With the murder of Karen Cruz in Orange Walk still fresh on everyone’s mind and the brutal deaths of Sherilee Nicholas and Jackie Malic, and possibly Jay Blades still haunting us, any time a child disappears or runs away from home we fear the worst. Earlier this week when it was reported that a little […]
But Erica Wills’ family isn’t the only one worried about a missing relative. Tina Penner and her four small children are still waiting for the return of Menno Penner who was kidnapped in Belmopan three and a half months ago. Penner was taken from his orchard on March 17 and the Citrus Growers Association has […]
Three men are still at large after a shooting and machete attack on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye yesterday evening which may have been drug related. David Jeron and Raymond “Peanuts” Smith told police they were clearing land around five thirty Wednesday evening, in the Boca del Rio area when Smith was attacked by two men […]
A resident of Las Flores, Cayo District has been charged with murdering his brother in a fight on the night of June 18th. Witnesses told police Pablo Choc pushed his brother Consesto and he fell and hit his head on a rock. Consesto was rushed to the Belmopan Hospital but he died the following morning […]
In November the body of a young woman was found in the sea near Vista Del Mar and today police charged four men they believe are responsible for her death. But the motive given by one of the accused for the killing cannot help but strike the public as bizarre. Police won’t say who, but […]
But while police are no doubt pleased to have their suspects officially charged and the Samantha Gordon case wrapping up, earlier this week there were complaints about the way the investigation was conducted, or more specifically the way those brought in for questioning were detained. Family members and the attorney for Warren Cabral protested his […]
A nine year old primary school student has been reported missing. According to police, Erica Wills of Cemetery Road was last seen at a relative’s house on Euphrates Avenue Saturday morning. Her 21 year old cousin assumed she had gone home and her parents thought she was still with the cousin until everyone realized she […]
The four men charged with Samantha Gordon’s murder today will join over a thousand men and women at the Hattieville Prison awaiting trial or serving sentences for various crimes. But while most agree that going to prison is intended as punishment, there have been complaints that the new Superintendent Keith Hamilton is being too strict […]
Police have turned up the heat in the Samantha Gordon murder investigation, and it appears that one of their suspects may still be in custody although the seventy two-hour period allowed by the law has more than elapsed. The attorney for Warren Cabral, told News Five this evening that after 8 days of detention Cabral […]
But Simeon Sampson was not the only man angry at the Criminal Investigations Branch today. Lindsford McKenzie who drives a bicycle cart told News Five that last week he was paid to move some items for a man he knows but found himself in police custody after the goods were reported stolen. McKenzie says following […]
Five men have been detained by Caye Caulker police in connection with the hold-up of a German tourist on Sunday. Andre Schultz was relaxing on the Ocean Side pier when he was held up at gunpoint by five men. They took away his knapsack which contained a camera, a plane ticket and two thousand dollars […]
With a suspect arrested for the murder of Jackie Malic and the FBI testing the remains of two other murdered children, the pressure is on to solve the murder of fifteen year old Samantha Gordon. Her body was found in November in the water near Vista Del Mar. The Criminal Investigations Branch has redoubled its […]
A Belize City taxi driver was beaten and robbed on Saturday night. Glennstein Martinez told Police that around 9:30 p.m. a man later identified as Percival Pilgrim got into his taxi asking to go to Faber’s Road. In front of WAVE Radio station, however, Pilgrim allegedly pushed his hand into a bag and pointed something […]
Minister of National Security and Immigration, Jorge Espat today made a formal statement at the Meeting of the House of Representatives about the shooting death of Guatemalan Mateo Ramirez by a B.D.F. soldier in the village of Arenal on Saturday June 12th. The incident has led the Guatemalan government to request a full investigation. The […]
San Ignacio police are looking into a possible suicide in Spanish Lookout in the Cayo District. On Thursday the partially decomposed body of forty four year old Cornelius Reimer was found hanging from a rope tied around a beam inside the bathroom of his home. Reimer’s body was discovered by his brother, who had become […]
Tonight San Ignacio police are asking the public to help them find Melbert Guzman wanted for assault and attempted rape. According to the police on Thursday evening Guzman punched and bit his ex-girlfriend and tried to rape her. She put up a fight and Guzman is reported to have run off.
The Guatemalan Embassy is warning Belizeans to be very careful when purchasing any 1999 vehicle from Guatemala since it may be stolen. Consular official to Belize Carlos Raul Morales told News Five that several weeks ago he saw a number of Toyota Land Cruisers and other vehicles with Guatemalan plates in the customs compound and […]
Benque Viejo del Carmen police are asking the public to help them identify the body of a Hispanic man who was found floating in the Mopan River on Wednesday. Police were called to an area known as Garbutt Falls, about a quarter of a mile from the Guatemalan border, where a body was seen floating […]
In other news from Dangriga a 13 year old girl reported she was raped by two 17 year old youths on Sunday. She said one of the boys asked her to come to his house to braid his hair, but when she arrived, he and the other boy sexually assaulted her. Dangriga Police arrested and […]
The Belize Police Department is this week hosting a “Strategic Anti-Narcotics” meeting on drug trafficking in the region. According to Commissioner of Police Ornel Brooks delegates from Mexico and Central America, the United States and Canada have one goal in mind. Ornel Brooks, Commissioner of Police “To develop a counter narcotics strategy with the aim […]
A man wanted for allegedly stabbing his stepfather has been found and charged. According to police, Alvin Coleman, who had allegedly attacked Ivan Swazo on Reggae Street shortly after they had an argument on Friday night, was located this morning. Swazo was charged with attempted murder, use of dangerous means of harm and dangerous means […]
Two inmates of the Hattieville Department of Corrections have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking. A search was conducted on the persons of Cecil Gill and Mark Diaz by prison officials after they were allowed a trip to Belize City on June seventeenth. The officials say they found approximately four ounces of cocaine on […]
In court news, a man was sentenced to three years in prison for fondling a five year old girl. Twenty-four year old Jorge Diaz was charged with indecent assault following an incident on May twenty third. According to evidence stated in a court report, Diaz, who eats lunch at the minor’s house and was a […]
A prisoner who escaped from the Raccoon Street Police Station at the end of last month was sentenced to a further five years in Hattieville on Friday. 24 year old Dennis Quilter, who had been convicted of theft and was being held at the police station before appearing in court on another matter, escaped on […]
Four separate chopping incidents over the weekend have left two dead and two in critical condition. Around 8 on Friday night, officers of the Belize City C.I.B. Unit went to the scene on Reggae Street, in the Port Loyola area, where they saw 35-year old Ivan Swazo suffering from stab wounds to his back. It […]
