For the young men who attended the meeting, the concern was more about the actions of police than each other. Raymond Gentle said today he was the victim of police brutality as he went to visit his friend, Ian Reid, one of yesterday’s shooting victims. Raymond Gentle, Claims Police Brutality “We gaan deh peaceful because […]
The ongoing war on the streets of Belize City continued this afternoon with the shooting of two more young men. The latest incident occurred on Dean Street near its junction with East Canal. Witnesses tell News Five that around four this evening the two victims, thirty-two year old Ian Reid and thirty-four year old Stephen […]
They don’t always make it onto this newscast but over the last six months the number of reports reaching News Five involving police brutality has grown rapidly, reaching a peak during the recent September celebrations. Today shop owner Timmy Stamp visited our studios to offer his version of an incident that occurred last night. Timmy […]
A Stann Creek man has been given jail time for possession of an illegal weapon and ammunition. Twenty-five year old Sergio Wagner and twenty-six year old Arlon Castly were caught after running away from police in Pomona Village. A search of a bag they dropped revealed a sawed off shotgun and a single sixteen gauge […]
It was a weekend of high energy and spirits and while much of the positive activity was directed toward the carnival road march and celebration of Independence, a surprisingly sizeable number of Belizeans chose to engage in criminal pursuits. The list is long and the crimes are varied. I’ll begin with the most recent of […]
Meanwhile Belize City police say their investigations reveal that Chinese businessman forty year old Sheng Lin Li was acting in self defence when he shot and killed twenty three year old Keon Villanueva better known as ’Piggy.” The shooting occurred at the Faber’s Snack Shop around six forty on Thursday evening. According to the authorities […]
Police in Benque Viejo are appealing for the public’s assistance in solving the murder of forty year old taxi driver Alfredo Howe. Howe was found lying in the back seat of his Toyota Corolla with stab wounds to the throat, chin, chest, arms and hands. According to the police, they have no suspects or a […]
An unidentified man who was knocked down in a road traffic accident in southern Belize last week has reportedly succumbed to his injuries. The man, described as a Hispanic, was found lying on the Southern Highway shortly before two on Independence Day morning. A damaged silver bicycle was lying near him. He was taken to […]
The police have arrested yet another one of their own. This time constable Juan Pop stationed in Dangriga has been charged with Carnal Knowledge. The arrest follows a report made by a fourteen year old girl who told authorities that on May twenty third while she was in custody at the police station waiting to […]
Thieves looking for some holiday cash targeted Turneffe Island Lodge before Independence Day weekend and relieved the resort of a number of outboard engines and accessories valued at fifty-four thousand dollars. Manager Tania Batista told police that the theft occurred between nine-thirty on Tuesday night and five-thirty on Wednesday morning. Upon gaining entry to one […]
Last Thursday Belize police escorted yet another American fugitive back to the United States. He has been identified as thirty five year old Ivan Myburch. According to authorities, Corozal police were on highway patrol near the Santa Elena Border Station when they saw a man pushing a bicycle and acting suspiciously. The man was detained […]
The most recent piece of police news unfolded this afternoon in a part of Belize City that is no stranger to confrontation. News Five’s Marion Ali has the story. Marion Ali, Reporting A police operation this afternoon in the George Street area of Belize City yielded these two AK 47 rifles and over one hundred […]
A brawl between two women last night ended in a stabbing and the weapon of choice was a broken glass bottle. According to police, the victim, Tanya Estrada was with two friends when she was attacked. The incident took place at the corner of Victoria Street and New Road and as I found out today, […]
Contraband is a never ending problem in Belize and as taxes on liquor and cigarettes rise the problem will only get worse. Today the Customs Department invited the media to inspect the latest booty confiscated from smugglers. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The bottles of assorted liquor and cartons of cigarettes are among the eclectic collection of […]
Two alleged sexual predators have been charged in separate incidents in southern Belize. In Punta Gorda a nineteen year old farmer has been formally arraigned on charges of rape and carnal knowledge in connection with a sexual assault on his eight year old niece. Also charged with rape was twenty-six year old Guatemalan Victor Leiva, […]
You would think that with the increased publicity and willingness of young victims to report crimes of sexual exploitation, the would be perpetrators might get the message. Apparently not. Police in Punta Gorda report that an eight year old girl, accompanied by her mother; has told them that on Sunday afternoon, while playing in her […]
Another cop has been arrested, this time for using his position to engage in extortion. It is alleged that Corporal Francis Ogaldez, posted at the Ladyville station, told a resident of that village that he was investigating a traffic accident involving the man, but for a fee of four hundred dollars the investigation could disappear. […]
We have three murders to report tonight, from three different parts of the country. Two involve female victims who were sexually assaulted before their deaths. The most recent occurred in Orange Walk where this morning I visited the scene of the crime. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This morning Orange Walk police removed the badly decomposed body […]
The second murder is the tragic culmination of news coverage that began last Thursday with the discovery of an unidentified child and continued Friday with a report that while the mystery of the boy’s identity had been solved, his mother was missing. Tonight, we have the sad duty to reveal that the woman in question, […]
Reports of death threats turned very real for the family of twenty-seven year old Hubert Faber Jr. who was gunned down around midnight Saturday night on Iguana Street Extension in Belize City. According to family members and friends who did not wish to appear on camera, they strongly believe that Faber was killed by someone […]
An Orange Walk man sought by police for molesting a teenager has been arrested and charged. Twenty-eight year old Elias Chuc of San Jose Village in the Orange Walk district has been charged with Aggravated Assault. He is alleged to have been caught by police as he engaged in oral sex with a sixteen year […]
Dangriga police have charged one of their own with grievous harm following a report by the alleged victim. According to Anthony Garnett, while he was in police custody, Constable number 482 Godfrey Moreira used excessive force against him. Moreira was arraigned at the Dangriga Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was […]
For the second time this week, police are reporting that officers have been fired upon by armed men. According to authorities, the latest incident took place early this morning at the mile four checkpoint on the Western Highway. Cops manning the station say around two-thirty today a two door gold car coming from Belize City […]
In other crime news from the Cayo district, two men have been also been formally charged with the murder of a taxi driver. Thomas Caretella and William Padgett are accused of killing forty-eight year old Leopoldo Waight. Waight’s body was found lying face down on the ground in an area north of the Cahal Pech […]
The case involving an unidentified three-year old has taken a very strange twist. Investigators tell News Five that following our broadcast last night of the toddler’s picture, residents of Silk Grass contacted the police and positively identified him as three-year old Alejandro Gonzalez. However Alejandro’s relatives claim that they last saw the boy in the […]
