Police have detained one man for questioning after an infant left in his care died on Wednesday morning. The man told police he left his daughter, six month old Jayleen Jones, sleeping on the bed at their home in Belize City, but when he returned about five minutes later she was lying on the floor […]
A Salvadoran farmer from the Valley of Peace was gunned down at his home on Wednesday night. 63 year old Theodoro Lopez, died from a bullet wound to the chest, after three masked men approached the house armed with shotguns. His wife told police they demanded that she get her husband and when he came […]
Police have arrested one of their own following a series of rapes at his home. Police Constable, Michael Wills of Guinea Grass, has been charged with two counts of Rape and one count of Indecent Assault. A domestic worker of San Antonio, Toledo, who worked for Wills in Guinea Grass, told police he entered her […]
On Saturday, 19 year old Clifford Clare was gunned down at his home on Mahogany Street Extension and two teens standing nearby received gunshot wounds. A youth has now been charged with that murder as well as Wounding and use of Deadly Means of Harm. 20 year old Marlon Hyde was charged in Magistrate Court […]
The public immediately considered her victim number five of a serial killer, but the police were not so quick to jump to conclusions until they had the results of the post mortem. Now those results are in. News Five spoke with Dr. Mario Estradabran today. What he described is the frightening echo of torture and […]
Two of the inmates who escaped from the Hattieville Prison on Tuesday morning, have been apprehended by authorities. Salva Carballo and Jason Flowers were picked up last night at a house in Hattieville. Two others, considered dangerous, are still at large. They are 19 year old Terry Reyes, serving a 20-year sentence for murder and […]
Investigations continue into the murder of a banana farm worker whose body was discovered Tuesday in Bladden, Toledo. A post mortem has concluded that 61-year-old Julian Zeyala Lopez was strangled. His body was found in a newly dug grave covered with dry cohune leaves by co-workers, who launched a search after Zelaya Lopez disappeared on […]
He tried to join them in their bid for freedom, but Juan Ramirez, who was serving a life sentence for murder, broke his foot on the way out. His four companions as they say, “made good their escape” from Hattieville early this morning. Prison officials somehow couldn’t give News Five a total count of just […]
The body of a man who disappeared on Friday was discovered yesterday, in Bladden, Toledo. According to police, 61 year old Julian Zeyala Lopez, an employee of a banana plantation, Farm 17, left camp early that morning to work in the fields but never returned. Three days later, on Monday employees found a set of […]
Two weeks after a student reported being hit in the head on “T” Street, a man has been charged. But today 51 year old Errol Bishop, also known as Adel Mohammed Abdullah was not only charged with aggravated assault, he was charged with Attempted Rape, Grievous Harm, and Forcible Abduction. Bishop, who was picked up […]
In other crime news, Police say at this time they do not know why 19 year old Clifford Clare was shot and killed on Saturday, but it is believed the death may have been the result of a misunderstanding earlier that night. Clare’s family declined to be interviewed by News Five, but according to the […]
A shopkeeper was charged today following statements to police by two children who claim he molested them. 65 year old Artemio Gomez was taken over to Magistrate Court today where he was charged with aggravated assault. Police say the charges follow a report last week of an incident at Gomez’s Belize City shop last December. […]
19 year old Phillip Jones Tillett, who is considered armed and dangerous, remains at large after he escaped from police custody at the Queen Street Police Station. Tillett was serving a 20-year sentence for manslaughter after he was convicted of shooting Wei Tao Jhiang on Mahogany Street on November 6th, 1997. Tillett was being held […]
Early this morning, News Five got a press release from Police Press Relations Officer Christy Castillo regarding allegations that police acted inappropriately while at the scene where Betty Rudon had been beaten. Castillo says the internal investigation, includes statements from the eyewitness to the attack, Ilma McCann, as well as the two officers involved. Statements […]
A Prison Officer and two inmates from the Department of Corrections have been charged with drug trafficking after an incident Thursday at the Youth Enhancement Academy. During an anti-drug operation at YEA, prison officials reported seeing the inmates, 28 year old Robert Liang and 40 year old Leonardo Caretello picking up a bag and taking […]
It is not the first time they have been arrested, but with shark fins fetching up to $75.00 a pound on the Guatemalan market they must have felt it was worth the risk. But someone who was concerned enough about protecting the marine life at the Glover’s Reef Reserve called the Fisheries Department. Their team […]
Following the savage beating of a retired nurse on Monday evening, today, 30 year old Levi Jackson was charged with dangerous harm and harm. He was denied bail and remanded to the Hattieville Correctional facility. In an interview yesterday with News Five, 83 year old Ilma McCann recounted a horrific account of the attack, which […]
A man police describe as armed and dangerous escaped from their custody earlier today. 19 year old Phillip Jones Tillett, convicted of the murder of Wei Tao Jhiang a businessman in November of 1997, was being escorted to the bathroom at the Queen Street Police Station today when he managed to run away. Tillett is […]
Three women were enjoying an evening chat on Monday night on Eve Street when suddenly the son of one of them burst down the door and in a violent frenzy attacked his mother’s companions. Elizabeth Rudon is still in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, but Ilma McCann tells News Five a harrowing […]
Police are also warning that anyone, who is reporting abduction attempts that are false, will be charged from now on. The police say several incidents occurred today and while these people were let off with a warning, future pranksters will be dealt with by the law. Parents and children are warned to be wary of […]
Details are sketchy at this time but according to reports, a young girl on her way to Excelsior High School this morning was almost abducted. The girl was reportedly walking on “T” Street in the Port Loyola area when a red pickup truck pulled up. It is not clear what happened next but the girl […]
Someone apparently is so disturbed by the detention of Belizean men in Guatemala that he, or she, has taken the liberty of removing the Guatemalan flag from the monument at the Pallotti Roundabout. When asked about the incident, a spokesperson for Barclays Bank says the bank is no longer responsible for the flags because they […]
Police are still looking for a third man believed to have been involved with the rape of a 13 year old girl from San Jose, Orange Walk. On Tuesday, two men, one of them a teacher, were charged in connection with the incident. Ernest Carillo and Pedro Sanchez were both charged with abduction and conspiracy […]
Seven Belizeans were arrested for the possession of illegal marine products during patrols conducted by the Conservation Compliance Unit of the Fisheries Department, over the past two weeks. A total of 420 conch, 66 lobsters were confiscated as well as a 25 foot Mexican skiff with two outboard engines. In addition to this, seven fishermen, […]
While efforts to free the prisoners continue on the diplomatic and legal fronts, a bizarre incident Monday Night has added a new dimension to an already complicated hostage crisis. Around 7:40pm a loud bang was heard on “A” street in King’s Park. It seems that a small homemade incendiary device–better know as a bomb–exploded near […]
