It is most likely another case of murder, but the crime is at least a year old. That’s the conclusion of police investigating the discovery of a human skeleton in Dangriga. The remains, along with the victim’s clothing, were discovered in the septic tank of a residence in the Rivas Estate area of the town […]
Holdups on the Hummingbird Highway have ranged from one man brandishing a machete… to multiple gunmen using guerrilla tactics. About a year ago police thought they had broken up the most active band of robbers, but in the last month residents say motorists frequenting the road have once again become easy targets for a group […]
At this hour fifty year old Niles Scott, the U.S. fugitive apprehended this week, is safely behind bars, in either Texas or Ohio. But here in Belize the drama is only just beginning, because with a hundred thousand U.S. dollar reward on the line, the details of his capture are mighty important. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
A police officer has been charged with rape following a report by the alleged victim, who happens to be a female cop. The twenty-nine year old woman claims Sergeant Leslie Wade had sex with her against her will in late September while she was staying at his home in Belmopan. The woman, who had accepted […]
An unruly passenger who would not get off a bus was shot in the leg by police on Wednesday. Police say the driver asked an officer at the Burrell Boom checkpoint on the Northern Highway to remove twenty-two year old Daniel Flores, who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. Flores did not agree […]
They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but for U.S. fugitives hiding out in Belize, the nation’s once blue skies have become filled with electrical storms. Only two days after convicted sexual offender William Lightner was discovered in Chunox Village and returned to Idaho for parole violations, another American criminal on the […]
And while we’re on the subject of fugitives, News Five was today alerted to the presence of a shipping container at the Belama home of Hassan El-Sayed. El-Sayed, it may be recalled, failed to show up for his trial on charges of forgery in connection with the 2002 passport scandal and is also wanted for […]
He is one more in a growing list of U.S. criminals who flee to Belize but find out that Uncle Sam has long arms and good friends in the local police department. William Lightner, also known as William Beagles, has been rounded up and shipped back to Houston and will soon be sent to Idaho […]
Police have acted quickly to arrest a suspect in a Belize City hold-up. Twenty-six year old Kareem Bowen of Sibun Street has been charged with robbery as the result of an incident that occurred Tuesday night on Freetown Road. Twenty-two year old Joseph Arteno told police that he was walking down that street around ten […]
The victim of Tuesday evening’s fatal shooting of an alleged burglar by a police officer has been identified. And as News Five’s Jacqueline Woods discovered, the deceased appeared to be on a collision course with trouble. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-nine year old Egbert Gordon Junior is a graduate of Gwen Lizarraga High School and the […]
Trouble on the road this week was not confined to pedestrians. On Wednesday morning it was anything but a routine commute as a busload of passengers heading towards Ladyville watched horrified as a passenger was stabbed. Reports are that around eight that morning twenty-one year old Earl Archer and nineteen year old Justo Augustine were […]
While there are still way too many guns in this town, at least one high powered firearm has been taken off the streets. Police report that officers on patrol Wednesday night on Caesar Ridge Road attempted to question two men who appeared to be acting suspiciously, but the duo fled with one of the men […]
Dead men tell no tales… so unless there was a fly on the wall that?s willing to testify, the police version of Tuesday evening’s fatal shooting of a suspected burglar at Los Lagos is the only one we’re likely to get. Today News Five’s Jacqueline Woods pieced together the official story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police […]
Authorities said it would only be a matter of time and they were right. Stranded in a mangrove swamp without food, water, or a safe route home, the last two of a quartet of escaped convicts have been captured. Robert Gillett was collared Tuesday evening near mile six and a half on the Western Highway, […]
Viewers may recall a story we ran last month in which residents of the neighbourhood near Lord Ridge Cemetery complained of a long running crime wave. Tonight those residents may sleep a bit sounder as police report the arrest of five men they believe are responsible for much of the trouble. Those arrested are thirty […]
Details are scarce, but official reports to News Five have confirmed that this evening a police officer fatally shot a man inside a house in the Los Lagos area of Ladyville. The victim appears to have been a burglar who refused to surrender after officers were called to the residence. We’ll have more details on […]
It may not be the revolving door we became used to in years gone by…but now and then prisoners do escape from Hattieville. Early this morning four inmates managed to bust out and tonight two remain on the loose. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Initial investigations reveal that all four inmates […]
It may not seem like much compared to the two and a half ton cocaine bust of two weeks ago, but as they say, one-one full basket. Around seven on Monday night police at the Boom checkpoint on the Northern Highway hit pay-dirt when they stopped a Novelo’s bus heading north. According to police reports, […]
Did you ever wonder what happens to all those stolen cars that disappear off the streets of Belize City? It looks like police have at least discovered the remains of one… along with some folks with some questions to answer. Twenty-three year old Samuel Nicholas, twenty-three year old Egbert Jones, twenty-four year old Andy Hernandez […]
Belize City police had their hands full this weekend as they were busy literally catching thieves in the act. The most recent arrests took place around two this morning on Freetown Road when authorities say they received a tip informing them that a burglary was in progress at H.L.’s Burger. When the cops arrived on […]
The remains of a man who disappeared almost three years ago have been found off the Western Highway in Cayo. The discovery was made on Wednesday afternoon near Windy Hill Resort. A white Toyota car, which had been extensively burned, was also found at the location. Minata Calderon of Bullet Tree Village was able to […]
Police have arrested and charged one man in connection with a brazen jewellery heist in downtown Belize City. According to court reports, around six-thirty Tuesday morning, employees of Medina and Sons were inside the Albert Street branch getting ready to set up the street side stalls when three men burst into the store. Emmeth Jones […]
A man appearing in Magistrate’s Court for allegedly pulling a machete on a police officer claims he was “chanced” by another officer. Olivaro Rojas, a mechanic of East Collet Canal, was formally arraigned on charges of aggravated assault this morning. However, he appeared in court drenched in blood and complained to Magistrate Margaret McKenzie that […]
Tonight, a Belize City businessman is recovering from gunshot wounds after a brazen robbery at his store on Tuesday. According to police press officer G. Michael Reid, surveillance cameras captured the scene that unfolded around eight that night when three men, one armed with a handgun, entered J and K supermarket on Teacher’s Street and […]
It’s a scene that has played out in every Belizean household: parents fighting in front of their children. But on Wednesday afternoon, one such domestic dispute in the Toledo District had deadly consequences. According to police reports, the Choc family was at their home in San Marcos Village when Mr. and Mrs. Choc began to […]
