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The plot thickens in the investigation into the weekend murder of Orange Walk merchant Ghanshayan Alamchandani. This morning police detained a suspect in the case, saying only that he was a man “close to the victim”. At the same time information reaching News 5 indicates a possible motive that is nothing short of disturbing. Alamchandani, […]
Written on December 7, 2004 | Posted in
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No arrests have been made following a dramatic shooting incident on the Hummingbird Highway in late November. According to a traumatised U.S. couple, just after ten on the morning of Saturday, November twenty-seventh, they were heading to the airport after vacationing in Placencia but when they stopped at a speed bump between miles 19 and […]
Written on December 7, 2004 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, Belmopan police are tonight investigating another incident on the Hummingbird Highway. According to the authorities, around seven on Saturday night, employees of Sibun River Farm, located near the Sibun Bridge, were inside their house preparing dinner when there was a knock on the door. Farm worker Rudolfo Mendoza opened it only to find three […]
Written on December 7, 2004 | Posted in
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And in a follow up to our coverage of the robbery of the Belize Water Services office in Belmopan, police today wrapped up their investigation after the third suspect was taken into custody. According to Sergeant Sinquest Martinez, the community played a big role in catching the criminals. Sgt. Sinquest Martinez ?We have recovered over […]
Written on December 7, 2004 | Posted in
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In these times of rampant senseless crime we tend to put murders in neat categories: jealous lovers, drunken brawls, robberies gone wrong and just plain gangbanging. But the brutal killing that took place sometime Friday in Orange Walk Town doesn’t seem to fit so neatly into our criminal stereotypes. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline […]
Written on December 6, 2004 | Posted in
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The only good thing that can be said about this next story is that it could have been worse…much worse. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports on a drive-by shooting in Belize City with enough wounded victims to fill an emergency ward. Patrick Jones, Reporting The bullet marks on the front window of this shop on […]
Written on December 6, 2004 | Posted in
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A Belize City man lies critically wounded at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a weekend stabbing. According to police, twenty-seven year old Moises Flores and thirty-three year old Javier Saragosa got into an argument sometime around eleven on Saturday morning in the area of Police Street. The fight ended when Saragosa pulled out a […]
Written on December 6, 2004 | Posted in
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They were taken into custody late last week, and today two men accused of robbing the Belmopan branch of Belize Water Services faced the magistrate in the nation’s capital. Twenty-three year old Jovanni Theus of Belize City and twenty year old Cordel Cayetano of Caye Caulker were charged for the crimes of robbery and harm, […]
Written on December 6, 2004 | Posted in
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It wasn’t included in the Police Department’s daily situation report but there was another shooting in Belize City this morning…and unfortunately it was fatal. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Family and neighbours say the Pit Bull named Pain was only doing his job, protecting his master?s property, when he was shot and killed by law enforcement officers. […]
Written on December 6, 2004 | Posted in
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To the relief of virtually all Belizeans, the manhunt ended with a whimper instead of a bang, as accused copkiller Earl Young turned himself in to police. But the question left unanswered after the brutal apparently unprovoked shooting of police constable Uwin Armstrong, is…why? Today I travelled to the Orange Walk District in search of […]
Written on December 3, 2004 | Posted in
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The manhunt for accused cop killer Earl Young is officially over and the twenty-four year old suspect is tonight in lockdown at the Queen Street police station. How did it happen? A short while ago News 5’s Patrick Jones got the details from Commissioner of Police Carmen Zetina via telephone from his Belmopan Office. Carmen […]
Written on December 2, 2004 | Posted in
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Twenty-four hours after thieves stole thousands of dollars from Belize Water Services in a daring mid afternoon hold up in the nation’s capital, Belmopan police say they have detained two suspects and recovered eighty-five percent of the money. On Wednesday afternoon, three men, two of whom carried guns, walked into the B.W.S. office on Cardinal […]
Written on December 2, 2004 | Posted in
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Another daylight-jacking while not as dramatic as the Belmopan heist, has left a woman shaken, and a teenage boy in lock down. According to police, twenty-seven year old Shirlene Casimiro was standing in front of the Supreme Court around midday on Wednesday when a thirteen year old boy walked up to her, grabbed two chains […]
Written on December 2, 2004 | Posted in
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In a follow up to a report of a stabbing incident earlier this week, police have arrested and charged a seventeen-year-old Belize City man. He is Nelson Diaz of a North Creek Road address and he has been charged with the crimes of attempted murder, causing dangerous harm and the use of deadly means of […]
Written on December 2, 2004 | Posted in
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Police Constable Uwin Armstrong was laid to rest this afternoon in Hattieville at a funeral attended by hundred of friends, family members and colleagues. And while the nation mourned the senseless execution style killing, police believe they have identified the murderer. Police Commissioner Carmen Zetina told News 5 that they think he’s heading North. Carmen […]
Written on December 1, 2004 | Posted in
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Details are sketchy but reports to News 5 indicate that an armed robbery took place this afternoon at the office of Belize Water Services in Belmopan. It is alleged that three men, armed with a handgun and sawed off shotgun, entered the building on Cardinal Avenue, tied up the employees with duct tape and escaped […]
Written on December 1, 2004 | Posted in
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It’s not as dramatic a crime as an armed robbery but a series of burglaries at a Belize City school has left teachers and administrators disheartened and demoralized. News 5’s Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting Tuesday night?s burglary of the Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist primary school is the latest setback for the educational […]
Written on December 1, 2004 | Posted in
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Life is increasingly cheap on the streets of Belize City…and that observation was reinforced this morning when shortly after ten the latest victim–himself no stranger to violence–was gunned down in a congested neighbourhood just west of downtown. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting We may never know exactly why twenty-two year […]
Written on November 30, 2004 | Posted in
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A stabbing incident in the old capital has left a man in the hospital in critical condition. Nineteen-year-old Elmer Caliz told police that he was attacked by a man he recognized while he stood near the Novelo’s Bus Terminal. According to Caliz, the assailant pulled a knife, a scuffle ensued and Caliz wound up with […]
Written on November 30, 2004 | Posted in
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There’s a killer on the loose tonight…which is not all that unusual in these turbulent times, except that this killer took the life of a policeman. It wasn’t in the midst of a blazing shootout or contested arrest; in fact it looked more like a cold blooded execution. News 5’s Jacqueline woods has the story. […]
Written on November 29, 2004 | Posted in
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It did not take authorities long to react to the murder of P.C. Uwin Armstrong, as police units fanned out across the city following leads and looking for information. However, this morning one resident on the receiving end of that investigation told News 5 that their methods need some improvement. Evelyn Flowers, Victim, Police Raid […]
Written on November 29, 2004 | Posted in
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A police constable has been charged with murder following the brutal death of his common-law-wife. Forty-one year old Jose Zetina is accused of killing nineteen year old Rosa Mehia following an argument at their San Ignacio home. Sources in Cayo tell News 5 that there had been some ongoing problems between the two, but it […]
Written on November 29, 2004 | Posted in
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Not all the violence involving police officers this weekend resulted in tragedy. On Sunday the actions of one alert constable are believed to have prevented a rape. According to police reports around nine p.m. off duty P.C. Ivan Galvez was riding on Central American Boulevard when he heard the cries of a young woman. Upon […]
Written on November 29, 2004 | Posted in
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An accused felon out on bail was shot in the face on Friday night and now lies recovering in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. According to police reports, nineteen year old Brian Herrera was standing on East Canal near Dean Street when he was approached by a man who let loose with a torrent of […]
Written on November 29, 2004 | Posted in
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It may be an unfortunate coincidence, but one day after Belizeans rallied for an end to violence against women we are compelled to report at least three cases of rape, two committed against children. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has been following the most shocking incident, in which both a man and his girlfriend are accused […]
Written on November 26, 2004 | Posted in
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