Jermaine Fuentes is not being fingered as the shooter, but he was definitely a friend of the latest murder victim. Early this morning in Roaring Creek, a young man was fatally shot after his attackers tried to burn down his house. Jacqueline Woods went west today and found more questions than answers. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
A Belize City security guard is recuperating at the K.H.M.H. tonight after being abducted, severely beaten and left tied up on the Western Highway in a stolen vehicle. According to police, forty-seven year old Esbart Ramclam, a security guard working at Caribbean Tobacco Company on Thursday night, and a company truck were reported missing from […]
Tonight, after more than a week of countrywide manhunts, police have detained a prime suspect in a string of murders and attempted murders that have plagued Belize City and Belmopan of late. According to police, nineteen-year-old Marlon “Fisher” Harris is now in police custody and is expected to be charged tomorrow. Harris was captured in […]
As Belizeans grapple with the realisation that the streets are soaked in blood almost everyday, the rapidly deteriorating crime situation has created a community of a silence, who find solace and a sense of security behind burglar bars. Though understandable, this frustrating scenario has hampered several police investigations, such as the murder of security guard […]
Also in crime news, Belmopan police are still investigating one of the bigger drug busts we get to hear about. According to reports, around 6p.m. on Wednesday, officers patrolling the Market Square saw two men acting suspiciously. Police decided to search the duo and found a box containing one kilo or approximately two point two […]
Police are today trying to piece together clues that may help them solve the mystery of who killed well-known contractor Phillip Chin. They are still not certain if Chin was abducted from his house at mile two and a half on the Northern Highway or went willingly with whoever decided to shoot him and dump […]
It’s not an unusual news story by any means, but the latest break in at a Belize City primary school is reminding officials that the impending installation of five thousand computers in Belizean schools will not come without problems. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police are still following up on information that may lead to the arrest […]
It first appeared as a short paragraph on the daily press release from the Police Department. An unidentified body had been found on the side of the Northern Highway. Our first reaction was a hit and run: a drunk driver perhaps, a drunk pedestrian, or maybe both. But as the morning unfolded, it became clear […]
Another shooting in Belize City’s southside has left a twenty-four year old in the hospital. Jason Brown told police that he was standing in front of his home at Curassow and Iguana Streets at around 7:00 on Sunday morning when a man yelled at him and proceeded to fire a single blast from what appeared […]
The wave of violent crime dominating the headlines has not been confined to the city. On Saturday night in Punta Gorda two masked men armed with a handgun held up the Midway Store on Main Street. They got away with four hundred and seventy-five dollars taken from the assistant manager’s purse. Several people have been […]
The countrywide manhunt for the prime suspect in string of violent murders continues tonight with police no closer to bringing Jermaine Fuentes also known as Jermaine de Paz into custody. The fugitive’s last known whereabouts were at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital around 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday when he tried to pay a visit to […]
This evening, police are still investigating an early morning shootout in southside Belize City that has traumatised a neighbourhood and destroyed one man’s car. According to police reports, just before 2 o’clock this morning, thirty-three year old Frank Lopez woke up to the sound of gunshots and looked outside only to find his GMC Suburban […]
A teenager from the Cayo District is dead tonight after a late night brawl. According to police, eighteen year old Allen Smith Flowers, a resident of Teakettle Village, was involved in a fight with another young man at about 11:00 on Wednesday. A set of brass knuckles was introduced to the melee and when it […]
Cabinet’s blue ribbon committee on crime met for its first consultation on Wednesday and heard suggestions from a selected cross section of the public representing churches, business sector, media and educators. According to a government press release, the group agreed that crime is a problem that must be tackled by the community and not only […]
It was not a major topic at the sub-committee meeting, but it should be remembered not all crimes in Belize involve violence…and not all crimes are prosecuted with equal zeal. A case in point dates back to November twenty-first when police confiscated eleven late model vehicles from a warehouse on a Stann Creek banana farm […]
Ever since Mark Ireland disappeared from his Belmopan home over the weekend, hope that he would be found alive faded with each passing hour. Today, the worst fears of friends and family were confirmed. Janelle Chanona reports from the nation’s capital. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Just after 10:00 this morning, a joint BDF/Police search team combing […]
Four defendants charged with rape and attempted murder, but found guilty of grievous harm, were sentenced today by Justice John Gonzales. James Pelayo, Ricardo Alamilla, Melvin Guzman and Amir Sutherland were each sentenced to three years in prison. The incident involving a thirty-six year old woman, occurred in May of 2000 off the Northern Highway […]
Belizean fire fighters have recently completed a detailed course on the proper way to investigate the origins of a fire. After watching the next story, it should become clear that their newly acquired skills are badly needed. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This is all that remains of forty-five year old Leonard Wright’s home. He suspects arson […]
What started as an apparent kidnapping in a quiet section of Belmopan has evolved in a series of shootings and murders stretching into the heart of Belize City’s roughest neighbourhoods. Exactly how all the events are connected is not clear, but News 5’s Jacqueline Woods, who covered yesterday’s disappearance in Belmopan and shooting at Belizean […]
It has not been a good week for gas stations as in a thirty-six hour period, three have been knocked off by criminals. According to police reports, the first attack took place at B and C Industries on mile sixteen and a half on the Northern Highway. Owner She Hong Yuan told police that while […]
Tonight, Belmopan police are still searching for clues after a man went missing under highly suspicious circumstances. Rumours as to the reasons behind the disappearance of twenty-eight year old Mark Ireland ran wild today, especially after police took Ireland’s girlfriend into custody for intensive questioning. With the latest from the capital city, we go to […]
An early morning shootout just outside Belize City has left one man in serious condition and his attacker on the loose. News 5 understands that a man, identified only as Joel Waight, was meeting another man at the area known as Belizean Beach at about 5:00 this morning. Apparently the meeting went sour and a […]
A Belize City taxi driver is in serious condition after he was shot during a robbery on Friday night. According to police, around 8:00 that night, forty-four year old Richard Acosta was hired to take four men from the Biltmore Plaza to Ladyville. The men asked Acosta to take them to Marage Road, but when […]
In an update to a brazen robbery attempt in Placencia, police have caught the three suspects. Nineteen year old Ryan Valerio, twenty-nine year old Ecleston Bonilla, both of Dangriga and thirty year old Clifford Caballero of Seine Bight, have all been arrested and charged with robbery, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and several firearm […]
The body of a woman found on Friday at the Hattieville dumpsite has been identified as a Corozal businesswoman. According to police, the body is that of forty year old Sandra Williams of Bay Road in Corozal Town. Reports are that Williams left her home on Tuesday, January twenty-second, and never returned. Her pickup truck […]
