In crime news, police are looking for a woman in connection with a theft by forgery. The Alliance Bank reported to police that in June a cheque for two thousand, six hundred and eighty-one dollars was presented and cashed by Jamila Vasquez, which turned out to be bogus. Vasquez formerly served as executive director of […]
Three men will appear in Belize City Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with Wednesday evening’s shooting at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Antelope Street. Twenty-five year old Jason Brown and seventeen year old Brian Herrera are jointly charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of dangerous harm upon Roland […]
Over the last several months an increasing number of people have complained to News 5 that they had never received important mail that had been sent weeks or even months earlier, usually from the United States. The problem was sadly confirmed for us recently when a large U.S. dollar cheque sent to Channel 5 from […]
Three Honduran fishermen remain behind bars at Hattieville prison after they were caught illegally fishing in a marine reserve. On Thursday, rangers employed by Friends of Nature, a non-profit organization that works along with the Fisheries Department, encountered the men and their vessel fishing near Gladden Spit some twenty miles east of Placencia. The reserve […]
It is a familiar type of crime that–for some unknown reason–has not been seen very often in 2003. But Wednesday evening the staccato sound of rapid gunfire once again echoed across a Belize City neighbourhood. When the commotion ceased, three people lay wounded, one seriously. News 5’s Marion Ali reports. Nikita Smith, shooting victim “The […]
Less than twenty-four hours later, another bullet put a man in the K.H.M.H. This time, however, the motive appears to be more straightforward. Jacqueline Woods reports from the scene. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting An empty cash pan on Wayne Tucker’s office desk suggests that his shooting may be the result of a robbery. Shortly after 2:00 […]
In other crime news, a Corozal marijuana farmer watched a big payday go up in smoke Wednesday when police raided his plantation on the eve of harvest. Forty-three year old Errol Acosta has been arrested and charged with cultivation of a controlled substance. That substance consisted of two thousand, five hundred mature cannabis trees ranging […]
A two-year-old child is dead after she suddenly collapsed at her home in Spanish Lookout on Tuesday. The toddler, Ismelda Salazar, had reportedly been left in the care of her twelve-year-old sister since early morning by their mother, thirty-year-old Diviljilia Salazar, who had gone to work. The twelve year old told her mother that she […]
The body of a Punta Gorda man missing at sea since Saturday has been found. Twenty-two year old Alford Smith was one of three men who went out fishing on Saturday, only to have their dory capsize. Enfield Arzu swam to shore but Smith and Carl Ramclam did not make it. Ramclam’s body was found […]
In news just in, a Belize City man has been seriously wounded in a ride-by shooting on Antelope Street. Sources tell News 5 that around 6:00 this evening Roland Small was shot in the head and back and has been admitted to the K.H.M.H. in critical condition. A young woman was also hit in the […]
A Belize City man remains in stable condition in the K.H.M.H. after he was shot in the face early Saturday morning. Twenty-four year old Aston Wade told police that around two Saturday morning he was walking past the intersection of Dolphin and Gibnut Streets when a dark skinned man wearing a black warm cap rode […]
A post-mortem has been conducted on a body discovered Thursday evening, but medical science has not fully cleared up the mystery of how a Belize City man met his untimely end. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The last time Remija Linares saw her brother alive was almost three weeks ago. On […]
It’s not the first time that the Buca Shell gas station has been held up, but that does not make the incident any less terrifying for its employees. Around 8:00 on Thursday night, a red Toyota Corolla pulled up at the station. Two dark complexioned masked men, armed with handguns, got out of the vehicle […]
Late this evening residents living behind Euphrates Avenue complained to police about a foul odour coming from the vicinity of Gilda’s Cool Spot Bar. When authorities went out to the location they found, inside an abandoned wooden building, the badly decomposed body of fifty-two year old Russel Linares. Family members at the scene would not […]
Shortly before three this evening, a lone gunman entered the offices of A.A.A. Security on North Front Street and held up its staff. According to an eyewitness who called in to report the incident to News 5, the security vehicle had just pulled up outside of the compound and the driver went inside the building. […]
Tonight a Belize City man stands accused of attempted murder in connection with an incident that occurred last year. According to police, after two months of active searching, on Tuesday they finally caught up with twenty-seven year old Delroy Barrow, a resident of Haynes Street. Reports are that in November, Barrow and Kirk Gordon were […]
A Belize City family needs your help in locating a missing relative. Twenty-six year old Valerie Flores left her home on Pine Street on Sunday, January twelfth, and she has not been seen or heard from since. Valerie suffers from mental illness and has a speech impediment. When she left home she was wearing a […]
It’s not exactly an unknown type of crime, but what was once a near nightly occurrence on the streets of Belize City has in recent months been reduced to a rarity. Jacqueline Woods reports from Mahogany Street. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The armed assault and burglary against Gabu Wu and his wife was the first incident […]
They celebrated New Year’s behind bars, but come next week the first set of illegal immigrants for 2003 will be sent home. The prisoners, who number around thirty, hail mainly from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. The Ministry of Home Affairs has submitted an order to vary their sentences, enabling the Minister of Immigration […]
An accountant is supposed to be the most trustworthy employee of any business…but when that trust is misplaced, watch out. Today police arrested and charged an accountant at Pine Lumber Company in the Cayo District with a massive embezzlement which police say may total as much as three hundred thousand dollars. Thirty-nine year old Damaris […]
When we last saw it in October, it was patrolling the Sapodilla Cayes for illegal fishing and drug running… But today the B.D.F.’s formidable thirty-two foot skiff with its twin two hundred horsepower engines is no longer on duty. Sometime on Friday night or early Saturday morning, the valuable vessel was stolen from its mooring […]
Police are following up the discovery of a body found floating in waters near Bacalar Chico at the Belize-Mexico border. According to police, the deceased has been identified as Preciliano Ramos, a Mexican national, who was working in Sarteneja Village. On Saturday authorities from San Pedro Town visited the Bacalar Chico area where they observed […]
An escaped prisoner is recuperating from bullet wounds to both legs after he reportedly attacked the prison officers who hunted him down. Thirty-eight year old Delito Ortiz, a trustee inmate, reportedly escaped around two-thirty Thursday morning from Yalbac Ranch where he and others had been taken to do some work. Prison officer, Alfredo Urbina, said […]
Belize City police are looking for one suspect whom they believe will lead them to four others following a robbery early Wednesday morning. Rachel Hawar of 7486 Faber’s Road told police she woke up when she heard a noise in her house around three o’clock on Wednesday morning. Hawar said when she went to the […]
Tonight the prime suspect in a string of home burglaries in the Cayo District is behind bars. According to San Ignacio police, thirty-eight year old Rodman Herbert has been terrorizing residents on the Western Highway between Floral Park and Esperanza Village. On News Year’s eve, according to authorities, Herbert was a particularly busy man…breaking into […]
