While P.C. Jacobs fights for his life in a Merida hospital, he may soon be joined in Mexico by another shooting victim, security guard Andre Douze. Douze, a Haitian national, was shot once in the shoulder on February sixteenth, during a robbery attempt, and while his condition continues to improve, doctors at the K.H.M.H. have […]
If it looks like a name brand, feels like a name brand and has all the trademarks of a name brand except the high price, it’s probably a fake. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit clothing have been seized by Belize Customs officials, working in collaboration with U.S. based manufacturers of the real […]
In crime news, a robber who targeted the Mennonite settlement of Springfield off the Hummingbird Highway made what is no doubt the easiest heist in his career. According to police, on Sunday morning a man described as Hispanic in appearance, dressed in camouflage and armed with a machete and handgun, approached fifty-one year old John […]
A seven-year-old child drowned over the weekend. Raymond Arnold’s mother, Tricia Reynolds of Belize City, reported that she and her three children were bathing in the river at Butcher Burns when Raymond was suddenly swept downstream by the current. A search was immediately launched and two hours later the child’s body was located. The Police […]
One week after twenty-three year old San Pedro fisherman Leroy Pilgrim was shot and killed while being apprehended by police, the investigation has still not been completed. Commissioner of Police Jose Carmen Zetina this afternoon told News 5 that P.C. Caliz, who is accused of shooting Pilgrim in his head, remains on active duty while […]
A Jamaican employee on one of the cruise lines visiting Belize was arrested by police on Thursday after the ship’s security searched his cabin and discovered six point five kilograms of cocaine and ten thousand U.S. dollars. His bunkmate, who is from St. Vincent, was originally held for questioning, but he has been released. Twenty-year-old […]
Two Interpol officers from Honduras had high praise for the Belizean police who apprehended a suspect wanted for murder in their country. Sub-Inspector William Rivera and Officer Osman Sosa visited the Raccoon Street police station today and met with A.C.P. Maureen Leslie, Commanding Officer of Eastern Division, to congratulate the department. The men said such […]
Following the shooting of a security guard during a robbery on Tuesday, police have picked up a suspect and are holding him pending charges of attempted murder, dangerous harm, and deadly means of harm. Thirty-year-old Haitian national Andre Douze sustained a gunshot wound to his shoulder during a robbery attempt at Vin Hong Store on […]
More details are emerging in the case of the armed robbery of an employee of Tropical Gaming Company, the operator of Lotto in Belize. News 5 understands that on Monday night Lotto official Bruce Card picked up the day sales from several business establishments in Belize City. As had become the norm, Card went home […]
A young man wounded by gunfire earlier this month has died of his injuries. Twenty-one year old Nicoli Lewis, shot in the neck on the morning of February seventh on Caesar Ridge Road in Belize City, succumbed to his injuries around nine a.m. today in the K.H.M.H. Consequently, it is expected that twenty-seven year old […]
A suspect wanted by Honduran authorities for a murder in that country has been apprehended by police in Belize. Following a tip, Anibal Garcia was found hiding out at a farm near Independence Village. He is alleged to have killed his half brother in October of last year following a misunderstanding between them.
A Belize flag vessel has been seized off the coast of Africa after Spanish authorities discovered over five tons of cocaine aboard. The motor vessel “Lugo” a longline fishing vessel was boarded Friday by Spanish Civil Guards after coordinating information with Interpol and the Government of Belize. According to Angelo Mouzouropoulos of IMMARBE, the body […]
With the possible exception of the occupation of dealing drugs, it is the most dangerous job in Belize. Last night another security guard was shot in the line of duty, this time in Belize City. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting A single expended shell, believed to be the bullet fired […]
The press release from the Police Department called the amount “huge”, but at news time, despite many rumours, News 5 has been unable to confirm just how much money was stolen last night from the company that manages Lotto. The brief report indicates that around eight Monday night thirty-two year old supervisor for Tropical Gaming, […]
He was injured during a shootout with bandits on the Bullet Tree Road outside San Ignacio last Thursday night, but this morning, Kevin Jacobs was flown to Mexico for additional treatment. Today his family invited News 5 to be present when he was moved from the K.H.M.H. to Ladyville and put aboard a plane. Jacqueline […]
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a body taken from the Mopan River on Sunday. The corpse was in an advanced stage of decomposition when it was discovered, but police say it is a Hispanic male. There were no outward signs of violence on the body, which was taken to the San […]
A Saturday afternoon swim ended tragically when a teenager drowned in the Macal River. Fourteen-year-old Victor Rendon of Santa Elena told police he and his uncle, Edgar Rendon, aged fifteen, went swimming around three p.m. About an hour later, Edgar went down, but did not resurface. His lifeless body was later found near the Hawkesworth […]
The police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen. Seventeen-year-old Julie Burke left her home on Plues Street in Belize City on February fourteenth around eleven-thirty saying she was going to a friend’s house, but she never arrived. This evening police brought this photo to News 5. According to a report […]
On Thursday night in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, a man was shot and killed in an altercation with police. The controversial incident sent shock waves through the San Juan area of the town, and erupted into civil disorder on the other side of the island. News 5 flew out to the caye this morning to […]
It wasn’t just San Pedro that saw gunplay on Thursday night. “Out West”, a suspected criminal gang from Guatemala, held up the mayor of San Ignacio and Santa Elena, and later exchanged gunfire with police. One of the suspects was hit in the stomach by a bullet and a police constable sustained serious injuries. News […]
And in Belize City, a man died after being shot numerous times near the Government Complex on Mahogany Street early Friday morning. Police responded to a report of shots fired in the area and found Lindsey Arnold of a Mopan Street address lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to his arms, legs, and […]
It is thievery of a seismic magnitude whose tremors may have resounding effects. Today, the University of Belize admitted that it has been the victim of embezzlement to the tune of one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars. According to U.B. official Dudley Heredia, the monies went missing between August 2002 and January 2004. Administrators we […]
Two immigration officers detained since earlier this week in Benque Viejo have been formally charged in connection with what is believed to be an operation to smuggle Central Americans into the United States. Thirty-eight year old Elias Martinez and twenty-four year old Addli Martinez, who are not related, appeared in Magistrate’s Court this morning. Elias […]
Two residents of Camalote Village have been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a minor. Twenty-five year old Franco Audinette and twenty year old Telford Guzman were charged with carnal knowledge on the basis of a report by a fourteen year old girl who told Belmopan police that the two men had sexual […]
Police report a major weed bust in the Orange Walk District. At dawn on Tuesday a joint B.D.F. police operation raided a location four and a half miles northwest of San Carlos Village where they found a total of ten marijuana fields. Over seventeen thousand plants, ranging from one to six feet in height, were […]
