In Belize City, Chinese shopkeepers erect bars to try and protect themselves from robbers, but one woman in Burrell Boom had nothing between her and an assailant who kidnapped her at knifepoint in her own car. Police say a little after twelve midnight Saturday, Winnie So, the owner of Melonie’s Grocery and Hardware in Burrell […]
A Twenty-one year old has been charged with the carnal knowledge of a twelve year old child. Derrick Banner of a Reggae Street address has been arrested after the girl left home on February twelfth with her two sisters, but failed to return. Her mother immediately notified police, but that same night the girl returned […]
Police suddenly broke their silence this week surrounding the investigation of the Garbutt family’s disappearance and the execution-style murders of Emil Franklin and his crew. They revealed they had two suspects in custody and had confiscated a boat belonging to one of the men. Today at a press conference held at C.I.B. Headquarters on Queen […]
While the Garbutt and Franklin murders are still under investigation, police seem convinced they have found the man responsible for a double homicide last month in Ladyville. Selwyn Grey, a butcher of Kelly Street, who had been previously charged with conspiracy in the deaths of Vincent “Big Boy” Jones and Frederick “Bibi” Neal has now […]
Besides the latest on the recent spate of murders, the police also announced today that a pre-dawn raid in known drug hot spots in the city resulted in twenty-three people being taken into custody. The joint operation between C.I.B. and the Dragon Unit was dubbed “Operation Surprise”. Although only crack cocaine was found, and a […]
Arrivals may be up, but one departure was delayed this afternoon at the Philip S.W. Goldson as a group of tourists had a bit of excitement when police and airport security boarded their flight. Two passengers were taken into custody, but no, the couple wasn’t detained on suspicion of drug trafficking. It seems they hadn’t […]
A year ago twenty-five year old Cruz Enrique Barerra Alvarenga was killed during an incident outside a bar in Salvapan in the Cayo District, reportedly by police constable Javier Alvarez. This week a preliminary inquiry began before Belmopan Magistrate, Robert Ordonez. A civil suit has been filed by Barerra’s family against Alvarez, the offices of […]
The Criminal Investigations Branch has been working round-the-clock trying to solve a number of murders that occurred over the past few weeks. This morning as part of their ongoing investigation into the disappearance of the Garbutt family at sea in December and the execution style murders of fishermen Emil Franklin, Geoffrey Zuniga and Lindon “Bubbles” […]
A pay clerk for the San Pedro Town Board has been charged for forging numerous checks. After the Town Board received a Belize Bank statement for the month of January, Mayor Alberto Nuñez noticed some irregular checks. An internal investigation revealed that Jesus Tzul had forged six checks totaling forty-six thousand, four hundred dollars. If […]
The Belize Audubon Society’s thirtieth anniversary walk-a-thon and celebration at the Guanacaste National Park may have run smoothly, but the day was marred by an incident involving Senator Barry Bowen. According to Belmopan police, Bowen who delivered the main address at the function, had flown his plane down from Gallon Jug and landed the aircraft […]
A fifty-three year old accountant and realtor lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after a fall during a business trip to the Criminal Investigation Branch at the Queen Street Police Station. According to Virginia Forman, on Friday she was entering one of the C.I.B. offices in the back building when she suddenly went through […]
An accounts clerk from the Belmopan Police Department has been arrested after allegedly stealing over two thousand dollars from the Government. According to police reports, Bernadine Reid, who had access to blank voucher forms and the police stamp, wrote out two payment vouchers in the amount of one thousand two hundred dollars and nine hundred […]
When she was sentenced to eight years in prison for stabbing another teenager to death, the judge instructed that Shernell Morris was to be put in custodial care, away from more seasoned criminals. Today the Ministry of Human Development announced Morris will serve her sentence at the Princess Royal Youth Hostel. She will be required […]
This afternoon the Magistrate’s Court was packed to capacity as twenty-five year old Selwyn Grey, a butcher of Kelly Street was formally charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the double homicide of brothers Vincent “Big Boy” Jones and Fredrick “BiBi” Neal last month. The prosecution told Magistrate Dorothy Flowers they believe Grey may flee […]
A quick response by prison authorities, the Hattieville police and residents of Burrell Boom, is responsible for the recapture of twenty-two year old Tito Augustine, alias “John Hyde.” Augustine, who is serving a six year sentence for attempted burglary and damage to property, escaped from Hattieville Prison around one Sunday afternoon while he was cleaning […]
Police have apprehended a man who confessed to shooting sixty-five year old Barbara Savery of 189 West Collet Canal while she was inside her house. The incident, which News Five reported on Friday, left Savery with a gunshot wound to the upper right arm and breast. Today, police charged Ian August better known as “BaBo” […]
When you are inside your house after dark the last thing you expect to hear are gunshots. And you surely don’t expect a bullet to hit you. But that is exactly what happened to sixty five year old resident of one eighty nine West Canal, Barbara Savery. She was leaning on her window when one […]
Belize’s schools find it hard enough to get the equipment they need, but their efforts to provide for the students are made even more difficult when school property is stolen. Today the Principal of St. Luke Methodist Primary School is appealing to the community to help them recover something stolen from the school yesterday. St. […]
A Chinese businessman is lucky to be alive tonight after a robber’s gun jammed. The incident at nine this morning at Wan Si Grocery Shop on Central American Boulevard is the latest in a string of attacks on small shops throughout the city over the past several weeks. News Five was on the scene just […]
A police dog is responsible for the arrest of a man on Hummingbird Street after the canine sniffed out a supply of marijuana in his vehicle. Police say on Tuesday morning the dog indicated there was a supply of controlled drugs concealed under the gearshift of Andrew Brown’s vehicle. Brown, better known as “Papa” was […]
Two police officers have been interdicted from duty after testing positive for drugs. The constables, Austin Tillett of Ladyville and Clifford Augustine from the Hattieville Police Station, were tested by the National Forensic Laboratory after complaints they had been associating with known drug users and that their performance was being affected. The Ministry says they […]
Parents are being advised to check their children’s school bags before they go off to school. Not to see if they have done their homework, but to see whether they are carrying weapons. That’s right, police have discovered that some boys and girls are not only carrying books in their back packs but deadly items […]
A Nigerian has been arrested for allegedly smuggling and selling what police describe as a large amount of heroin. Police tell News Five John Amah entered the country through the northern border on Monday and was staying at a Belize City hotel. Yesterday morning an undercover police officer offered to purchase the drugs during a […]
Police are declining to comment on the status of their investigation into the murder of twenty-five year old taxi driver Frederick Neal and his brother twenty-six year old Vincent Jones this weekend. The two were shot to death in their taxi which was parked just off the Northern Highway between miles seven and eight. The […]
After disappearances and murders at sea, violence is back on the mainland. Two brothers were shot over the weekend in another execution style killing. And, as in the case of Emil Franklin and his companions killed last week near English Caye, one of the dead men had also been questioned by police in connection with […]
