One man has been arrested, but two others are still at large after an armed hold-up on the Coastal Road last week. Police have charged a Dangriga resident Leon Castillo with three counts of attempted murder, and deadly means of harm after the manager of Paradise Shrimp Farm reported that on May 14th two armed […]
Police say they found a black mask, a gun and ammunition they believe was used in the holdup of Reyes Jewelry Shop on King Street on Wednesday. Two more suspects, Jeffery Flowers and Ronald Cox were arrested today. Kevin Myvett was picked up yesterday. Shop owner Pedro Reyes reported that two masked men dressed in […]
Two people were arrested and charged with indecent assault in separate incidents on Tuesday in the Orange Walk District. According to police the mother of a seven year old reported that her daughter was on the way home from school in Orange Walk Town when she met a neighbor. The fifteen year old boy allegedly […]
Since May fifth, Carlos Milan, the S.J.C. teacher, who was arrested and charged with attempted rape and indecent assault of a minor, has been imprisoned at Hattieville. Today, the Integrated Science teacher got out on bail. Milan, who is represented by attorney Simeon Sampson, appeared in Magistrate courtroom number one before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord. […]
An employee of the Western Union branch at Belinsco has reportedly fled the country after embezzling over nineteen thousand dollars. An internal investigation indicates that Hector Castellanos stole the money in late March by using his computer to make it appear that money was being sent to the Western Union in San Ignacio and then […]
The police need your help in locating two men wanted in connection with the hold-up and robbery of Reyes Jewelry on King Street. The incident unfolded around 2:40 Wednesday afternoon when two masked men dressed in black walked into the store while a third man stood watch at the door. One of the men then […]
One week after a minor was allegedly assaulted by a trustee prisoner at the Belmopan Police Station, another incident of sexual abuse has surfaced, this time in Hattieville. And this time, a police officer has been charged with the crime. Reports are that back in February, the mother of a thirteen year old girl sent […]
Many of us are looking forward to the extra cash we’ll get from our tax refunds, but it seems someone from the Income Tax Department has been trying to cash in on the high volume of forms being processed, and cash in big. Assistant Commissioner Eric Eusey confirmed to News Five today that he is […]
The weekend started on a tragic note when a twenty year old student committed suicide late Friday Night. Carlos Burgos was found by his younger brother in his room at number one New Road at around ten o’clock. He was hanging with a dog’s leash around his neck. According to the Burgos family, he had […]
Just as drug traffickers have created a regional network of trade, the OAS and the National Drug Abuse Control Council want to create a regional safety net of treatment opportunities. Today in his address to participants at the James Hendricks Memorial Treatment and Prevention Workshop, OAS consultant Willie Anderson said that crack addicts and other […]
It was bound to happen. With the massive hysteria surrounding child abuse in Belize it was only a matter of time before someone took advantage of the situation to make a false accusation. Today a number of media houses received anonymous phone calls from an individual who said the editor of the Belize Times, Michael […]
There was an arrest for child molestation today as thirty-four year old Glenford Villanueva Baines, a construction worker of Hattieville was handcuffed and taken over to Magistrate’s Court. The arrest comes after an intensive investigation police have been conducting over the past several months. According to the police, a fourteen year old student of the […]
A twenty five year old Chinese businessman lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital with a broken nose after he was attacked in his shop around nine thirty on Wednesday night. According to the police, Lue Xui Ming, proprietor of Ming’s Shop at number three Lakeview Street, was about to close his grocery store, when […]
After the shooting of fifty-three year old Armando Warren Gomez, a businessman from Orange Walk on April 15th, police launched a manhunt for suspects Alex O’Brien and Charles Stevens. Their search was unsuccessful, but almost one month later O’Brien and Stevens turned themselves in to police. Today they were escorted to Magistrate’s Court where they […]
A man shot during an altercation with a B.D.F./police patrol at the end of April has been charged with obstruction and aggravated assault. Rodwell “Granny” Tasher was arraigned today in Magistrate’s Court in connection with the incident on the night of April 29th. Details are sketchy, but the police say Tasher was stopped by a […]
Police continue to remain tight-lipped about the case of twenty-two year old Rodwell “Granny” Tasher who was allegedly shot by a B.D.F. Corporal during a police patrol on the night of Thursday, April twenty ninth. Today the young man was escorted to the Criminal Investigations Branch for questioning. Tasher, who has been in the Karl […]
Disturbing details are emerging about an instance of child molestation that occurred at a place most people feel children should be safest of all: a police station. Sources tell News Five that on Sunday a seven year old boy was attacked by a known child molester at the Belmopan Police Station. Reports are that the […]
Because most schools cannot afford to hire a security service and teachers cannot be everywhere, the Ministry of Education is testing a program which involves posting a specific person at each Belize City primary school to help monitor the children. As News Five found out, so far the program is working well, but the schools […]
A man was chopped to death outside Belmopan at the Salvapan Cemetery over the weekend. The body has been identified as Ronald Galdanez. Reports are that he and another man had a confrontation in the cemetery. News Five’s attempts to get additional information from Belmopan police were unsuccessful.
A prison officer has been charged with indecent assault. But the incident for which forty-two year old Leslie Usher has been arrested did not take place at Hattieville, but is alleged to have occurred in his car. A thirty five year old Ladyville resident says she was waiting by the Pallotti junction around ten thirty […]
Thirty year old Carlos Milan, the S.J.C. teacher accused of molesting a seven year old child, was handcuffed and escorted over to Magistrate’s Court this morning. However, there was a fifteen minute delay in getting Milan into the court building as the C.I.B. officers and their prisoners were forced to wait outside because the door […]
Besides the case of Carlos Milan, Magistrate Lord also heard a request from the attorney for Michael Williams this morning. Williams is accused of murdering 12 year old Jackie Malic in March. Although police maintain that he was their primary suspect from the beginning and claim to have sufficient evidence to convict him, Attorney Kirk […]
Supreme Court Judge John Rivero will preside in the Rhett Fuller extradition hearing in the Supreme Court later this month. In mid-April Justice George Meerabux agreed not to hear the case, at the request of the defense. They argued that there would be the appearance of bias since he had ruled on the issue of […]
Reports reaching News Five say that thirty year old Carlos Milan, the S.J.C. Science teacher wanted by police for the alleged abuse of a seven year old girl turned himself into police. He will be charged with attempted rape and indecent assault. Sources tell News Five that on Tuesday Milan, who teaches Integrated Science at […]
School wardens have been hired to help with primary school security and to ensure that students are safer on their school grounds. The Ministry of Education has hired twenty six wardens who were given a one week orientation course on the challenges they will be facing. During the orientation the wardens met with general and […]
