Today a shoplifter received no mercy from a Belize City magistrate and was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing two cans of Red Bull. On Monday, fifty-one year old Danny Parham was caught on camera taking the energy drinks from Bottom Dollar Store on North Front Street. But Magistrate Roberto Ordonez imposed the […]
While there will be new faces in different places next month at the Police Department, the common allegation of brutality continues to plague the department. According to twenty-seven year old resident of La Democracia Village, Delroy Clarke, on Sunday afternoon he was picked up by two cops and taken to the Mahogany Heights Station where […]
Grocery stores are a popular target for criminals but as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, in one such incident over the weekend, one shop owner fought back. Marion Ali, Reporting Around eleven-thirty on Sunday morning an armed robbery at forty-two Freetown Road ended in death. Police say the victim, twenty year old Jermaine Gomez, was […]
A uniformed police officer was attacked by three men on Saturday night and tonight investigators believe it was a case of mistaken identity. According to twenty-three year old Zacceus Caal, around eight-thirty that night he was at the intersection of Albert and Albert Street West when a young man walked up to him, put a […]
A second suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the double murder in Bermudian Landing two weeks ago. According to court reports, twenty year old Lakeview resident Nelson Henry was formally arraigned on two counts each of Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder in Magistrates’ Court this morning. Police believe the accused was […]
Police have made a second arrest in connection with last week’s double murder in Bermudian Landing. The suspect, who was apprehended in Belize City last night, is expected to be charged with two counts of murder and will appear in court tomorrow. He now joins eighteen year old John Chessman, who was arraigned before Magistrate […]
He was acquitted less than two months ago of the 2005 slaying of Mara Noemi Garcia in Lord’s Bank … and now eighteen year old John Chessman, a resident of Dolphin Street in Belize City, is again facing murder charges. Chessman was arraigned today before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers on two counts of Murder for the […]
One other positive spin-off of the tropical storm is that traditionally, Belizeans don’t like to go out in the rain. And three days of downpour means that most of the nation’s criminals took a break. There were no murders over the weekend and precious few other major crimes. Three men were charged, however, with Possession […]
When the village of Bermudian Landing is mentioned on this newscast it is usually in connection with cricket, a sport which thrives in the green pastures of the Belize River Valley. Tonight, however, it is the emerging national pastime of homicide that has the area in the headlines. News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, […]
Police are looking for three women following an attack they believe stemmed from an old beef. The incident ended in a stabbing that has left a fourth woman in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Twenty-one year old Teresita Vivas reported to police that she was walking on Church Street around seven on […]
The Belize Farm Centre on North Front Street in Belize City was the target of an armed hold-up around eleven this morning. While the lone gunman didn’t hurt anyone, he did fire a shot which struck the ceiling. The incident has left employees and customers terrified and the manager trying to figure out how he […]
A shooting in Belize City is hardly a rare event these days, but a confrontation between an off-duty police officer and a security guard on Tuesday night has produced bloody results. According to our sources, sometime between eight and nine last night, thirty-five year old Constable Fernando Franzua and his wife, WPC Alma Mortis, were […]
If you’re currently shopping around for a cell phone or camera, stay clear of those deals that seem too good to be true. In the early morning hours of Tuesday thieves hit a downtown electronics and music store and left with more than fifteen thousand dollars in cash and goods. According to Assistant Manager of […]
Two police officers are on interdiction tonight after a prisoner reported that he was handcuffed to a hospital bed and pistol whipped. Twenty-five year old Keith Cruz was formally charged with Aggravated Assault, Wounding and Harm in the Dangriga Magistrates’ Court this morning and is scheduled to return to court on June second. Investigations show […]
In crime news from the old capital, a security guard is behind bars tonight, accused of trying to rob a teenager at gunpoint. According to the nineteen year old Jarrett Jones, around eight on Sunday night he was walking on the Western Highway towards its junction with Vernon Street when two masked men on bicycles […]
Knights in shining armor rescuing women in distress are the stuff of storybooks but on Friday another Belize City student was more than relieved to have a Good Samaritan strapped with steel come to her aid. Around three-thirty on Friday afternoon eighteen year old Rea Bonner and a friend were heading to class at Saint […]
The charges may or may not stick but tonight, less than a week after one person was killed and eleven others wounded by a hand grenade, two men are behind bars awaiting trial for murder. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from Magistrates’ Court. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon sixteen year old Akeem Smith and his […]
Less than a day after police destroyed a year’s worth of illegal weapons, thieves managed to restore a treasure trove of firepower to the streets. Police say sometime between eight on Wednesday night and eight Thursday morning someone entered William Quan Store at the corner of Albert and Orange Streets and removed a total of […]
Thieves were also busy in Bella Vista Village on Wednesday night when they visited a banana farm. But instead of fruit, their target was several hundred feet of copper wire installed in a cafeteria on farms twenty one and twenty-two, owned by Alvarado Murray. Independence police recovered the stolen metal on Thursday at the home […]
Danna Banner, the babysitter accused of causing the death of a two year-old girl in her care, was this afternoon charged with Manslaughter. Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb remanded Banner, a resident of Ladyville, after Prosecutor, Sergeant Ludwig Castillo, objected to bail. Castillo’s arguments were based on two points: that the offence is a heinous one […]
Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with a Sunday night attack. This morning twenty-four year old Robert Jones, also known as “Black”, appeared in Magistrates’ Court where he was charged with Attempted Murder and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. Jones is alleged to be one of the men who knocked twenty-two […]
A twenty-two year old student will not be able to sit exams because he is recuperating from injuries suffered when he was knocked down and shot. The assault reportedly occurred shortly after seven Sunday night when two men, who were in a white Jeep Cherokee, chased Grant on his bicycle on Vernon Street from Lakeview […]
Police are tonight reporting that they have one person detained for questioning and are looking for another in connection with Sunday night’s grenade attack on Mayflower Street. According to the Crimes Investigation Branch, Kareem Smith was brought in by the C.Y.D.P. on Tuesday and is currently in custody. In the meantime, police are on the […]
Accusations of police brutality are commonplace on this newscast, but tonight there is a particularly serious allegation coming out of Dangriga. Among the list of crimes in this morning’s police blotter was a small paragraph on the arrest of thirty year old taxi driver, Rhold Henry, for the crimes of Aggravated Assault, Threat of Death, […]
There are serious doubts regarding his innocence of a major burglary in San Pedro, but there are perhaps more troubling questions over how police handled his detention. In addition to facing criminal charges, twenty-five year old Nigel Peters is also sporting the face of a boxer who went twelve rounds with Mike Tyson. Peters, a […]
