While stolen cars may dominate the headlines it is the misuse of motor vehicles that continue to fill the nation’s cemeteries. On Saturday night the road claimed another victim, this time a 34-year-old labourer of Louisville Village in Corozal. The body of Michael Cobb was found around 8:30 lying face down on the road which […]
A 23-year-old mechanic has been arrested and charged with five counts of attempted murder and five counts of wounding after he opened fire on a group of men. Police say their investigation reveals that on Friday night, Hubert Francis had gotten into an argument with two men while he was out with a group of […]
We haven’t heard about any Chinese shop robberies for a while, but today a teahouse on Regent Street was robbed by three men. Fortunately no one was injured, and the thieves went away, no doubt disappointed by their small take. Police say shortly before noon, three dark skinned males entered the Ocean Tea Palace at […]
In related news, there does appear to be some confusion in the case involving the arrest of a group of fishermen caught putting nets on the reef on March 9th. The fishermen arrested were Jorge Williams, Ricardo Parham, Gerson Coleman and most surprisingly, Ovel Leonardo, a member of the Fishing Advisory Board for the Ministry […]
A laborer from Independence is accused of raping and robbing a woman from Placencia on Thursday. Police picked up 46 year old Wilbert Garcia after a report from the victim, a 44 year old woman, who said that Garcia entered her home around 5:00pm, attacked her, threatened her with a kitchen knife and then raped […]
Some young people are getting the message about “Watch Yu Back, Anybody Could be Jack.” This morning a schoolgirl screamed and ran for help after a man tried to get her to come near his car on Mex Avenue. Police say around 8:00am, the 12 year old student of James Garbutt School told them a […]
In Police news, three men were picked up and detained by police today after they reportedly attacked a bus conductor on Tuesday. Guadalupe Tzib reported that three passengers aboard a Novelo’s bus heading for San Ignacio refused to pay their fare when the bus stopped near Roaring Creek. Tzib said when he tried to collect; […]
Two men from Independence Village have been charged with rape and unlawful carnal knowledge after a 15-year-old girl became pregnant. The girl reported that in March of last year, after she left the youth hostel she became involved with 43 year old Andrew Logan and 51 year old Jesus Urbina both of Independence and has […]
In related news, a Belize Defense Force patrol has captured a large group of Guatemalans who illegally entered Belize. According to reports, around two thirty this morning the patrol was near the border in the Orange Walk district when they found eighteen Guatemalans who had just crossed over. The group was immediately detained and taken […]
There was an unfortunate incident at the House of Culture this afternoon, when a man visiting the grounds is reported to have exposed himself to a group of students viewing a tourism week display. Fortunately the Tourism Police Unit immediately apprehended the suspect and turned him over to Police. He is being detained pending charges.
In Dangriga, Police are investigating the shooting death of 24 year old Jonathan Hines, a labourer of Belize City. According to Elroy Dougal, also of Belize City, sometime around 7:20 last night, he was at his mother’s house in the Rivas Estate area of Dangriga. He said he saw Hines pull out a small brown […]
Police have arrested and charged three Jamaicans of Freetown Sibun Village for Weed cultivation. Horace Francis, Delroy Mullin and Peter Myers have all been arrested and charged for the Cultivation and Possession of Controlled Drugs. Yesterday around 6:00am, Police conducted the Anti-Drug Operation in Freetown Sibun Village, where they discovered 3,000 mature marijuana plants and […]
The man police believe tried to kidnap and rape a 15-year-old earlier this month, is today out on bail. Yesterday Magistrate Dorothy Flowers granted Errol Bishop, also known as Adel Mohammed Abdulla, bail in the amount of $5,000 with one surety of the same amount, which he met. When Bishop appeared in court on March […]
Meanwhile a bus driver from Orange Walk has been arrested and charged with the rape of a teenager. 31 year old Javier Villanueva was charged with rape yesterday after a 19-year-old female worker of the Free Zone reported to police that late Saturday night, Villanueva raped her. According to the young woman, just before 1:00 […]
A child injured over the weekend at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend has still not fully regained consciousness and remains at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Hospital officials tell News Five, 2-year-old Adrian Smith was able to sit up today and is showing signs of further improvement, but is not completely normal. Perhaps more […]
While public attention has recently been captured by cases of runaway girls falsely claiming they were kidnapped, one year ago this week on March 22nd, 1999 a little girl did go missing, for real. And like Sherilee Nicholas, Jay Blades, Erica Wills, and Noemi Hernandez, this little girl never came home. Tonight, News Five remembers […]
This weekend had more than its share of violence and death on the roads. Tonight, Police are still trying to establish a 16 year old’s motive in the murder of a man from San Lazaro Village in the Orange Walk District. Police report that on Saturday night the Blanco family was having a party when […]
Police are still looking for information on a hit and run accident at mile 44 on the Northern Highway Sunday night. Area residents found the body of 34 year old Romel Rodney of Guinea Grass, by the side of the road around 7:00pm. The body was taken to the KHMH. Anyone who was in the […]
Reports of crimes against children, especially young defenseless infants, are becoming disturbingly common in Belize. Over the weekend, a 39-year-old man was charged with Dangerous Harm after he injured a 2-year-old child. According to police, just after 1:00 on Saturday afternoon, Eugene Neal of Roaring Creek Village reportedly became upset because 2-year-old Adrian Smith was […]
Late this morning News Five received a report that there was a riot at the Hattieville prison and that both the police and BDF had been dispatched to the institution. We also received reports that a number of inmates had been rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. When News Five got to the prison […]
While the staff at the prison tried today to get the situation under control, on Thursday the police were able to capture two escaped prisoners. Andrew Kelly, 24 and Terry Reyes, 19, were captured in a police raid that afternoon. Kelly was found near his home on Pelican Street Extension, while Reyes was found around […]
A Belize City man has been charged in the shooting death of his wife. 39 year old Ellis Tillett has been charged with causing death by careless conduct. Tillett told police that around 3:30 yesterday afternoon, he, his common law wife, 32 year old Marie Fuller, and a friend were going fishing in the Salt […]
A man from Bladden, Toledo has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a co-worker. 26 year old Roberto Bol Contreras has been arrested and charged with the murder of Julian Zelaya Lopez. Lopez’s body was discovered in a shallow grave covered with cohune leaves on March 13th in the banana fields […]
They say that nobody is indispensable, but that saying does not seem to apply to Bernard Adolphus. The man who was relieved of his duties as head of the Hattieville Prison less than a year ago is back. His new title is Prison Governor, but the man the media came to know simply as “The […]
Details are still sketchy at newstime, but police are reporting that a woman was shot to death in Ladyville this afternoon. 32 year old Marie Fuller died of a bullet wound to the head around 3:30 at her home at mile 13. Her common law husband Ellis Tillett reported that the gun went off accidentally. […]
