While the business community tries to rally the public against crime, members of the criminal class are reminding us that not all law breakers sport bandannas and pants that sag. Janelle Chanona, Reporting With three charges pending for incidents in September 2001 and four other court cases that were either struck out or dismissed, twenty-one […]
Not all recent efforts by police have been in vain. The department reports that in Orange Walk two men, one of them a fifteen-year-old, have been arrested and charged with robbery and grievous harm. Twenty-year-old Daniel Cowo and the minor are accused of being among a gang that attacked a twenty-three year old on a […]
Acting with a patience that bordered on inaction, the Customs Department finally called it a day for Stann Creek businessman John Zabaneh–or at least his fleet of uncustomed vehicles. The ten late model SUV’s and pickups, seized at Zabaneh’s Mayan King farm in November, were forfeited when Zabaneh could not produce evidence of good title. […]
But as the business community gears up for a shut down, one of their own is still trying to ascertain the damage to their pockets. Romac’s supermarket on Albert Street was closed for a short time this morning after an overnight burglary left the store in disarray. Up to newstime tonight, the store’s management say […]
In other crime news, a Belize City man is recovering from gunshot wounds tonight after he was shot over the weekend. According to police, around 3:30 on Sunday afternoon, police were alerted to the K.H.M.H. where they found Kenneth Flowers, also known as Big Tom, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Big Tom […]
Prison officials need your help tonight in locating two escaped convicts still on the loose. The department has joined forces with police and launched an all out manhunt for twenty-three year old Peter Augustine, a convicted rapist with two aggravated burglary charges, and twenty-seven year old Ernesto Cervera, who was serving five years for robbery. […]
Police are also investigating two robbery reports in Belize City. According to thirty-two year old teacher Diedre Faux, around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, she was near the Queen Square Market when two young men on bicycles rode up to her. Faux says one of the men put a gun to her head and demanded her […]
After all those crime stories, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the business community aren’t the only ones frustrated with the situation. And while the move of a nation-wide shutdown of businesses isn’t political, it’s certainly designed to get the attention of government. At a recent school opening, the Prime Minister took the opportunity to address […]
But while the P.M. is angry and businesses are frustrated, the police are working overtime to crack cases. Tonight, we can report that they have made arrests in two murders. According to police, twenty-one year old Clifford Hyde and a sixteen-year-old minor have been charged with the murder of Derry Bennett. Hyde also faces charges […]
After being left for dead near Belizean Beach with a gunshot wound to the head administered by a man he thought was one of his best friends, it’s amazing that Joel Waight is alive today. What is equally amazing, in this age where everyone seems to be too afraid to share information they have about […]
When George Street residents got up this morning, a number of them could not go to work in their vehicles. No, there was not a traffic jam in the area and the cars were not experiencing any mechanical problems, instead, someone had taken a sharp object and slashed the vehicles’ tyres. When News 5 arrived […]
A Santa Elena man is dead after being beaten several times in the head with a steel bar. He is twenty-seven year old Jose Nelson Hernandez. Around 2:30 this morning, Byron Castellanos and Hernandez were at home in Caye Caulker sleeping, when two other apparently drunken men came to the house. Castellanos told police that […]
Police are on the lookout for two prisoners who escaped from the Hattieville Prison. They are twenty-three year old Peter Augustine a convicted rapist and burglar, and twenty-seven year old Ernesto Cevera who was doing five years for robbery. Around 1:00 p.m. today the men were working on the compound, and no one noticed when […]
If you follow the local news closely, you might have noticed that lately gas stations have become a staple for the criminal element. Unfortunately, that often translates into a loss in money and has left more than one security guard beaten up and even killed. Early this morning, the Freetown Esso Gas Station was the […]
Four days after a well-known Belize City man was gunned down in his own store, his suspected murderer has been charged. This man, twenty-nine year old Erlin White was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court today on the charge of murder and remanded to the Hattieville Prison. White is believed to be the gunman who walked into […]
Tonight, police need your help in capturing a suspect involved in two separate incidents. Authorities say Herman “Yagga” Morris is wanted in connection with a shooting incident and aggravated burglary that occurred seven days apart. On Wednesday, twenty-year old Mark Saragosa reported to police that around 5:30 that evening, he was at the corner of […]
Police are looking for three suspects who held up the employees of Belize Western Energy Limited on Central American Boulevard. According to police, around 11:30 this morning, a clear complexioned man walked into the establishment and ordered a tank of gas. As the secretary was doing the paper work, two other men then entered the […]
Police have arrested a man for the murder of well-known Belizean cyclist and proprietor of Electrical Zone Rebuilders, Dwayne Arnold. He is twenty-nine year old Erlin White. White was picked up last night in Orange Walk and was today charged with Arnold’s murder after he was positively identified in an ID parade. It is alleged […]
“There is no doubt that the situation with respect to crime and violence is today the worst it has ever been in our society.” Those were words delivered by Opposition Leader, Dean Barrow at a press conference this afternoon hosted by the United Democratic Party. Barrow, who first read from a prepared statement called on […]
In crime news, police are still searching for the man who gunned down thirty-one year old Dwayne Arnold on Monday. The gangland style hit took place at Arnold’s place of business on Cemetery Road in Belize City. Another high profile case has yet to yield an arrest and police are asking for the public’s help. […]
The good news tonight is that there were no fatalities reported over the weekend; the bad news is that it wasn’t for lack of trying. Police report no less than eight violent incidents between Friday night and Sunday, including shootings, stabbings and armed robberies in various parts of the country. Perhaps the most startling assault […]
Things got even scarier on the following night in Belize City. This time the motive wasn’t robbery, and the gun was used to harm rather than threaten. Trouble is, the victim was not the intended target. At her request, we have hidden her face from the screen. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police say they do not […]
In other crime news, a Belize City man was stabbed by two assailants on Friday night near the corner of Sittee and Nargusta Streets. Forty-five year old Frank Henry remains in critical condition. On Saturday night thirty-year-old Kenrick Pott was wounded by a shot in the back as he walked down Cemetery Road. Police are […]
And in news just in, police report that Dwayne Arnold, popular cyclist and proprietor of Electrical Zone Rebuilders on Cemetery Road, was shot dead this evening at his place of business. Jacqueline Woods is just back from the scene where she spoke to police press officer G. Michael Reid. G. Michael Reid, Police Press Officer […]
Three days after the body of Belize City businessman Phillip Chin was found just off the Northern Highway, tonight four young people have been arrested and charged with his murder. According to police, nineteen year old Deon Slusher, twenty-one year old Jeremy Harris, a seventeen year old woman and fifteen year old girl were all […]
