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He killed his girlfriend with his unlicensed revolver, but today Roger Lewis remains a free man and no charges have been filed against him. Lewis was detained following the Monday night shooting of Lorei Wagner, which occurred while the pair were together in her bedroom. Police sources tell News 5 that Lewis claims the shooting […]
Written on June 5, 2003 | Posted in
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Tonight, we regret to announce the death of Belize City businessman, Alvin Godfrey. Godfrey, who was shot in the face on April twenty-ninth, died around four-thirty this morning, apparently as a result of complications stemming from his gunshot wounds. The two men arrested for the crime: Louis Gillett and Kareem Molina, both of Belize City, […]
Written on June 5, 2003 | Posted in
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Tonight, three Police officers stand accused of theft. PCs the Sherlett O’Brien, Randy Sanchez and Patrick Roaches have all been charged with two counts of theft. The charges follow reports made by local businesspeople that the trio had entered their stores and removed Boledo books on the pretext that they were illegal, but never arrested […]
Written on June 5, 2003 | Posted in
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Even by Belizean standards, it was a crime of unusual violence and tonight an elderly resident of Dangriga is barely clinging to life. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods spent the day in that southern town and has returned with the following report. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The bloody pillowcases and sheets tell you just how vicious the […]
Written on June 4, 2003 | Posted in
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A Cayo man fleeing from police has apparently drowned in the Macal River. Authorities report that Delbert Usher, a suspect in several robberies, was sighted on Monday morning by police on patrol in Esperanza Village. They report that Usher attempted to escape by jumping into the river, but was not seen to surface. His body […]
Written on June 4, 2003 | Posted in
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A Belize City woman is dead tonight, but police and family members alike are not yet certain whether her death was a tragic accident, premeditated murder…or something in between. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has been looking for answers. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Authorities may never know exactly what happened inside the bedroom of twenty-one year old […]
Written on June 3, 2003 | Posted in
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On yesterday’s newscast we ran a story of a major new weapon to appear on the Belizean crime scene…fortunately, one that was turned in to police. Well, we are no experts on military technology…and it appears that neither are the cops. Today, a high ranking member of the Belize Defence Force called News 5 to […]
Written on June 3, 2003 | Posted in
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Late night bar fights come in all shapes and sizes, but the fatal tragedy that occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning has left Cayo residents in a state of disbelief. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods is just back from the west with the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting San Ignacio police strongly believe thirty-three year […]
Written on June 2, 2003 | Posted in
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With one policeman injured in the San Ignacio attack, it was already a bad start to Police Week…but, believe it or not, things got worse. Around six Saturday evening in the village of August Pine Ridge in the Orange Walk District, Constable Porfilio Co tried to move a disorderly patron from a bar. The man […]
Written on June 2, 2003 | Posted in
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In the hands of the military it is an effective weapon against an advancing enemy target. But on the mean streets of Belize City and in the control of an already trigger happy underworld, a rocket propelled grenade is the equivalent of an atomic bomb. Today the police scored a small victory with the unusual […]
Written on June 2, 2003 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Anti-Drug Unit earned a share in a major drug seizure when a U.S. Coast Guard operation netted over one thousand, five hundred pounds of cocaine. According to Police Press Officer G. Michael Reid, just after one p.m. yesterday, the U.S. Coast Guard informed the Belize Police Department of the movements of a […]
Written on May 30, 2003 | Posted in
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Police may have been powerless to prevent the recent spate of shootings in Belize City, but they have worked quickly to arrest those they believe are responsible for the crimes. Jacqueline Woods has details. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today, the police made three major arrests in connection with two murders that occurred on April twenty-seventh and […]
Written on May 28, 2003 | Posted in
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It did not take long for Belize City police to arrest Leonard Myers a.k.a. “Ghost” and Brandon Tillett for the shooting incident that occurred around two on Tuesday afternoon. According to authorities, on that day, Myers and Tillett ran into Trench Alley firing shots at another young man. But instead of hitting their intended target, […]
Written on May 28, 2003 | Posted in
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It’s not everyday that the police catch a thief in the act of backing away his booty, but that’s what happened this morning in Belize City. The television, V.C.R. and assorted jewellery were removed from the residence of one Dolly Flowers by this man, identified as eighteen-year-old Kevin Roland. Roland was caught red handed with […]
Written on May 28, 2003 | Posted in
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Tonight twenty-six year old Ingrid Williams of a Trench Alley address in Belize City is recovering from a gunshot wound she sustained to her left hand. Witnesses, who did not wish to appear on camera, told News 5 that around three this afternoon Williams was standing just outside of her house when two young men […]
Written on May 27, 2003 | Posted in
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The gangland style murder that occurred after eleven this morning in Belize City was different from previous shootings mainly in its location…that is directly in front of St. Ignatius Primary School. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The intersection of Amara Avenue and Allenby Street was thrown into chaos today as a hail of deadly […]
Written on May 26, 2003 | Posted in
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Tonight, a mother of three is fighting for her life in the Northern Regional Hospital while the cowards who shot her have yet to be arrested. According to police, just after eight on Friday night, two masked men, one brandishing a shotgun, walked into the yard of the Peters family in Little Belize in the […]
Written on May 26, 2003 | Posted in
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The hazards of construction work proved fatal for one Belize City man today. Information remains sketchy, but sometime around eleven o’clock this morning, twenty-seven year old Moises Gonzalez was working on the first floor of a building on Saint Thomas Street when he apparently fell to his death. The cause of the fall is not […]
Written on May 23, 2003 | Posted in
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Most reports of missing persons wind up with happy endings, as a rambunctious child or roaming spouse finally find their way home. But some cases do not fit the usual pattern…and that’s why tonight one distraught woman is asking the public for help. Ann Pou, Sister “I don’t know, I honestly don’t know. But just […]
Written on May 23, 2003 | Posted in
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The epidemic of rapes committed nationwide continues unabated. Police in Corozal report that on Monday an eighteen year old woman filed a complaint that on that afternoon she was abducted from a bar by four men, one of whom had originally accompanied her to the drinking establishment. The men allegedly forced her into a pickup […]
Written on May 22, 2003 | Posted in
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A wanted man is recuperating in Belmopan Hospital under police guard tonight after he was shot while resisting arrest. According to police, twenty-four year old Pedro Hernandez has been something of a one-man crime wave in the village of San Antonio, Cayo and on May ninth had tried to murder his own father. On Wednesday, […]
Written on May 22, 2003 | Posted in
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According to law enforcement authorities, during the majority of home burglaries, the victims are asleep in their beds, totally unaware of the danger they’re in. That’s just what happened to one Belize City family early this morning. According to the Willoughbys, who reside on East Collet Canal, just after two this morning they heard their […]
Written on May 20, 2003 | Posted in
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In more police news, tonight authorities need your help to catch a killer. This morning, Hattieville cops found the body of a man just off the road to Freetown Sibun. It displayed several large chop wounds to the face and body. The victim has since been identified as forty-two year old Honduran, Carlos Melendez, a […]
Written on May 19, 2003 | Posted in
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And in a footnote to a story we reported on Thursday, Floyd Peters Junior and Fidelio Montez, arrested and charged with theft and conspiracy in the embezzlement of seventy-eight thousand dollars from the Marketing Board in San Ignacio, have been released on bail of ten thousand dollars each. And while the cash and sureties to […]
Written on May 19, 2003 | Posted in
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The cool breeze, clear water and abundant fruits make this time of year especially pleasant for those fortunate enough to live on the Belize River. But, as Patrick Jones discovered, paradise is not without problems. Patrick Jones, Reporting Fire officials were today sifting through the burnt out remains of a blaze that left a family […]
Written on May 19, 2003 | Posted in
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