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Three more men have been arrested for crimes arising from Saturday night’s violence in Santa Elena, Cayo. Seventeen year old Greg Garcia has been charged with Abetment to Attempted Murder, in the stabbing of Justin Gordon. Ruben Echeverria had already been charged with the Attempted Murder. Also charged was twenty-nine year old Myro Echeverria for […]
Written on August 8, 2007 | Posted in
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There are no new breaks in the investigation into the weekend of deadly violence in Santa Elena. On Monday, San Ignacio police arrested and charged twenty-five year old Ruben Echeverria for Attempted Murder saying he is the man who stabbed Justin Gordon several times in the back outside of the Galindo residence on Perez Street. […]
Written on August 7, 2007 | Posted in
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One man is dead and four others are injured as the twin town of Santa Elena, Cayo, was the scene of a family feud gone violent. The shootings took place on Saturday night and today I went West looking for answers. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting According to Yolanda Echeverria her brothers, seventeen year old Marvin, twenty-five […]
Written on August 6, 2007 | Posted in
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Police in Independence are tonight investigating an apparent drowning that occurred near Mango Creek on Sunday. According to officials of TMM Yacht Vacations, around six Sunday evening one of their employees, thirty-five-year-old Estevan Nab, used one of the company’s small inflatable boats to transport a co-worker from their base in Placencia across the lagoon to […]
Written on August 6, 2007 | Posted in
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Also in Placencia over the weekend, thieves, believed to be using a boat, made off with two new outboard engines from the stern of a barge anchored in the lagoon. The engines, forty horsepower four stroke Mercuries, are black with blue trim with some red scuff marks. A reward of one thousand dollars is being […]
Written on August 6, 2007 | Posted in
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Tonight police believe there is a young man suffering from gunshot wounds hiding somewhere in the city after a robbery went wrong over the weekend. According to reports, around two on Saturday afternoon two men, one armed with a handgun, walked into VRJ’s Fast Food on West Canal and demanded money from owner Deepak Gidwani. […]
Written on August 6, 2007 | Posted in
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In other police news, a homeless woman has been detained by police, accused of stabbing a homeless man. Fifty-six year old Leo Jones was hospitalized with a single wound to his abdomen after he was stabbed around ten on Sunday morning. The victim and the alleged perpetrator reside at the Department of Human Services Homeless […]
Written on August 6, 2007 | Posted in
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Police have made arrests in two recent Belize City shootings. Twenty-two year old Bejohn Martinez of Tibruce Street has been identified as the man who shot food vendor Silas Molina in an attempted robbery on the morning of August second, on Dolphin Street. Martinez has been charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, Use of Deadly […]
Written on August 6, 2007 | Posted in
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Sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning someone broke into the Belize Western Energy offices on Central American Boulevard and managed to cart away over sixteen thousand dollars worth of electronics and cash without being noticed. The burglars gained access into the gas company building by breaking a wooden door located on the side of […]
Written on August 3, 2007 | Posted in
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Twenty-one year old Robert McKenzie lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital with a gunshot injury to his left foot… and claims he does not know who shot him or why. McKenzie told Belize City police that around nine on Thursday night he and a friend were standing in his yard on Taylor’s Avenue when […]
Written on August 3, 2007 | Posted in
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He was young and wealthy, inheritor of a successful family enterprise that had its roots in the mud and sawdust of a Haulover Creek boatyard but blossomed in the high tech world of satellite and cable television. Richard Hoare, having expanded into tourism and other fields, was a guy who seemed to have it all. […]
Written on August 2, 2007 | Posted in
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No sooner had Belize City police wrapped up their work at the north side crime scene they were back on the streets, this time responding to a call from the city’s south side. In this case, however, the victim would live to tell his story. Thirty-five year old fruit vendor Silas Molina told police that […]
Written on August 2, 2007 | Posted in
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It was only matter of time before police would have made an arrest in the case of two young men who stole over forty thousand dollars from the Esso Gas Station in Ladyville. Two days after the early morning heist Belize City police have charged their main suspects. Today, eighteen year old Akeem Gotoy and […]
Written on August 1, 2007 | Posted in
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On last night’s newscast, using facts supplied to us by the Police Department, we reported that three Orange Walk residents had been charged in connection with a confrontation that left two cops injured. In recounting the events leading up the melee, our sources indicated that the trouble had taken place inside a popular nightspot in […]
Written on August 1, 2007 | Posted in
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Despite their recent setback, police in Orange Walk have busted their second burglar in less than a week. The accused has been identified as nineteen year old Randy Smith, a resident of the Conch Shell Bay Area in Belize City. Smith is accused of breaking into one of the rooms at Lucia’s Guest House. On […]
Written on August 1, 2007 | Posted in
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The identity of a man found dead in the Bluefield Range of cayes has been identified. He is forty-five year old Charleston Ramirez, a resident of the Benguche area of Dangriga. Ramirez’s body was found on Tuesday lying down in a toilet at the end of a pier. There were no visible signs of violence […]
Written on August 1, 2007 | Posted in
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Tonight, police are asking the public’s assistance in identifying the body of a man found dead on a caye off the coast of the Belize District. According to official reports, around two this afternoon the partly decomposed corpse was found near a camp in the Bluefield Range of islands. Initial investigations have led officers to […]
Written on July 31, 2007 | Posted in
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An accused thief is sitting tight in Hattieville Prison tonight after he was busted trying to steal from an Orange Walk homeowner. Around eight-thirty Sunday night, forty-one year old Michael Witzil called police after he walked into his house and found that someone had stolen several items of jewellery, electronics, and a small amount of […]
Written on July 31, 2007 | Posted in
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A bar fight that resulted in bloodshed over the weekend has left a police officer in danger of losing one of his eyes. According to police reports, around two on Sunday morning off-duty officers Trevor Lopez and John Ordonez were hanging out at the Hi Five nightclub on Aurora Street in Orange Walk Town when […]
Written on July 31, 2007 | Posted in
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They say that if somebody really wants to kill you, at some point they are going to succeed. That’s what seems to have been the case over the weekend when the quiet of a country lane was shattered by the blast of a shotgun. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Around […]
Written on July 30, 2007 | Posted in
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Forty grand is a lot of cash… and right now two armed robbers who stole it are sweating. This morning I visited the scene of the crime. Martin Zuniga, Attendant, Esso Gas Station “Two armed male persons came into the place. It happened so fast. They came and they held up the place, took away […]
Written on July 30, 2007 | Posted in
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Two shooting incidents over the weekend have left victims under medical care. On Saturday night in San Pedro Town twenty-two year old Uwani Nunez was injured, apparently by a stray bullet. According to police, Nunez was standing in front of Big Daddy’s Club around eleven on Saturday night when he heard a shot and felt […]
Written on July 30, 2007 | Posted in
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There’s good news and bad news coming out of the police department tonight. The bad news is that it appears that more cops are committing crimes. The good news is that they are being arrested and charged. In Benque Viejo Police Constable David Ortega has been charged with Grievous Harm following a family dispute in […]
Written on July 30, 2007 | Posted in
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Like it or not, we live in a market economy, and while we all may be familiar with the fluctuating prices for oil, sugar and citrus, they are not the only commodities that affect our lives. The soaring cost of copper, for example, has proved to be a boon for one special group of Belizeans: […]
Written on July 30, 2007 | Posted in
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On Thursday night’s newscast we reported that forty-three year old Marlon Monsanto had been charged with burglarizing the home of San Pedro resident Andy Tillett. But in an ironic turn of events, tonight the victim’s girlfriend is the one in the hot seat as cops believe she stole thousands of dollars from her former employer. […]
Written on July 27, 2007 | Posted in
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