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The assault of security guards for their weapons has become a common crime but tonight a Belize City watchman is alleging that he was kidnapped and beaten by three attackers. According to thirty year old Gregory Stamp, on Wednesday afternoon he was working at Edward P. Yorke High School when a former student attempted to […]
Written on May 9, 2008 | Posted in
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Another youth was shot last night but luckily he survived the attack. Around seven Sixteen year old Jermaine Matura of Arlington Drive was shot twice while inside a yard at sixty-three Central American Boulevard with family and friends. Statements given by those in the area indicate that they heard noises coming from a nearby vacant […]
Written on May 8, 2008 | Posted in
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He’s been on the run since the February fourteenth murder of Shannon “Shaggy” Henderson and police believe that exactly a month later he fatally shot Samuel de Jesus Ortiz, both killings occurring in Placencia. Since then law enforcement authorities have still been unable to determine the whereabouts of thirty year old Gregory Casildo despite well […]
Written on May 8, 2008 | Posted in
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The Crime Control Council held its first meeting since the appointment of the new Minister of National Security, Carlos Perdomo. The body, chaired by attorney Michael Young, has as its main objective a comprehensive approach to fighting crime. Carlos Perdomo, Minister of National Security “They will look at everything, not just criminal activity or criminal […]
Written on May 8, 2008 | Posted in
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According to police reports, it was a classic case of self defense. A man returns to his house late at night, only to find a burglar who attacks him. Following a struggle, the legally armed homeowner shoots his assailant dead. These may be the bare facts but behind every death is a personal tragedy. News […]
Written on May 7, 2008 | Posted in
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In other court news, an American accused of arson has been found guilty and sentenced to spend five years in jail. Thirty-eight old Mauricio Banaza pleaded guilty to setting fire to his Mohammed Street apartment in December 2006, but Justice Adolph Lucas ordered that he undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine his mental competence. That […]
Written on May 7, 2008 | Posted in
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Tonight investigators in the Cayo district are still searching for the killer or killers who murdered a San Ignacio resident. According to police, the body of fifty-six year old Feliciano Martinez was found in the drain in front of his Theodicio Ochoa home around six-thirty on Friday morning. A post mortem has since certified that […]
Written on May 5, 2008 | Posted in
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A Ladyville family is in mourning tonight following the sudden and bizarre death of their loved one on Friday night. We say bizarre because as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, tonight it is still unclear whether the young victim committed suicide in public or he was executed at close range. Janice Middleton, Mother of Deceased […]
Written on May 5, 2008 | Posted in
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Another U.S. fugitive has been caught in Belize and sent back home. His name is Kevin Daniel Murphy, a resident of Utah. Here’s how his local television station reported the apprehension over the weekend. Many who have been here call Belize one of the most beautiful places on the planet; a little slice of heaven […]
Written on May 5, 2008 | Posted in
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Former P.U.P. minister of state, Marcial Mes, is once again in trouble following an alcohol related traffic mishap. Tonight he is out on police bail following his arrest on charges of Driving with Alcohol Content Above the Prescribed Limit, Negligent Harm, Damage to Property and Driving Without Due Care and Attention. The charges arose out […]
Written on May 5, 2008 | Posted in
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Three minors are in official custody tonight after they used a toy gun to rob their peers on Saturday evening. According to police reports, a sixteen year old and two fifteen year old boys armed with a silver imitation handgun walked up to three high schoolers who were hanging out at the Lopez Mateo Park […]
Written on May 5, 2008 | Posted in
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It’s a crime that will probably become common as the cost of fuel and butane continues to skyrocket: the theft of those basic commodities. In this case however, a Belize City delivery truck driver has been arrested and charged for trying to rip off his own boss. According to the management of Gas Tomza Limited, […]
Written on May 2, 2008 | Posted in
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A Belize City mother and daughter awoke horrified early Wednesday morning when two masked men entered their home and held them up at knifepoint. According to fifty-three year old Bernadette Gomez, she and her daughter Alexis were asleep in their Lizarraga Street home around one Wednesday morning when a pair of thieves broke in through […]
Written on May 2, 2008 | Posted in
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A container truck reported stolen late Monday night has been recovered in Belmopan. According to police reports, the forty-foot container truck had been emptied of its cargo and abandoned on George Price Boulevard. The vehicle was stolen after a bizarre series of events on Monday night. According to the twenty-one year old driver Edson Moh, […]
Written on May 2, 2008 | Posted in
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He’s known for his work at Youth for the Future and more recently, as head of the Government Press Office in the Said Musa administration. But tonight Nuri Mohammed is accused of being something else: a weed smoker. According to police, a mobile patrol spotted a Mercedes Benz car on a dirt road off the […]
Written on May 2, 2008 | Posted in
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Road rage seems to have fuelled an argument between two motorists and has landed one of them behind bars. Police reports are that around seven on Thursday morning, taxi driver Cecil Gill and Belize City businessman Bert Vasquez Haylock got into a fight on Vernon Street. After a few choice words between the two, Gill […]
Written on May 2, 2008 | Posted in
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The year’s thirty-fifth murder was committed over the weekend in the Stann Creek Valley. Today police say the perpetrator took them to the scene of the crime, which is where we tonight find News Five’s Marion Ali. Marion Ali, Reporting The murder may have happened in the quiet rural community of Hope Creek, eight miles […]
Written on April 30, 2008 | Posted in
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In other criminal news from the south, a Dangriga mother and grandmother are both behind bars tonight, accused of pimping out a ten year old girl. According to police, the women, who rules prohibit us from naming, appeared in court on Monday where they were formally charged with Abetment and Procuration. The Magistrate denied them […]
Written on April 30, 2008 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, police investigations continue into a shooting involving an off-duty cop and a fisherman early this morning. The official version of events is that Corporal Gavin Sanchez was heading to his Iguana Street Extension home around twelve-thirty this morning when a man on a bicycle shouted at him and caused him to run into a […]
Written on April 30, 2008 | Posted in
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The theft of cargo trucks is common along Guatemalan highways but tonight a Belizean driver has reported that’s exactly what happened to him Monday night on the Coastal Road. Twenty-one year old Edson Moh told police that on the instructions of his boss, Moises Manzur, he drove his container truck to the Belize City Port, […]
Written on April 30, 2008 | Posted in
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He didn’t do it deliberately like the fabled Hansel and Gretel, but a Belize City man who stole a bunch of paint was apprehended after his victim followed the trail of wet drippings. Twenty-seven year old James Brown of Lakeview Street pleaded guilty today in Magistrates’ Court to the charge of Theft. It seems that […]
Written on April 30, 2008 | Posted in
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Gas stations are always a popular target of robbers, and on Monday morning it was the turn of R.B.’s Texaco at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Cemetery Road. Two thieves caught the owner, Renan Briceño, and one of his employees, John Conorquie, just as they exited the office and were about to load […]
Written on April 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Violence and Belize City have come to be synonymous words and that reputation was bolstered again this weekend as the old capital was the scene of yet another fatal shooting. And as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, the victim is no stranger to the harsh reality of our times. Marion Ali, Reporting Thirty-five year old […]
Written on April 28, 2008 | Posted in
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In late February we reported the vicious murder of twenty-two year old Mirna Sanabria, who was shot and killed while clutching her seven month old baby. But exactly two months after her death, authorities have arrested and charged one of the men they believe were involved in the homicide. Twenty year old Cotton Tree villager […]
Written on April 28, 2008 | Posted in
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A Cayo bartender is tonight accused of orchestrating a con to steal thousands of dollars from an exclusive hotel in the Stann Creek district. According to Roberto Fabbri, manager of Kanantik Reef and Jungle Resort, last Thursday he found out that six company cheques were missing from the Belize Bank cheque book. When bank officials […]
Written on April 28, 2008 | Posted in
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