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Did ComPol Chester Williams approve gun licenses for two M-sixteen rifles for an unnamed but reportedly well-known businessman? Here’s how he responded to that question this morning. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Total nonsense. That’s all I will say.” Reporter “Not true.” Chester Williams “Total nonsense.” Reporter “Can we kindly get […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Police have confirmed a report that a drug plane crash-landed during the night, north of Belize City. While Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams has indicated he won’t divulge any information until security forces have completed their forensics gathering from the area, News Five has learned that the plane landed several miles behind the Blackburn area, […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A new Police Cyber Crime Center has been created. This afternoon the Police Information Technology and Cyber Crime Unit, along with the Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, Kareem Musa, and Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, joined the representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for a ribbon cutting ceremony. […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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In a follow up to a story we brought to you last week, twenty-five year old Lejean Rhamdas has died. He was shot in downtown Belize City mid-morning on Friday. Coincidentally, his father came to the scene to assist, not knowing it was his own son who had been hit. News Five’s Paul Lopez reports. […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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A seventy year old Honduran man is dead following the theft of weed whackers at his place of employment. Police say Transito Villalobos was on duty as a watchman at a farm in Bladden Village when there was a break- in. The thieves apparently took the watchman’s life. Here are the details from police. […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Two Lemonal cousins got in a dispute over a turtle shell, and it turned violent. William Bull alleges that he caught Ryan Sutherland attempting to steal the shell from his yard. When he confronted Sutherland, a physical altercation with a machete reportedly ensued, leaving Sutherland injured. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Shots were fired this morning on a busy downtown street leaving one man injured. Reports to News Five are that twenty-five year old Lejean Rhamdas was at Minds and Hearts Car Wash on Albert Street when two men entered the premises and fired several shots at him. An injured Rhamdas ran towards Anglican Cathedral College, […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-six-year-old Joshua Smith remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after being severely injured when he was fired upon with rubber pellets by police officers who responded to a distress call at his residence on Saturday night. His mother, Laura Smith, arrived at their home on East Collet Canal only to find him in an enraged state, […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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There is a sad story tonight involving a young man who was in an accident in Corozal. Twenty year old Odiel Tzul has died after being hospitalized for seven days following the hit and run incident at the Corozal Free Zone. According to police, Tzul was walking when an S.U.V. being driven by twenty one […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Excessive use of force by law enforcement officers responding to distress calls has long been an issue for which the Belize Police Department is heavily criticized. Tonight, we bring you the story of a mother and her son and a call for police assistance that may change his life forever. Joshua Smith is admitted to […]
Written on February 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Police have arrested two people, one of whom is a minor, in connection with the chopping death of Filberto Ramirez of Steadfast Village over the weekend. Twenty-year-old Oncell Lloyd Gilbert Lopez Junior of Steadfast and a sixteen-year-old were jointly charged with the crime of murder today. On Monday, a missing persons report from the village […]
Written on February 16, 2022 | Posted in
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The body of a man discovered in the Stann Creek District has been identified by family members. Police say a missing persons report from Steadfast Village led to a search of the area and on Monday a body with chop wounds was found near a creek. The deceased was identified as Filberto Ramirez, a Belizean […]
Written on February 15, 2022 | Posted in
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In an update to a weekend story, police have charged a youth from Roaring Creek, Cayo for the shooting death of twenty year-old Karina Andrews. Nineteen year-old Jaheim Lopez was charged today for the murder in connection with Saturday night’s incident that left at least four others wounded. According to reports, Andrews and two female […]
Written on February 15, 2022 | Posted in
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The nation’s latest murder has claimed the life of a young mother, left three persons wounded, and police with a puzzle to solve. Police say the incident happened sometime after eleven on Saturday night in Belmopan and left twenty-three year-old Joshua Jones, of Belize City, twenty-eight year-old Devon Vasquez also of Belize City, and twenty-six […]
Written on February 14, 2022 | Posted in
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A young, furniture repairman was gunned down not far from where he lived in the vicinity of Supal Street over the weekend and residents are fearful that his murder may set off a spate of related shootings. Nimrod Fitzgibbon was no stranger to the law, and his influence within the Supal Street neighborhood did not […]
Written on February 14, 2022 | Posted in
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The scourge of gang-related incidents that continues to take hold of Belize City is an issue that the Belize Police Department is yet to get a handle on. With the Gang Intelligence, Investigation and Interdiction taskforce working diligently to disrupt gang activity, Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, this morning gave an update on where the […]
Written on February 14, 2022 | Posted in
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An Orange Walk taxi driver survived multiple stab wounds he suffered in an attack when two men hired his taxi services. And in return, he pulled out a handgun and shot his attackers. Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams shared the details today. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Cansino is the name of the taxi […]
Written on February 14, 2022 | Posted in
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A few months ago, Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, said that the Belize Police Department does deal with police officers who break the law. Over the past week alone, three members of the department have come under scrutiny and have been placed on interdiction. Commissioner Williams explained in greater details today. Chester Williams, Commissioner […]
Written on February 14, 2022 | Posted in
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A student of Lemonal Village is among two persons who were stabbed following a cricket match in Bermudian Landing over the weekend. The sixteen-year-old minor was along with twenty-three-year-old Malcolm Reynolds at the cricket field when they got into a fight with four other male persons who reportedly inflicted their injuries. Here’s more from Communications […]
Written on February 14, 2022 | Posted in
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A police constable finds himself behind bars tonight after he was arraigned today for the crime of “Rape of a Child.” The charge stems from a report made on Tuesday, February eighth, alleged to be the second time that the officer had intercourse with the thirteen-year-old girl. That day, the deputy commander of the Punta […]
Written on February 11, 2022 | Posted in
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In court news, for the second time in one week, two men who had been convicted of murder in separate trials have been handed down sentences of life imprisonment. Southern District session Judge, Justice Antoinette Moore, sentenced Nicholas Swazo to life behind bars for the April sixteenth, 2016 shooting murder of gang figure Gerald “Shiny” […]
Written on February 10, 2022 | Posted in
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The violence continued this morning in the Antelope Street Extension area of Belize City when a young man was shot dead in the street. His murder has left a friend numb and the police searching for clues. News Five’s Marion Ali was the story: Marion Ali, Reporting Eighteen year-old Joshua Pou had reportedly been […]
Written on February 9, 2022 | Posted in
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Forty-year-old Glendford Soberanis was arrested and charged on Monday, following an armed attack on Antelope Street Extension over the weekend. On Saturday evening, a volley of shots was fired, injuring five persons, including two women. It is reported that the gunman targeted Robert Lamb and in the process injured several bystanders. Soberanis subsequently appeared before […]
Written on February 8, 2022 | Posted in
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A man lost his life over the weekend following a stabbing incident in Lord’s Bank Village on Friday. The evidence so far suggests that a woman’s jealous boyfriend attacked Evan Mitchell and stabbed him to the head as they walked to a neighbourhood shop. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Forty-nine-year-old Lord’s […]
Written on February 7, 2022 | Posted in
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Around six-thirty p.m. on Saturday, shots rang out on Antelope Street Extension in Belize City. When the echo from the blasts subsided, five persons, including two women, had been shot. Reports are Tyrone Teck, Kenyon Ramirez, Rochelle Reynolds and Garisha Tillett were near a yard when Robert Lamb walked by. A gunman opened fire on […]
Written on February 7, 2022 | Posted in
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