Brazen thieves broke into the bedroom of forty-three year old Keithburn Drury, on Santa Barbara Street while he and his family were asleep. News Five spoke with a family relative, today who told us that the home was broken into sometime between ten forty-five Tuesday night and five-thirty the following morning. She said that the […]
Police have made no arrests in Tuesday morning’s hold-up of the Saint Catherine Dental Clinic located beside the K.H.M.H. Forty-four year old receptionist, Rita Douglas of Lake I, reports that a robber armed with a chrome firearm entered the office demanding money. Fearing for her life, Douglas says she handed over three hundred and fifty […]
And in crime news up north, a business in the Corozal Free Zone was busted between six and nine this past Monday morning. The store named the Multi Marcas Company is now short of some ten thousand dollars in cash and items. Thirty-seven year old Manager, Alma Quan, reported to police that upon reaching her […]
A Fabers Road resident who fell asleep with his front door open became the victim of a home invasion. Amir Reed, an electrician and landlord, woke up in the wee hours of Sunday morning to a thief holding a knife to his throat and demanding money. The robber searched Reed and took over four hundred […]
A taxi driver who was found guilty of rape on Tuesday will be spending twelve years behind bars. Thirty-nine year old Levi Jackson got the bad news today after he told Justice Oswell Legall that he had no character witness to give mitigation pleas on his behalf. Jackson was not represented by an attorney while […]
A nineteen year old robber was extensively wounded and beaten when his partner in crime left him hanging. When Ronald Flowers appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie, he pleaded guilty to Attempted Robbery and was sentenced to five years behind bars. The armed hold up occurred at Justice of the Peace, Modesto Madrill’s grocery shop. […]
In other news, Police are looking for a suspect in relation to the aggravated assault of a mechanic of the Port Loyola Area. Around eleven Wednesday night, nineteen year old Dwane King was sitting in his home at the corner of McKay Boulevard and Electric Avenue when a male person on a bicycle wearing a […]
The most recent act of arson occurred late Wednesday night when a fire around eleven p.m. destroyed the home of Daniel Brisebois and Melissa Benites. The forty-eight year old Canadian businessman of Planet Hollywood Club was in his business place located on Queen Street when he was alerted of a fire outside. Upon making checks, […]
Two men are hospitalized tonight after they were shot by robbers posing as customers at the Sand Hill Gas Station located at mile sixteen and a half on the Northern Highway. Shortly before seven Wednesday night, two armed bandits wearing beanie caps entered the gas station and held up twenty-nine year old Jing Wang and […]
There were two murders and an attempted armed robbery over the past Labour Day weekend. And tonight, Officer in Charge of the C.I.B., Superintendent Julio Valdez told News Five that the Department is working on some leads, but there have been no arrests yet. The first incident occurred last Thursday when twenty-seven year old Ryan […]
A shooting incident early this morning left a Belize City teenager with a gunshot wound to his thigh. Around twelve-thirty a.m., nineteen year old Kenroy Michael of Kraal Road was on Albert Street heading home when upon reaching at the junction with Dean Street he noticed that two men were following him. Michael says that […]
There were two murders in Belize City over the three day weekend. The first involved the shooting of a man who was no stranger to the police. Twenty-seven year old Ryan Walker left his home at number thirty six Zericote Street and drove off with a friend after eleven p.m. on Thursday April thirtieth. A […]
Glenford Audinette murdered two blocks from his home. The second murder occurred two blocks away from the residence of the victim. About one-thirty Sunday morning, Glenford Audinette, a resident of Mahogany Street was on Ebony Street when he was shot twice; to the back and right side of his neck. He fell in front of […]
The threat of the H-One-N-One flu did not keep robbers off the streets and three attempted to jack the Western Union Office located on Regent Street on Saturday. Around eleven a.m., the trio, wearing rags over their faces and armed with guns, busted into the busy money transfer establishment. The bandits were stopped on their […]
A farmer made the shocking discovery in an area near Mount Pleasant off the Western Highway when he saw a tiny flicker of smoke in the bushes. And from personal items found, it is believed the charred remains found covered are of a Belmopan businesswoman who was reported missing since April eighteenth. Duane Moody headed […]
News Five has confirmed that an attempted kidnapping occurred just before the start of the school day at one of Belize City’s prominent high schools. According to the Michelle Perdomo, wife of Minister Carlos Perdomo, their daughter was standing inside the school gate at Saint Catherine’s Academy waiting for a cousin when a blue van […]
Three minors this morning jacked O.K. Shop located on Central American Boulevard. Shortly after seven, fifty-six year old businessman, Peng Shou Li and his wife were getting ready to start their regular store routine when the three brazen thieves with rags tied over their faces robbed them of monies and telephone cards. One of the […]
There is a development to report in the case of an alleged plot to murder seven members of the Jose Shoman family. The six persons accused appeared in court today before Magistrate Ed Usher after spending three months behind bars on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Robbery, Possession of Firearm and Ammunition offences. The […]
And while he is accused of allegedly threatening at least one of the defendants, Jose Shoman says it’s quite the contrary. In a press conference late this afternoon, Shoman in the presence of his attorney, Derrick Courtenay, claimed that since the onset of the case, the family has been receiving death-threats. Jose Shoman, Businessman “It […]
Most people are familiar with the saying “What goes around comes around”. And for twenty-two year old Guatemalan Juan Noe Suchite, karma caught up with him sooner than expected. Suchite shot and killed Jesus Ponce during a robbery at Rosy’s Store in Benque Viejo on Monday night and less than twenty-four hours later, he suffered […]
Heroically he attempted to avert a robbery at the store of one of his friends in the west. But his good intentions cost him his life. And it is believed that the perpetrator of the most recent murder of Jesus Ponce is a Guatemalan national from neighbouring Melchor identified as twenty-two year old, Francisco De […]
While they have not yet made any major breakthroughs in the murder of little Saida Noemi Godoy Veliz, Belmopan police are one step closer to solving that puzzle. Today News Five confirmed that police have statements from a few residents of Frank’s Eddy village, the place where Saida lived and attended school. Those statements are […]
There is another homicide to report tonight that claimed the life of a thirty-four year old man in Belize City. Around six p.m. on Thursday, two brothers in the comfort of their home were pounced on by masked men, and minutes later one was dead. The latest murder victim succumbed to a stab wound to […]
Reports in the international press today are highlighting the infiltration of dangerous Mexican drug cartels into Central America, including one that has been linked to a murder in Belize. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an overnight trip to Mexico and his visit is being used to bring attention to the battle against the drug […]
Another link to the whole web is the March third grenade attack at the Belama Phase One home of Comptroller of Customs, Gregory Gibson. This is believed to have been the work of drug cartel affiliates whose drug trade has been severely affected since the Customs Department introduced a serious crackdown on contraband importations. But […]
