On Independence Day, a stabbing incident in Hattieville ended the life of coast guard seaman Elston Morter. His friend, Marcel Gill was also stabbed and remains hospitalised. Today, police formally arrested and charged B.D.F. soldier Leon Perez for the crime of murder. The incident stems from a traffic accident that occurred on September twenty-first. Gill […]
A stabbing incident on Independence Day, in the New Site area of Hattieville, off the George Price Highway at mile seventeen, has left a Belize City resident dead and another in critical but stable condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Coast Guard seaman Elston Morter and security officer Marcel Gill were involved in an […]
There was a mid-morning murder in Ladyville today. Around nine-forty-five a.m., a vehicle was seen driving on Blue Marlin Drive, which is the entrance to the Vista Del Mar community. Shortly afterward, shots were heard in the area. Police responded and found the body of nineteen-year-old Niccanor Fermin. The Belize City resident was on the […]
A San Pedro resident is clinging to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, following a shooting incident on the island on Tuesday evening. Noe Nelson Zetina was at the Sacachispas Football Field at the corner of Angel Coral and Buccaneer Streets with a friend when he was approached by man who produced his licensed […]
A seventeen-year-old Belize City resident succumbed to gunshot injuries this morning following a shooting on Sunday evening. Michael Henry was travelling in a vehicle along with four other persons when another vehicle drove up and a barrage of bullets was unleashed on them. Henry and another passenger were injured. While Rudolph Gladden survived the attack […]
Less than an hour after the drive-by shooting, shots rang out once again in Belize City and in the same vicinity. Police are reporting that just around six-thirty p.m., two persons on a motorcycle rode past Elsworth Hendy and a female friend who were on bicycles at the junction of Faber’s Road and the George […]
A group of fifty men, all believed to be actively involved in various gang rivalries, was released from the Belize Central Prison over the weekend, at the end of a thirty-day state of emergency that was effected on the south side of Belize City. But was the month-long lockdown effective in calling a ceasefire among […]
In discussing the fatal shooting incident that took place in Belize City on Sunday evening, the top cop says that the police department will focus similar attention on the PIV and Backa-Lands gangs who’ve had a bitter rivalry over the years. According to the commissioner, their proximity to each other, in terms of their respective […]
There was another shooting that occurred on Sunday but is not gang-related. Dean Vaccaro was shot by his relative Albert Vaccaro during an argument in Sand Hill Village just after midday. It is not known what triggered the argument, but it ended with Albert pulling out his licensed gun and firing a single shot at […]
A man was killed around six-thirty on Wednesday evening in the ordinarily quiet residential King’s Park area of Belize City. The killing has family members at a loss and police are trying to establish a motive and track down a suspect. News Five’s Marion Ali has the story. Marion Ali, Reporting When forty-nine-year-old James […]
Another man was shot on Wednesday night in Belize City, but he is now hospitalized. Police Superintendent Alejandro Cowo says that Eugene Tillett – a man well-known to the Police – was at home when he was attacked. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Eastern Division “What we understand is that just before nine p.m., […]
The decomposing body of a man was found floating in the sea between Saint George’s Caye and Coffee Caye, just off Belize City on Wednesday afternoon. Head of the Criminal Investigations Branch for the Police Department’s Eastern Division, Superintendent Alejandro Cowo shared the information this afternoon police have so far. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., […]
A fugitive from Guatemalan justice has been picked up by Belizean authorities. But this is no ordinary wanted man. Afonso Bulux Vicente is being sought for his role in the December 1982 massacre at Dos Erres. During that horrific event, over two hundred and fifty villagers were slaughtered; beginning with the children, as soldiers looked […]
In crime news, an arrest was made for the July robbery at Jacky’s Superstore and Fast Food in the 8 Miles Community. Today, Police charged twenty-year-old Tyler Ramclam for two counts of robbery and one count of wounding. Viewers may recall that on the morning of July twenty-second, four armed men stormed into the Superstore. […]
Fisherman Adam Menjivar has been missing for two weeks now and his loved ones fear the worst. Menjivar and Luis Carranza left Honduras a couple of weeks ago to return to Belize. However, when Menjivar’s family lost communication with him they grew concerned. A missing person report was made to the police in both Belize […]
A pair of men socializing at the intersections of Iguana and Elston Kerr streets on Thursday night came under gunfire following an altercation with an unnamed individual sometime earlier. Investigators believe that the shooting incident that injured Charles Hinds Jr. and Sheldon Sosa was precipitated by a previous encounter which resulted in the suspect firing […]
The Association of Protected Areas Management Organization has issued a release questioning why only some of the men arrested during an illegal logging operation have been charged. APAMO says that on May twelfth, rangers of the Mayflower Bocawina National Park came across a major illegal logging operation run by a group of men within the […]
B.D.F. soldiers, Privates Raheem Valencio and Ramon Alcoser and Police Constable Juan Morales were arraigned today in Belmopan for the shooting death of twenty-nine-year-old Jessie Escobar. News Five’s Duane Moody reports on the case which has captured public attention. Duane Moody, Reporting This afternoon, B.D.F. Private Raheem Valencio appeared in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court […]
The killing of Jessie Escobar on Sunday night was captured by surveillance cameras as it unfolded in front of Branch Mouth Stop and Shop Store in Santa Familia Village. As he approached the B.D.F. soldier with a cup in his hand, a single shot was fired from Private Valencia’s long-arm rifle which caught Escobar in […]
ComPol Chester Williams told the media this afternoon that PC Morales will be facing a slew of internal charges for his involvement in the crime, including the fact that he lied on his statement about the incident in Santa Familia Village. He breached the department’s policy, act of prejudice to good order and discipline among […]
In light of the shooting of Jessie Escobar, the recruits currently enlisted at the Police Training Academy are being taught rules of engagement. Since Tuesday, the recruits have been having presentations on the use of force policy and community policing strategy. ComPol Chester Williams says recruits will enter the field knowing how to address the […]
Earlier today, Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations, Anthony Mahler gave us his opinion on the shooting death of Jessie Escobar. He says the incident was discussed in Cabinet and measures will be taken. Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations “It is an unfortunate situation that should never have happened. It was […]
Today, a News Five crew was back in Santa Familia Village where residents came out in huge numbers to express their outrage over the shooting death of B.D.F. soldier Jessie Escobar. The public protest started as early as six-thirty on Monday night when the main entrance to the village near the bus stop was almost […]
The burning of tires and the actions carried out by residents on Monday night are criminal, but ComPol Chester Williams says he instructed officers to stand down. Today, during his intervention with residents, a truce of sorts was brokered – so that the fiery protests would end. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “I did […]
Police Constable 1189 Juan Carlos Morales was the police officer leading the joint patrol with B.D.F. on the tragic Sunday night. But as it turns out, he is not even a trained police officer. ComPol Chester Williams confirmed to the media today that Morales just recently assimilated into the Belize Police Department as a constable, […]
