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A police officer has been arrested following an attack against a Chinese businessman in Orange Walk. P.C. Wilfredo Petillo was today charged with wounding, robbery, possession of controlled drugs and damage to property. Reports are that around seven thirty on Thursday night, Petillo walked into the Bai Li Club on Lover’s Lane and proceeded to […]
Written on May 19, 2006 | Posted in
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The third suspect in the double murder of Philip and Kevin Brannon has turned himself in to police. At around ten-thirty this morning twenty-three year old Taedron Bennett, accompanied by attorney Simeon Sampson, appeared at the C.I.B. office on Queen Street where Bennett was taken into custody. He will spend tonight in police lockup before […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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Police have yet to detain any suspects in connection with the shooting of thirty-six year old Martin Santos. According to police reports, around nine on Wednesday night, two masked men entered Santos’s home on Matron Roberts Street in Belize City, where Santos, along with his girlfriend and two other friends, were watching television. When one […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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The next bit of crime news did not involve a gun … or even a knife. But the injuries suffered by the victim were nearly fatal. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports from San Ignacio on the hideous assault of a senior citizen by a well known young criminal who remains on the run. Anna Chan, […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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In the early hours of Sunday morning two brothers were gunned down … and today two young men were officially charged with the murders. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has the update. Today Ricardo Aguilar and Joseph Kee were arrested and charged with two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, four counts of conspiracy […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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Also spending the first of what may be many nights at Hattieville is the young man police believe is responsible for the third brutal killing on Sunday morning. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Twenty four year old James Swan Junior was charged with the murder of twenty four year old Tyrone Felix. A killing that police believe […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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His appearance was delayed by a bullet wound to the leg … but also charged today in Belize City Magistrate’s Court was nineteen year old Michael Trapp. He appeared this afternoon to be formally arraigned on two counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery following an attack against a young couple on Marine Parade […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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In late breaking crime news police have found a cache of assault weapons in the Orange Walk district. Acting on a tip, the police anti drug unit searched a jungle area three miles from the Northern Highway along the Guinea Grass Road. There they discovered two Mak 90 riffles and three AK 47s. No arrests […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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It is not a pleasant story to report but despite major efforts by government, the Police Department, Belize Defence Force and the private sector, another major armed robbery of tourists has taken place on the road to Caracol … and this time a man was shot and a woman sexually assaulted. The incident occurred on […]
Written on May 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Belize City police have detained three suspects in connection with the double homicide of Kevin and Philip Brannon. Said Perdomo, Brian Kee and Ricardo Aguilar are tonight in police custody while authorities have yet to detain a fourth man, Taedron Bennett. On Monday, one of the shooting victims, Basil Brannon, identified Aguilar and Bennett as […]
Written on May 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Police may be no closer to apprehending the person who chopped to death a man in Belmopan over the weekend but at least they now know his identity. According to authorities, the murder victim is twenty-six year old Honduran, Hector Manuel Molina. The prime suspect, a man last seen in Molina’s company prior to his […]
Written on May 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Two brothers are dead, a third is hospitalised and a friend is in critical condition following a shooting spree early Sunday morning in Belize City. The rumour mill has been in high gear since the incident, but the scenario appears to revolve around the not unfamiliar story line of petty jealousies and alleged disrespect ending […]
Written on May 15, 2006 | Posted in
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While police were busy connecting the dots in the Brannon murders, officers were called to another shooting, this time in the Yabra area. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Twenty four year old Tyrone Felix was on his way home from the City Centre?s Mother?s Day Bash when he was shot in the back of his head at […]
Written on May 15, 2006 | Posted in
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Police in Belmopan also have a homicide on their hands. On Sunday night they were called to Montalvo Street in the Las Flores neighbourhood where they were shown the unidentified body of a man suffering from numerous chop wounds to the head and neck. The deceased was lying on a foam mattress in a house […]
Written on May 15, 2006 | Posted in
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The massive assault on the innocence of Belizean children continues unabated. The latest abomination was reported in Corozal, where a thirty-three year old man has been arrested for the rape of a nine year old girl. According to a report filed by the girl, Ludijerio Castenada visited the child’s home in October of last year […]
Written on May 15, 2006 | Posted in
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It’s a strange story and many details are still unclear, but today police reported they have unearthed a dead baby and arrested the mother. What happened and why would be hard to fathom at any time, but to hear about such a situation just two days before the celebration of motherhood is all the more […]
Written on May 12, 2006 | Posted in
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Local authorities are patting themselves on the back tonight following the arrest of a Guatemalan fugitive in the Cayo district. Reports are that a joint task force comprised of Belize Police Officers and members of the Policia Nacional Civil visited an area in Santa Elena and were able to detain Fabio Galicia. Galicia is wanted […]
Written on May 12, 2006 | Posted in
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Two months after police foiled what appeared to have been a hit on an Orange Walk businessman; tonight it is believed that someone else has finished the job. The body of forty-six year old Alvaro Zetina was found early Wednesday afternoon three miles into the Honey Camp road. Zetina had been shot multiple times in […]
Written on May 11, 2006 | Posted in
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Police are tonight investigating two big money burglaries committed in Ladyville and Belama Phase One. The first incident occurred over the holiday weekend at the BATSUB headquarters. Warehouse Manager for the N.A.A.F.I. trading store, Wendy Nicholas told cops that sometime between April twenty-eighth and May second the establishment was broken into and a thief or […]
Written on May 5, 2006 | Posted in
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A student is tonight recuperating from a gunshot wound, the victim of a shootout between a cop and a robber. According to a police press release, around five Wednesday evening, a single gunman entered Shabba’s Barber Shop on Kraal Road. He placed the gun to the head of Marlene Robateau, ordered the other customers not […]
Written on May 4, 2006 | Posted in
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Details are still sketchy tonight, but reports area is that a quarrel between tour guides ended in a mid afternoon shooting today. Sources tell News Five that the tour guides, who both work near Jaguar Paw, had a misunderstanding on Monday; however, around two-forty-five this afternoon one of the men approached the other with a […]
Written on May 3, 2006 | Posted in
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Corozal Town was the scene of the month’s first murder. Twenty-seven year old Jamid Amin Manzanero was fatally shot in the forehead and chest in the wee hours of Monday morning. His body was found in the street in front of the Malibu Disco in the Rainbow Town area of Corozal. Twenty-seven year old Gilbert […]
Written on May 2, 2006 | Posted in
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Robbers in Orange Walk scored big on Friday afternoon. According to police, three dark complexioned men with bandanas over their faces entered Charms Amrapur’s Store, which also houses an office of Western Union. One of the men brandished a handgun and demanded money from the employees. The trio left with around sixteen thousand dollars in […]
Written on May 2, 2006 | Posted in
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Most of us may have spent Labour Day relaxing but on the old Northern Highway police were busy putting a major dent in the nation’s marijuana supply. Between three thirty and six on Monday afternoon the cops raided five weed fields located in an area five miles north of Bomba Village in the Belize District. […]
Written on May 2, 2006 | Posted in
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A Belize City man is behind bars tonight after he stabbed his girlfriend and her son during a violent dispute. And while some domestic abuse cases never make it to court, this afternoon one mother promised to protect her children from harm. Erna Bethran, Stabbing Victim ?When she gone for the baby, the baby like […]
Written on April 28, 2006 | Posted in
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