Each week the police press office issues to the media dozens of reports on crimes committed nationwide. And while media houses know better than to rely too heavily on the often inaccurate details, it is unusual that an entire police account is deemed a fabrication. But that’s exactly what residents of one Belize City neighbourhood […]
The Police Department is also under fire tonight from another Belize City resident. Nineteen year old Jaime Ramirez, an employee of the Riverside Tavern, along with his girlfriend, Claudia Orellano and their attorney, Audrey Matura Shepherd, called a news conference to say what happened yesterday evening and what they plan to do about it. Jaime […]
Acting police press officer, Assistant Superintendent Bart Jones was present to listen to the complaint and offered the police version. Asst. Supt. Bart Jones, Ag. Police Press Officer “Sometime around four-thirty or thereabouts yesterday evening a police mobile was on patrol on the East Canal turning into Orange Street when a citizen informed them that […]
Twenty-seven year old tour guide Angel Dorado is home tonight recovering from a bullet wound he received during an incident that unfolded in his neighbourhood last night. Dorado reported to police that around nine-thirty on Monday night he was riding his girlfriend on the handle of his bicycle on a street in the Mile Eight […]
It’s a decision too many parents are making these days … and young children left home alone can all too often mean big trouble. That’s exactly what happened ten days ago in Independence Village when a two year old boy left unattended died in a house fire. But tonight one of that child’s parents is […]
While shootings and violence continue in Belize City, the good news is that for the past twelve days there hasn’t been a homicide. In the interim, police detectives say they have been able to make an arrest in connection to the last killing to rock the old capital. This morning, seventeen-year old Aaron Bailey was […]
And back to those non-fatal shootings … The latest victim is a popular singer and as I found out this morning, his quick reflexes may have saved his life. Louis Maksall, Shooting Victim “Right after the KTV 2003, a lot of individuals came up to me and started looking up to me and whereby entertainment […]
And while investigators search for the man who shot Louis Maskall, police have another problem on their hands. In less than two weeks, two separate mobile patrols have been fired upon by armed assailants. The latest incident took place around ten-thirty on Friday night on Central American boulevard. According to the officers, they were on […]
While gun related charges are a common offence in Belize, human trafficking is not. But that’s exactly the accusation being levied against a Corozal bar owner tonight. According to cops in the north, on Friday they got a tip that drug dealing was taking place at the Mira Montes Bar, located at mile eighty-five on […]
The seventy-first murder of the year took place last night in southern Belize. According to police, around seven-thirty this morning, residents in Independence Village called 911 to report that a man was lying in a pool of his own blood inside a clothing store at the corner of King and Main streets. Subsequent investigations revealed […]
Meanwhile, another Belize City resident has been charged with the murder of Kirlyn Felix. This afternoon nineteen year old Mark Vernon was brought before Magistrate Albert Hoare where he was formally arraigned for Murder, Attempted Murder, Grievous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. This is the second arrest in connection to the death […]
And while those two accused murderers are behind bars, tonight police need your help to find this man, Brandon Taylor. According to police, last night a mobile patrol looking for Taylor came under fire from the young man. Officers say around ten-thirty they were at the corner of King Street and East Collet Canal when […]
He is a well known media personality operating out of the Kremandala organisation, best known for his extreme opinions on a variety of subjects. And tonight it appears that someone has a serious beef with Rufus X … a grudge strong enough to risk an attack on a man who doesn’t frighten easily. Rufus X, […]
Yesterday was no ordinary day at work for one field hand as he went about his chores in an orange grove on the Stann Creek Valley Road. It seems that around eight-thirty in the morning a robber pounced on a woman near the mile six bus stop and stole her purse containing personal belongings worth […]
It’s a case we hear of from time to time: a business transaction in which one of the parties turns out to be a con artist. This latest incident reportedly occurred at the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. Korean businessman fifty year old Hueng Tack Kim told police that on Monday morning another Korean man, […]
One month after the murder, police have accused a Belize City electrician of killing twenty-eight year old Tyrone Diego Castillo. According to court reports, this afternoon twenty-five year old Trenton Smith was formally charged for the crime. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie has ordered Smith remanded to Hattieville Prison until his next court date on the […]
In late July there was significant public outcry after the Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew all criminal charges against Belize City businessman Ben Bou-Nahra. But the technical glitch that prompted the move has apparently been remedied as this morning Bou-Nahra was once again charged in connection with the September 2005 death of twenty-three year old […]
Early this morning robbers targeted a policeman while on duty at the Belize City House of Culture. Around two-thirty, twenty-two year old police constable Maximiliano Lanza was manning his post at the historic site when two masked men pulled a gun on him, tied him up, and made off with four Motorola radios, a loaded […]
Those two robbers may be on the loose, but police did make three arrests today in connection with two murders and another shooting that occurred last month. Superintendent Guzman identified the accused and how police managed to make the arrests. Supt. of Police, Aaron Guzman, O.C., Crimes Investigations Branch “Earlier this morning one of my […]
The Commercial Centre in downtown Belize City may be a well-known landmark but it is also a favourite target for thieves. Last night they struck again. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Fifty year old Suzy Dyer is a self-proclaimed psychic, but her powers have not prevented her businesses from being burglarised, not once but on eight different […]
There are no guarantees that it will do any good, but at least the hundreds of Belizeans who participated in yesterday’s march against violence are doing something to reverse a situation that is shaking the core of our once peaceful society. News Five’s Marion Ali has the story. Marion Ali, Reporting Battlefield Park was packed […]
A suspected robber who used a toy gun to commit his crime has been caught in the act. Police report that on Saturday night the proprietor of V.I.P. Beauty Care on Queen Street was confronted by a man with his face covered by a rag who brandished a small black handgun and demanded money. After […]
Recent news items involving police offers have not been particularly flattering but tonight we can bring to light the story of an honest cop as well as the man who made the mistake of trying to bribe him. It seems that on Saturday morning in Dangriga, Constable Matthew Lopez, as part of a mobile patrol, […]
Three days after two men were shot in Belize City, police say they have no leads and no suspects. Thirty two year old Ian “Horse” Reid and thirty four Stephen “Cat” Arnold were injured as they sat in a parked car on Dean Street. Tonight Reid remains in a coma on life support at the […]
It’s not the first time police have tried to talk peace to Belize City’s hard core rival gangs and it surely won’t be the last. The latest attempt to substitute communication for brute force took place this afternoon at the Queen Street station. Commander of Operations, Assistant Commissioner Crispin Jeffries, says solutions will not come […]
