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Famed American robber Willy Sutton, when asked by a journalist why he robbed banks, he replied “because that’s where the money is.” The same explanation would probably apply to the recent spate of hold-ups in Belize City and elsewhere, many of which have targeted company payrolls. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Yesterday the Belize Water Services was […]
Written on July 13, 2001 | Posted in
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Things were apparently no better out west as police report that on Thursday night the Texaco gas station in Benque Viejo was held up, with the robbers getting away with three hundred dollars in cash and around a thousand worth of jewelry. The unlucky attendant, sixty-five year old Thelma Guerra, said that two Hispanic men […]
Written on July 13, 2001 | Posted in
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No gun was used, but the Belmopan Comprehensive School was also relieved of money, specifically ten thousand dollars in cash and one thousand, five hundred in cheques. Acting principal Barrette Belisle told police that the money was in an iron safe which was stolen when the office was burglarised sometime between 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday […]
Written on July 13, 2001 | Posted in
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One man who never will get to tell his story to police is Erlin Budram. Budram, the twenty year old armed robber who attempted to stick up Sikaffy’s store on Tuesday morning, died Thursday evening around 5:30 at the K.H.M.H. Budram was one of two men shot by proprietor Sidney Sikaffy after they assaulted his […]
Written on July 13, 2001 | Posted in
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When two armed robbers were stopped in their tracks Wednesday morning by a sharp-shooting downtown merchant it was felt that the widely applauded act might give prospective criminals a reason to cool off–at least for a while. But that proved to be wishful thinking as this afternoon’s heist at the water company was nothing less […]
Written on July 12, 2001 | Posted in
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Checkpoints on major highways have resulted in two major busts by security forces. In Corozal over a pound of heroin was discovered in the vehicle of a South African resident of Belize. Thirty year old Michael Chalwe of Baymen Avenue in Belize City has been charged with drug trafficking after police found the drugs sealed […]
Written on July 11, 2001 | Posted in
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A major break in the case of counterfeit currency may have been made on Tuesday as a joint police, customs and immigration roadblock stopped a vehicle full of funny money. The checkpoint established between mile sixty-eight and sixty-nine on the Western Highway resulted in the discovery of twenty phoney bluenotes, all with familiar serial numbers, […]
Written on July 11, 2001 | Posted in
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It’s the kind of incident that brings out the secret vigilante in even the most liberal minded citizen. A hard working businessman rises early to open his shop, only to watch as his wife is beaten by two armed robbers who then turn their weapons on him. What would you do if faced with that […]
Written on July 10, 2001 | Posted in
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While one downtown businessman was able to defend himself, another in King’s Park was not. On Monday afternoon two men entered Taste’s Restaurant on Sixth Street and demanded money from proprietor Zho Jian An. According to Zho, one of the men clubbed him on the back of the head with a gun while the other […]
Written on July 10, 2001 | Posted in
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Another violent incident in a Chinese owned establishment was reported on Monday, but it did not conform to the familiar pattern. Around 7:00 p.m. police were called to Yan Pei Restaurant on Freetown Road where they found Yan Jan Long suffering from a stab wound to the stomach. It was no local gangbanger who did […]
Written on July 10, 2001 | Posted in
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And if you think this has been a strange day for crime, you haven’t heard the last of it. This morning in Orange Walk a fugitive long sought by police was finally taken to Magistrate’s Court for arraignment. But sometime after 9:30, eighteen year old James Pelayo decided that jail was not his cup of […]
Written on July 10, 2001 | Posted in
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Imagine being held up with the same gun your hired security guard uses to protect your place of business. Chinese merchant, He Bin, told police that around 8:00 on Friday night, four dark complexioned men attacked the security guard outside Bin’s shop, “Ying Grocery” on Mahogany Street in Belize City and stole his firearm. They […]
Written on July 9, 2001 | Posted in
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Police are asking viewers to assist them in capturing a suspect wanted for stealing over a thousand dollars in cash and merchandise. His name is Reggie Patnett of Ladyville. Police say Patnett was among a group of five men who robbed a fruit shop belonging to Sabeina Teniate at mile eight and a half on […]
Written on July 9, 2001 | Posted in
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Another suspect has been arrested in the big San Ignacio Bank job. Twenty-eight year old Paul Francisco Garcia of Orange Walk was charged on Thursday with burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary. Garcia is the sixth man charged in connection with the crime and police say there is only one more suspect to round up […]
Written on July 6, 2001 | Posted in
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A popular Belize City supermarket has been targeted by robbers. Around 4:30 on Thursday afternoon two men with rags tied around their faces, one of whom held a pistol, entered Malic’s store on Mahogany Street. They attacked the security guard, David Okomeah, and proceeded to hold up the cashier. The gunman escaped with six hundred […]
Written on July 6, 2001 | Posted in
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Police have arrested a suspect in Tuesday night’s shooting death of Denton Young in Belize City. twenty-nine year old Kenrick Reynolds has been charged with manslaughter in the incident, in which Reynolds, the deceased and another friend were together in Young’s house when a gun went off, fatally wounding Young in the abdomen. Police have […]
Written on July 5, 2001 | Posted in
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Carjacking is an urban affliction that, until now, has not been much of a factor in Belize’s crime statistics. That a carjacking apparently occurred Wednesday night is unusual but even more so that it took place in Belmopan, the capital city better known for its laid back lifestyle than violent criminal activity. At around 9:00, […]
Written on July 5, 2001 | Posted in
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A Hattieville preacher is in trouble tonight, accused by the crown of violating the eighth commandment. Sixty-four year old Joseph Smith has been charged with theft and handling stolen goods in connection with the disappearance of over forty thousand dollars worth of building materials from the site of the new satellite town at La Democracia.
Written on July 5, 2001 | Posted in
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A Belize City man is dead after being shot in his own home. Details are sketchy but it appears that thirty year old Denton Young, a side man for Bowen and Bowen, returned to his house at 7023 Iguana Street accompanied by two friends around 9:30 Tuesday night. Young’s common-law wife, Michelle Neal, greeted the […]
Written on July 4, 2001 | Posted in
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There’s a large quantity of building materials missing from the new satellite town at La Democracia. A security guard at the site told police that on Friday evening someone entered the storeroom and stole fifty-one five gallon buckets of paint. It has now been discovered, however, that the haul also included plumbing and electrical supplies […]
Written on July 4, 2001 | Posted in
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Reaction to the startling story of a Cayo Chinese restaurant found to have freshly skinned cat in the kitchen has been fast and furious. Anecdotal reports from around Belize City indicate that last night business dropped off sharply at Chinese food emporiums as local consumers abandoned chowmein and fried rice for more readily identifiable fare. […]
Written on July 4, 2001 | Posted in
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A series of weekend robberies in the Cayo District have left gun toting robbers over two thousand, four hundred dollars richer. On Saturday, three men in camouflage uniforms and armed with a rifle and handgun stopped thirty-seven year old Alejandro Chan of Paslow Falls along with his wife and four children, en route to Santa […]
Written on July 3, 2001 | Posted in
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Four men have been arrested and charged with the weekend robbery of a Belize City Chinese grocery. Xie Li He reported to police that on Saturday three dark skinned men entered her shop on Sixth Street in King’s Park and ordered some bottled water. While serving them, Li was hit in the head with a […]
Written on July 3, 2001 | Posted in
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At about 10 o’clock this morning, twenty illegal immigrants were captured during a routine patrol of the Calla Creek area of the Cayo District. The group, all citizens of Ecuador presumably on their way to the United States, were at least two kilometres inside Belize’s western border when they were detected by the Belize Defence […]
Written on July 3, 2001 | Posted in
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A security guard on duty at a Belize City meat shop clings to life after thwarting a robbery on Saturday afternoon. Thirty-six year old Nigerian, Daniel Akigoyoubi, an employee of J and B Security Service was working at Southside Meats on Albert Street West when at about 12:20, three dark skinned men entered the shop […]
Written on July 2, 2001 | Posted in
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