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A Belize City businessman has been arrested, charged, and fined for threatening a customer with a loaded gun. According to court reports, thirty-two year old Zhu Yin Ruan pleaded guilty this morning to taking out his licensed nine millimetre handgun and pointing it at his customer Tiffany Westby. Apparently, on Monday afternoon, Westby was trying […]
Written on December 13, 2005 | Posted in
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A second employee of the Sales Tax Department has been arraigned in Magistrate’s Court for extortion. According to court reports, twenty-eight year old Ben Bol appeared before Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie this morning where he pleaded not guilty to the offence and was granted bail in the sum of two thousand dollars. Bol has been […]
Written on December 13, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight three Belize City men have been remanded to Hattieville prison on charges of attempted murder in connection with an early morning attack in Burrell Boom. This afternoon the accused: twenty-six year old Kenrick Reneau, twenty-six year old Aniver Palacio, and twenty-seven year old Giovanni Lauriano appeared before Magistrate Sharon Frazer where they pleaded not […]
Written on December 9, 2005 | Posted in
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A couple from the Stann Creek District is tonight behind bars, having pled guilty to the crime of trafficking in persons. According to police, twenty-one year old Celia Garcia and her common-law husband Walter Swazo were arrested at their home in Bella Vista Village after a thirteen year old female relative of Garcia’s reported that […]
Written on December 9, 2005 | Posted in
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A San Pedro man shot by police this week has been convicted of robbery. According to authorities, twenty-six year old Mark Jones was the man who entered Caye Coffee in the San Pablo area of town and robbed employees at knifepoint of cash and a cell phone. But investigating officers say when they approached Jones […]
Written on December 9, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight a Burrell Boom resident continues to recover from gunshot injuries to his hand after a shootout at his home early Tuesday morning. But as News Five’s investigations reveal, this was not a robbery attempt gone bad, as a black cloth bag filled with duct tape, rope, a syringe with liquid inside, and a steel […]
Written on December 8, 2005 | Posted in
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A Belize City man has been arrested after he was busted stark naked running away from his neighbour?s house. According to reports, twenty-one year old security guard Luis Reyes appeared in Belize City Magistrate’s Court where he pleaded not guilty to attempted burglary. Reyes was granted bail in the amount of two thousand five hundred […]
Written on December 8, 2005 | Posted in
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A shooting incident in the St. Martin De Porres area has left a Belize City man recovering from gunshot injuries. According to sixty-two year old Rufus X, around two on Wednesday morning he went to check on his house on the southside of the city and immediately noticed that several pieces of two by four […]
Written on December 8, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight a postman stands accused of stealing mail after being caught red handed with envelopes in his shoes and pockets. According to police reports, thirty-one year old Brian Luna has been arrested pending charges of mail tampering after concerned citizens reported seeing a mailman removing letters from his carrier bag and putting them in his […]
Written on December 8, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight police have arrested and charged a mother for procurement after official investigations confirmed that the woman was forcing her teenaged daughter to have sex for money. Authorities have identified the mother as fifty-two year old Petronila Urratio, a naturalised Belizean living in San Ignacio town. We understand that for the past year, Urratio has […]
Written on December 8, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight there are disturbing reports of yet another case of human trafficking, this time emerging from the western part of the country. Details are still sketchy, but we understand that a fifty-two year old woman and her thirteen year old daughter have been held in police custody after several concerned citizens reported to authorities that […]
Written on December 7, 2005 | Posted in
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A twelve year old boy drowned over the weekend after being swept away by strong currents in the Macal River. According to police reports, Peter Caretella was on horseback when he tried to cross the river near Santa Familia Village. But as the animal sank low in the water, he was overwhelmed and within seconds […]
Written on December 7, 2005 | Posted in
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A police officer from the Cayo District has been arrested and charged after a search of his home turned up an unlicensed weapon and ammunition. According to official reports, around five this morning San Ignacio cops responded to a domestic dispute at the home of P.C. Oscar Quiroz. When they arrived, Quiroz’s wife Janeen, told […]
Written on December 7, 2005 | Posted in
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Meanwhile in Dangriga, murder charges have been filed against twenty-one year old Charlton Castillo in connection with the stabbing death of Dave Nunez early Monday morning. Reports to News Five are that Nunez and Castillo had engaged in several brawls in recent months, the last of which ended with Castillo stabbing Nunez multiple times to […]
Written on December 6, 2005 | Posted in
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A Belize City security guard was formally arraigned on charges of carnal knowledge in connection with two separate incidents: one that is alleged to have occurred nine years ago and a second, six years ago. According to court reports, the sixteen year old victim claims that in October 1996, when she was seven years old, […]
Written on December 6, 2005 | Posted in
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On Monday we aired the story of an eight year old boy who was knockdown in Ladyville by a garbage truck. In that report, the boy’s father, David Melendez not only complained about the police investigation into his son’s case, but he also took issue with the authorities concerning his own case that left him […]
Written on December 6, 2005 | Posted in
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An employee of the Sales Tax Department has been charged with extortion after being busted trying to hustle money from a local businessman. According to Lloyd Sutherland, owner of Royal Catering Services, on the fourteenth of November, two men identifying themselves as Leodan Torres and a Mr. Bol, employees of the Sales Tax Unit, walked […]
Written on December 5, 2005 | Posted in
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A shooting incident on Newtown Barracks over the weekend has resulted in the arrest of two Belize City men. According to police reports, around two on Saturday morning armed men entered the compound of the Fisheries Department and ambushed the lone security guard. As they were in the process of bounding the guard with duct […]
Written on December 5, 2005 | Posted in
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A resident of Dangriga is in police custody tonight pending charges of murder following a fatal stabbing early this morning. According to authorities, the twenty-one year old suspect and the twenty-four year old victim, identified as Dave Nunez, got into an argument in the Wagierale area of the town. A knife was introduced to the […]
Written on December 5, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight local INTERPOL officials in Belmopan continue to investigate a reported case of human trafficking involving a minor, the child’s parents, and an American citizen. Information about the case is still sketchy as authorities have remained tight-lipped. This is what we do know: a thirteen year old Belizean girl was found in the company of […]
Written on December 5, 2005 | Posted in
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We’ve reported some bizarre criminal activity over the years, but this one still stands out in the weird category. A Belize City teen has reported that he was robbed by his own brothers. According to fifteen year Robinson Michael, he was on Rocky Road around noon on Saturday when his brothers: nineteen year old Orin […]
Written on December 5, 2005 | Posted in
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A Belize City woman is in police custody tonight charged with stealing clothes off another woman’s line. According to Consita Beeks of Tranquil Lane, early Thursday morning she washed a load of clothes and hung it out to dry. Beeks claims that later when she went to pick in the laundry, all the garments had […]
Written on December 2, 2005 | Posted in
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Meanwhile separate incidents of car jackings have resulted in arrests in Dangriga and Orange Walk. According to police, last weekend, Orange Walk resident Eder Urbina reported his white 1990 Grand Marquis missing from its spot in the yard. Several hours later, the vehicle was discovered in Crooked Tree, stripped and abandoned. Subsequent investigations have led […]
Written on December 2, 2005 | Posted in
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A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of twenty year old Sherwin Yarwood has certified cause of death as traumatic shock due to a gunshot injury to the head. Yarwood’s corpse was discovered early Wednesday morning in an abandoned lot near the Southern Foreshore. Police suspect the young man was lured to the area by […]
Written on December 2, 2005 | Posted in
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A suspected burglar was formally arraigned in court today in connection with a home break-in on Woodpecker Street in Ladyville. According to court reports, thirty-eight year old Dennis Quilter pleaded not guilty to the charge of burglary and was granted bail in the sum of six thousand dollars or two sureties of three thousand dollars […]
Written on December 2, 2005 | Posted in
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