In Belize City, an armed robbery has netted thieves cash and a loaded weapon. Forty- four year old Chang Huant has reported to police that around one-fifteen on Thursday afternoon she was manning the counter of Yues Shop on Iguana Street Extension when two men walked into the store and ordered two shilling bags of […]
On Monday, morning two armed men entered Edith’s Jewellery Store on George Street and robbed its owner, twenty-four year old Nigel Gongora, of personal items and jewellery worth over nine thousand dollars. Today Belize City police charged seven people they believe were involved in the brazen hold up. Unbeknownst to the robbers, the whole incident […]
A suspected thief in San Pedro has been caught in the act and chased down by alert citizens. The drama unfolded around seven-thirty Wednesday night in the San Pedrito neighbourhood of the island town. According to police, Andy Tillett returned to his home to find his front door open. When he entered he saw a […]
Police in Orange Walk have arrested a fellow officer following a report by their colleague’s wife. According to authorities, Leticia Romero and her husband Pedro separated and relations between the couple deteriorated to the point where the woman obtained a protection order against the cop. But it is now alleged that on June fifteenth, the […]
Many Belizean men have been accused of having “sweet mouth” but the story coming out of Florida tonight is that a Belizean-American helped con a U.S. doctor out of more than a million dollars. According to press reports, in January 2005 chiropractor Dr. Rhonda Schroeder was introduced to a man she was made to believe […]
It may have been twelve-thirty in the afternoon, but that did not stop two brazen armed robbers from committing a hold up on Racecourse Street that netted a nice collection of jewellery. The unsuspecting victim, fifty-one year old Winston Daly, was riding his bicycle when he told police he was approached by two dark complexioned […]
Twenty-nine year old Honduran Wilmer Humberto Aguilar knows his attacker, but he told police he has no idea why thirty-six year old Honduran Pasqual Turcios chopped him in the head with a machete. Aguilar told Independence police that around ten-thirty on Saturday night he was drinking at a bar in Bella Vista Village when Turcios […]
The Belize City Council is back in the headlines, but this time the story is not mass resignations or garbage negotiations. No, tonight Mayor Zenaida Moya must contend with the fact that in the early morning hours of today the city councillor responsible for traffic got involved in a minor vehicular accident, but instead of […]
It was the kind of killing that you’d more expect to find in an episode of “Passions” than in the bucolic village of Teakettle. Today the accused murderer met the press, and while police believe they have a strong case, the precise motive is proving difficult to understand. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Belmopan police have formally […]
You don’t need to be a statistician to know that crime is a major problem in Belize … and while the ultimate solution will require major shifts in society’s attitudes, the day to day job of fighting crime remains in the hands of the police. Today I met some men and women who are about […]
As the victim of a vicious stabbing over the weekend continues to recover at the K.H.M.H., this afternoon two men were formally charged with the crime. Around two on Sunday morning, twenty-one year old Jermaine Jones was stabbed an incredible sixty-eight times while on Gibnut Street. Subsequent police investigations have resulted in the arrest of […]
With most murders that take place in Belize–at least those not connected to a robbery–there is usually a connection between the killer and the victim. But the homicide that occurred Monday evening in the Cayo District appears to be an exception … and a popular U.S. born educator will never again appear in a classroom. […]
It was a brazen armed robbery in an upscale Belize City neighbourhood, but today police told the media that the case was quickly cracked and the perpetrators have been arrested. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Belize City police strongly believe the proprietor of the Tequila Bar, fifty-one year old Derek Nisbet may have been followed for days […]
A Belize City hotelier and D.J. has been arrested and charged with rape following the report of a female tourist. According to the eighteen year old American, on Tuesday night she and her sister checked into the Red Hut Inn in Bella Vista. But after getting settled, the victim says she and her sibling started […]
A shooting incident last night has left a Belize City man hospitalised. Twenty-four year old Emilio Rivera told police he was about to enter his home on Queen Charlotte Street in Port Loyola around ten p.m. when a man, who was apparently waiting for him, approached firing several shots. Rivera was hit in the face […]
The Dangriga woman accused of stabbing her common-law husband has been charged. Twenty-seven year old Lydia Guzman of Supa G Martinez Street has been charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. It is alleged that around three Monday morning Guzman was arguing with forty year old Honduran Emilio Castillo […]
The woman who shot her ex-boyfriend in Benque Viejo del Carmen yesterday has been arrested and charged. Thirty-one year old Alma Gonzalez appeared in Magistrates’ Court where she was charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, and Deadly Means of Harm. She has been remanded to Hattieville Prison pending trial. Gonzalez visited twenty-five year old Andy […]
A twenty-seven year old woman remains in police custody tonight after police say she stabbed her common-law husband in the stomach. Forty year old Honduran national Emilio Castillo lies in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. Dangriga police say initial investigations reveal that Castillo was home around three this morning when he became involved in […]
Charges against Alwin Gabb have been upgraded to murder following the death of stabbing victim Nolan Arana. The thirty year old hospital security guard died late Friday night from injuries suffered last Sunday night, when he was stabbed eleven times. It is alleged that Gabb attacked Arana in a jealous rage after he found the […]
For the second time this week, detectives in the Cayo District have a murder on their hands. But as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, while the victim was discovered yesterday, the killing might have taken place as early as Monday night. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Around eight-thirty on Thursday morning, the body of sixty-seven year old […]
And while cops in Camalote are chasing down that lead in the Rivas case, according to San Ignacio police they’ve hit a dead end in the investigation to solve the cold blooded killing of businessman Guo Quiang Su. Six people had been detained by police following the fatal shooting on Wednesday morning, but they were […]
Two weeks ago, an eleven year old girl’s disturbing report that she had been abducted and raped made a lot of parents nervous. Tonight police believe they’ve cracked the case, but the events are different from the victim’s initial account. According to authorities, twenty-five year old Leonard Arnold Junior is the man who walked up […]
In news from the courtroom, this afternoon a Belize City man arrested over the weekend for shooting at police, has been charged. Thirty-two year old Alfred Smith appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazier where he pled not guilty to Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition, Failure to Provide a Blood Specimen, and Causing a […]
Tonight detectives are working overtime in the Cayo district to solve the cold blooded murder of a Santa Elena businessman. According to investigators, around nine-thirty this morning a gunman walked into P.K. Store on George Price Avenue and shot owner Guo Quiang Su once in the forehead. The forty-three year old victim was rushed to […]
Meanwhile, another incident in Dangriga today involving a bicycle had a happier ending … at least for police. The story features fast feet and two women on opposite sides of the law. According to officers, around one-thirty this afternoon, a mobile patrol unit witnessed a reputed crack head stealing a student’s bicycle. The victim immediately […]
