Fire officials believe a fire Tuesday evening that destroyed a wooden structure near the Yarborough Bridge in Belize City was intentionally set. Fortunately, the house has been unoccupied and did not contain any household items. This afternoon we spoke to the officer in charge at the Belize District National Fire Service about this latest case […]
The scourge of violent crimes across the country that continues to threaten citizen security remains an issue of national importance. The number of gang-related incidents that are being recorded on a daily basis is cause for concern and that enduring problem is not lost on the former Leader of the Opposition. Today he asked for […]
A police officer is being accused of shooting an eighteen year old from Belize City in the stomach. The victim is Jason Smith, and according to witnesses a police officer shot him indiscriminately. But, an official police report says officers were conducting a search on several male individuals in an open lot behind the Zoe […]
On Sunday morning, a gruesome discovery was made in the Belama Phase Four area of Belize City. The decomposing body of a man who, until this afternoon was a John Doe, had been chopped to death and his body bound. Today, investigators are still trying to piece together what triggered the vicious attack on the […]
Police in San Pedro are investigating the curious circumstances surrounding the death of a young mother who was found hanging inside an apartment on Friday evening. Twenty-four-year-old Abrie de Tuyul was discovered motionless several hours after neighbors reported hearing an argument between her and her common-law husband. Tuyul’s daughter was also inside the home in […]
An off-duty officer was stabbed over the weekend in Corozal Town. The attack on the twenty-four-year-old policeman happened while he was in the presence of a fellow lawman during curfew hours. According to an official report, PC Cobb was socializing with several other persons, including a civilian, after he came off work on Saturday night. […]
Another suspect in the murder of Ian Westby was taken into police custody over the weekend after being arrested in Placencia. Akeem Augustine, who is no stranger to law enforcement, was nabbed on the peninsula following an investigation into the shooting death of Westby which took place in Belize City last weekend. Augustine joins Leon […]
A shooting incident during a home invasion in Belize City over the weekend has left Robert Lamb, a resident of Antelope Street Extension recovering from injuries he received during the armed assault. Lamb was at home when a pair of men broke into his residence and opened fire on him. While he is recuperating at […]
Twenty-four-year-old Dane Gillett is set to appear in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday where he is expected to be arraigned for the murder of fifteen-year-old Dwayne Gabourel. The suspected killer was charged and arraigned for a separate offense of aggravated assault on October first. Moments later, the Majestic Alley resident tested positive for COVID-19, delaying […]
There will be new legislation that is expected to improve and strengthen the juvenile justice system. With the blessing of the Cabinet, the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs will repeal the Certified Institutions Bill and amend the Juvenile Offenders Bill and the Families and Children Bill. The changes are expected bring about […]
Police formally arrested and charged a thirty seven year old Belize City man for the murder of Ian Westby. He has been identified as Leon Garcia of St Jude Street. St Jude St is a short walk away from where Westby was gunned down on Sunday October seventeenth inside a vehicle. Westby had just left […]
Two men from Belmopan have been charged for smuggling illegal immigrants and their 18 passengers detained. Police say on Tuesday morning they were on operations on Paslow Falls Road in the Cayo District when a white Chevy Equinox driven by Reynaldo Alberto Vellos was stopped and eight persons in Belize illegally were found inside. A second […]
Here’s an update to a story from the Adjacency Zone Police have charged Evangelina Rosalia Ack with murder following the stabbing of Justo Martinez in Jalacte over the weekend. According to police, Ack and her common-law husband were at an establishment drinking but got into a fight. Martinez reportedly attempted to part the couple and […]
The Leader of the Opposition also took on the issue of crime that continues to plague Southside Belize City. In response to the Prime Minister’s recent announcement that the Southside would be declared a special development zone, Faber accused the Government of having no real plan to tackle crime. Patrick Faber, Leader of the […]
On the other hand, the Opposition is often criticized for not being able to successfully get a handle on crime and violence while in government for the last thirteen years. Faber responded to these allegations and suggested the current administration is not responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable in society. Patrick Faber, […]
A Guatemalan woman who was trying to speed up the process of getting her permanent residency is out two-thousand five hundred dollars and the man accused of scamming her out of the money has been detained. Azucena Caal Raymundo of Camalote Village reported to police that in September she went to the Immigration Department where […]
A funeral-goer was executed in Belize City on Saturday, moments before boarding a bus that would have transported him and other mourners to a memorial service for their loved one. Giovanni Augustine was standing in front of the Parham residence on Curassow Street when he came under assault from someone he knew. His alleged killer […]
Following the murder of Giovanni Augustine on Saturday afternoon, police on mobile patrol on Faber’s Road Extension pursued a pickup truck that caught their attention. The vehicle was being followed until it came to a halt on Madam Liz Avenue. When the officers approached the driver, they discovered that he was Darrel “Tutsi” Usher, son […]
Police are looking for a man they believe can assist with their investigation into the murder of Ian Westby on Sunday in Belize City. Westby had left family members and gone with another man near Curasow street, but was found shortly afterwards dead in a vehicle. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department […]
A woman is in police custody tonight awaiting a charge of murder, following the stabbing death of Justo Martinez which occurred over the weekend at the Adjacency Zone in the Toledo District. According to police, the bus operator and her common-law husband were at an establishment in that area when they got into a misunderstanding. […]
There was another shooting over the weekend that has left resident of Zericote Street hospitalized. The attack on Michael Young took place several hours into the nightly curfew and investigators are yet to determine what he was doing outside of his home after nine p.m. He told police that he had just arrived at his […]
The United Democratic Party today expressed its alarm over what they term the “explosion” of murders and other violent crimes around the country, particularly in Belize City. The party is calling for the resignation, or removal, of the Minister of Home Affairs. Kareem Musa, and the CEO in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Kevin Arthurs. […]
A police constable attached to the Gang Intelligence, Investigation and Interdiction Unit, or the GI3, for short, is hospitalized tonight after being shot by fellow law enforcement officers on Thursday evening in Orange Walk. The incident which came on the heels of a fender-bender in Corozal Town sometime earlier that evening, raises more questions than […]
The Belize Police Department, however, provides a very different account of what took place. According to a report issued earlier today, PC Dawson failed to stop at the vehicle checkpoint that was set up outside of Orange Walk Town. When he floored the vehicle, officers immediately gave chase and an exchange of gunfire ensued. They […]
Two employees of a Caribbean Chicken were roughed up and their truck stolen while they were inside on Thursday afternoon in Belmopan. Police report they were called to the University Heights area where they found a delivery truck abandoned in some bushes. They discovered a company salesman, Daniel Magana, locked in the freezer compartment. He […]
