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Police have made arrests in two crimes which occurred over the weekend. In the first instance, the accused is Brian Yorke of Berry Street in Belize City, charged with Grievous Harm and Unlawful Carnal Knowledge of a fourteen year old girl. Yorke appeared in court today, but because his offence is indictable, no plea was […]
Written on September 11, 2008 | Posted in
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There is no shortage of firearm on the streets and tonight there are three cases of stolen guns to report. Manuel Pacheco, forty-seven, of three Cockburn Lane, Belize City has reported to the police that while he was out of the country during January to August this year, his house was burglarized and his licensed […]
Written on September 11, 2008 | Posted in
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A toddler lies in critical condition in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight and Police and the Department of Human Services are investigating to determine the root of her injuries. News Five understands that the two year old girl, who is suffering from serious head trauma, underwent surgery and is on life support. D.H.S. is […]
Written on September 11, 2008 | Posted in
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On the eve of the Battle of St. George’s Caye Day and the Uniformed Parade on the twenty-first which is essentially a parade of primary and high school students, many are wondering tonight if security can be guaranteed around the country. And with much revelry still to come in the September celebrations, the government and […]
Written on September 9, 2008 | Posted in
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The outcry against the violence which occurred during Saturday’s carnival road march has been resounding… and today the People’s United Party issued a statement condemning crime and violence. According to Opposition Leader John Briceño, the violent behaviour and senseless killing are seriously affecting our way of life and are threats to our development. Briceño called […]
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Another organization that has joined the chorus against violence is the Erotic Mas Band. The violence hit close to home as one of their revelers was badly beaten that same day in an unrelated incident. Tonight, they’re saying a strong message needs to be sent. Valerie Woods, Fundraising/Marketing, Erotic “We roped off our band and […]
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From Belize City to the south from where details are still coming in, but there are initial reports surrounding the death of a Peace Corp volunteer in the village of Hopkins. According to information to News Five, around ten this morning the decomposing body of a seventy one year old, peace Corp volunteer, Bertie Murphy, […]
Written on September 9, 2008 | Posted in
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With the level of violence at a record high, tough legislation in place has sent a Belize City man behind bars tonight after he was denied bail for Keeping a Prohibited Material. Attorney Ellis Arnold submitted in the Magistrate Court today that the charge against his client, Gilbert Franklin, must be dismissed because this particular […]
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Meanwhile, a man is in police custody awaiting charges of Unlawful Carnal Knowledge following an early morning raid at a house where he was found with a fourteen year old naked girl in bed. The raid occurred at a house in the Saint Martin de Porres area. A doctor has since examined the girl and […]
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Police are looking for two men in connection with a robbery that occurred early Sunday afternoon. Celso Leal, a thirty-two year old farmer of the San Carlos Area in Orange Walk Town, reported to police that around two-thirty he was relieved of five thousand eight hundred dollars which he intended to use to purchase a […]
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The Belmopan branch of the furniture and appliance store, Courts was burglarized over the weekend. According to forty year old manager, Sharon Morris, between one p.m. on Saturday and seven-thirty Monday morning when the store was closed for the weekend, it was broken into. The burglars stole cell phones, digital cameras, two laptops, a weed […]
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While there were no casualties in the grenade attack, a car dealer died of gunshot wounds this weekend. Police retrieved the body of eighteen year old Stanley Moguel about a hundred yards away from the Haulover Bridge shortly after six on Sunday morning. The body which was lying face down on the left shoulder of […]
Written on September 8, 2008 | Posted in
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At the tail end of the carnival, while thousands of onlookers were converged on Princess Margaret Drive in front of Jabiru Auto Rental, another violent incident sent the crowds scrambling for cover. One person was injured by gunshots and others were injured when bottles were hurled into the air. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting […]
Written on September 8, 2008 | Posted in
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The shootings were not confined to Saturday. On Sunday night two Belize City men who were hanging-out near a popular Asian establishment on Central American Boulevard, became the targets of a shoot-out. Lee’s Shopping City also known as Archie’s, was where thirty year old Patrick Kerr of Flamboyant Street and twenty-two year old Leo Palacio […]
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Acting on tip-offs, Fisheries Officers made a double bust today in Belize City; the first at around two-thirty this afternoon at Wanton Restaurant on New Road. On the second floor of the building which houses the residential quarters, fisheries officers discovered several bags containing one hundred ninety-six conchs and two bags of twenty-two undersized lobsters. […]
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Taking advantage of a black-out and to make life even more dangerous, three inmates busted out of Hattieville prison sometime between two-thirty and two-forty-five on Sunday morning by picking a lock. Word from prison officials is that the inmates may be heading west and north. They are Rene Morente, a Guatemalan national serving time for […]
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Two police officers attached to the Belize City Traffic Branch are tonight being sought on charges of Extortion. This follows a report made this afternoon by Jovanni Requeña, who said he was stopped during a traffic inspection around midnight on Thursday. Requeña alleges that when Corporal Orvin Tejeda and a Constable Leonardo observed that he […]
Written on September 5, 2008 | Posted in
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A businessman in Spanish lookout was the victim of a scary robbery. Thirty-three year old Dennis Dueck reported to police that around four-thirty on Thursday evening, two men dressed in black entered his store, Diverse Trades Cell Phone Shop. One of the men had a knife, which he placed to Dueck’s throat demanding money, while […]
Written on September 5, 2008 | Posted in
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Authorities are cracking down on the sale of illegal lottery and tonight four more merchants have been charged. Today in Magistrates’ Court, thirty-two year old Cai Hua Tan, twenty-eight year old Guan Ning Wu, twenty-two year old Feng Luo, and thirty-three year old Guoquin Chen, pled not guilty to the charges. The four have business […]
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There have been arrests in the shooting of thirty-nine year old Phillip Lightburn. Today nineteen year old Abel Arana and a seventeen year old minor were jointly charged with the attempted murder of Lightburn when they appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. They were additionally charged with Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. […]
Written on September 4, 2008 | Posted in
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Twenty-six year old Tyrone Estrada, who was charged with Burglary and Handling Stolen Goods, was sentenced today to one year at Hattieville Prison. Estrada appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers and he pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods. After the guilty plea was accepted Flowers withdrew the Burglary charge from Ernie Miranda and the charge of […]
Written on September 4, 2008 | Posted in
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And in related news, home invasions may be a growing trend in Belize but it does not mean that thieves aren’t still making use of opportunities to rob empty houses. As was the case, yesterday, September third, twenty two year old Fiona Usher left her home in Burrel Boom through the Camp Oakley road on […]
Written on September 4, 2008 | Posted in
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We start our newscast tonight with a report from Mexico that a dangerous Zeta hitman, held since the weekend and linked to the execution of a Mennonite contractor, has been charged today. The Mennonite contractor, Wilhelm Braun, was gunned down execution style at the Commercial Free Zone on August twentieth and it appeared that the […]
Written on September 3, 2008 | Posted in
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There was nothing momentous to share, but with the crime rate at a record high, police held a news conference this afternoon to update the public about a series of arrests in connection with various incidents of crime in Belize City over the past few weeks. Police Press Officer, Clement Palacio, along with Deputy Officer […]
Written on September 3, 2008 | Posted in
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Things got rough between two waitresses when one of them produced a knife and stabbed the other several times. Jealousy is said to be at the heart of the matter because the attacker believed her lover was having an affair with another waitress. The victim, Sadijah Castillo, told police that she was heading home on […]
Written on September 3, 2008 | Posted in
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