the most heinous crimes, including murder, kidnapping, and robbery. And while most on the list have not been convicted, a few […]
The Financial Intelligence Unit has said that the Cemetery Road MoneyGram agency was shut down because of an identity theft scam. But the investigations are ongoing and the public still has a sense of insecurity about personal information being accessed from the City Council’s drivers’ license database. When City Councillor responsible for traffic, Wayne Usher, […]
There are strong allegations coming from a mother who hails from Orange Walk Town. It starts with a fourteen year old student from a public school who was looking forward to graduation two weeks ago. Instead tonight the minor and her mother are seeking justice. A teacher from the school, Juan Carlos Villatoro, allegedly kidnapped […]
In another crime, a barbershop was robbed around three Tuesday afternoon in Belize City. Patrons say that three masked men entered the East Canal side business and robbed businessman Haissam Al Bathish of his nine millimeter Sig Sauer brand pistol along with eight nine millimeter rounds. Other patrons were robbed of two cellular phones and […]
A Belize City resident was shot several times Tuesday night. The details are still sketchy and police are puzzled about the cause of this latest shooting which occurred a few blocks away from the Raccoon Street Police Station. The victim, Aaron Cassanova, was at Tow Tow Grocery Shop on Fairweather Street when a lone gun […]
The mother of a fifteen year old minor in Punta Gorda Town had much to worry about when her daughter ran away on Saturday. While the child returned home on Sunday, it was with some bad news. The girl admitted to her mother and the police that she had been sexually involved with a man […]
A travelling salesman from the island of Curacao was nabbed as he was about to leave Belize on an American Airline flight. He reportedly had on him close to three hundred thousand U.S. dollars in cheques and cash… that’s way over half a million Belize dollars. According to reports from the Financial Intelligence Unit, on […]
The FIU is also investigating a case of identity theft in which the personal information of hundreds of persons was stolen. The scam which was recently uncovered, allegedly involved accessing private data from the Traffic Department’s driver’s license database and the forging of signatures to send and receive funds. Though she could not discuss the […]
There are allegations surfacing that a number of persons earlier this year were using the MoneyGram transfer business as an avenue to fraudulently collect monies. Information reaching News Five is that the Belize City Council’s drivers license database was used to obtain personal information on prominent persons, including politicians. Their signatures were forged and money […]
Arthur Young has been on the run since November of 2007 for the stabbing murder of twenty-four year old Calvin Young and the attempted murder of a minor. But Young is now behind bars after he was handed over to Belizean authorities around ten a.m. on Wednesday morning by U.S. Marshals. Young fled the country […]
On Wednesday, the new Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jefferies, spoke to News Five about the alarming situation in regards to crime and violence, in particular what seems to be a spike in the number of homicides. Jefferies said that the department is challenged because the root causes of crime are also linked to societal issues. […]
A police constable was shot early this morning in the line of duty. It happened when the twenty-four year old Mervin Polonio headed back home from New Town Barracks to his residence on Berkley Street to pick up some food. Polonio says that as he entered his yard, he heard a gunshot and soon realized […]
In reported Tuesday night of a stabbing incident in the Cayo District that ended the life of a sixteen year old minor. The senseless murder occurred early Saturday morning following a night out between a group of friends in San Ignacio. Duane Moody headed west today and found out that the Santa Familia victim will […]
Another stabbing incident occurred less than twenty-four hours later and less than two hundred yards away from the spot where the murder occurred. Around one-thirty Sunday morning, twenty-one year old Justin Gongora was walking home from the Faya Wata Bar with his brother-in-law, Howard Howe when they were approached by two men in front of […]
We also asked Jeffries about investigations in three other homicides that put the spotlight on the force. One of them is the murder of police officer Weiner Denis, who was shot on March twenty-sixth as he rode his bicycle in Belmopan. There is also the case of thirty-eight year old Hui Lin Chen. He was […]
But it was not all about murders. Jeffries also provided some information on a B.D.F. soldier who has been detained for allegedly injuring an Orange Walk man and we asked about the grenade that was thrown into the home of Comptroller of Customs, Gregory Gibson. Delahnie Bain “You mentioned earlier that a B.D.F. solider was […]
In tonight’s newscast, another infant dies in the deep south in Toledo. The family of the six month old child is claiming negligence on the part of health authorities at the Punta Gorda Hospital. We’ll have more on this heart wrenching story later in our newscast, but we go to the nation’s latest reported homicides. […]
The second murder occurred in Belize City sometime before eight last night when thirty-five year old Dennis Nembhard was shot in close proximity of his home located at the corner of Moya and Flamboyant Streets in the St. Martin De Porres area. It happened after a squabble between two twelve year old boys; one which […]
In the third murder, the body of Mexican national, Jose Sanabria, a farm helper, was found on his bed at a camp near Douglas Village in the Orange Walk District. The discovery was made shortly before six this morning, by sixty-six year old Domingo Carrillo, a co-worker at the camp. The body had what appeared […]
There is a fourth murder to report tonight. This time, the victim is a teenager who hailed from the Cayo District. The incident occurred on Sunday in the Savannah Area, Cayo and claimed the life of sixteen year old Selvin Garcia. Police say that Garcia was involved in a fight at the PitPan Bar around […]
