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Minister Bernard says that the shooting death of the teen and the need for stronger reform were discussed at this past cabinet meeting. But he also says individual officers must understand their role. Kevin Bernard, Minister of Youth “There is need for stronger reforms in the police department. There is need for us to […]
Written on July 23, 2021 | Posted in
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The peace of the Eight Miles Community was shattered this morning when a hold-up at a grocery store left one of the alleged perpetrators dead, even though he arrived prepared, wearing a bulletproof vest. It all unfolded around nine a.m., and News Five’s Paul Lopez arrived on the scene just moments later. Paul Lopez, […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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A robbery at the Bethesda Medical Clinic in Corozal has left the staff shaken, but the alleged culprits have already being caught. Police say they responded to a robbery report at the clinic Wednesday afternoon where the administrator, Zeima Cambranes, reported that she and several staff members were held up by two men who entered […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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There has been a surprising development in the sudden death of a young woman, Jessica Itch Choc, from Armenia this week. Police had detained and charged four people from the village with grievous harm following an alleged beating Choc received at the hands of her husband and his sisters last weekend. The victim’s mother and […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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This morning nineteen-year-old Landy Thomas and twenty-six-year-old Wayne Zelaya, and a minor, stood before a magistrate in Belmopan to answer to a single charge of “setting a bonfire without the permission of a police officer.” It is alleged that on Tuesday night both men set fire to tires on the highway in Camalote Village during […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, the Vindel family in Lord’s Bank Village made a shocking discovery a short distance away from where they lived. The body of Vilma Vindel Elias, a mother of three, was found in a bushy spot in an area known as Spanish Town off the Old Well Road in the village. News Five’s Duane Moody […]
Written on July 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Police are continuing to crack down on illegal gatherings, but on Monday night, videos began to circulate of a confrontation with police in Belize City that turned ugly. This morning, News Five’s Isani Cayetano visited the area to find out more. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Norris Meighan Sr. was wrapping up a birthday celebration with […]
Written on July 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Across the nation, protestors are calling for the police officer who was allegedly behind the shooting death of fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett to be jailed and charged with murder. Every night, for the past five days, there have been protests and candle vigils for the slain teen. Tonight, News Five’s Paul Lopez takes a look at […]
Written on July 20, 2021 | Posted in
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The medical certificate has been issued on the cause of death of Laddie Gillett. It reveals he died as a result of “a single perforating gunshot wound to the chest.” A family member told News Five this evening that they confirmed that the wording of the cause of death is accurate. The term perforating refers […]
Written on July 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke about the growing problem of young perpetrators of violent crime in Belize. He called on protestors to take to these streets with the same passion when a youth is accused of murder. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “While we look at this whole situation, I need the public […]
Written on July 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Charges have been filed against two police officers following a beating of a man in custody that was captured on video. Police say that Wilton Justin Montero and Jerome Emanuel Ingram, both officers attached to Santa Elena Town, have been charged jointly with one count of harm. The charges arise from a report filed by […]
Written on July 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Five Belize City men, including a well-known underworld figure, have been charged for what is quickly becoming a social media trend, gang members flaunting deadly weapons during a live stream. Beyond flourishing the illegal handguns is the fact that they were each equipped with extended cartridges that are equally prohibited. The disturbing video of Brandon […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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A mother of three children died over the weekend. And tonight details continue to emerge about the circumstances surrounding her sudden death and her husband and three women are in police custody tonight. Today News Five travelled to outskirts of Belmopan to find out more about the last hours of Jessica Choc’s life. Andrea […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Around six-thirty this morning, Corozal police responded to the community center in Xaibe Village where they discovered the lifeless body of forty-four-year-old Feliciano Tzul. When the officers investigated the incident they learned that Tzul had been drinking with some friends around eight a.m. on Sunday morning. When it began raining an hour later, the men […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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A sizeable haul of contraband liquor, soft drinks and food items was made over the weekend in San Victor Village where Aldo Cobb was subsequently arrested. When a team of customs and police officers visited Cobb’s home, they discovered a stash of beer, cigarettes and soft drinks hidden in an underground space beneath a bedroom. […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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The postmortem examination conducted on Laddie Bryson Gillett who was killed in Placencia on July fourteenth has determined the cause of death to be hypervolemic shock, internal exsanguinations due to a single gun wound to the chest. Laddie’s death has therefore been ruled as a homicide. One doctor clarified with a media house that for […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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He was visiting their community on a family vacation last Wednesday when he was killed, allegedly by a police corporal. On Sunday night, villagers in Placencia gathered to pay their respects for a young life gone too soon and to air their feelings about rising crime, and police response, in their community. Paul Lopez, […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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As protests continue in person and on social media following the shooting death Laddie Gillett, News Five sought legal opinion on the manslaughter charge against the alleged shooter, police corporal Kareem Martinez. Here is what Attorney Darrell Bradley told us. Darrell Bradley, Attorney-at-law “Justice does not mean that we are rash in going to […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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A community activist from out west has weighed in on Laddie Gillett’s death. Julian Sherrard is currently the Chairman of the San Ignacio Police Advisory Board, working alongside the department for over two decades. He now finds himself in a difficult position because he is also a close family friend of Laddie’s legal guardian and […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Laddie’s aunt also had to process how to tell her teenage children that he had been shot and killed by police. Sharon Meighan told Open Your Eyes hosts that she tried to balance telling them the truth, and maintaining their respect for the police. Sharon Meighan, Aunt of Laddie Gillett “At the first beginning, […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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The shooting death of fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett in Placencia on Wednesday has sent shock waves across the nation. Tonight, we bring you an exclusive eye-witness report from nineteen-year-old Thomas Palacio, the friend who was with Laddie Gillett on the beach when he died. Palacio told New Five’s Paul Lopez via phone about the terror that […]
Written on July 16, 2021 | Posted in
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As Thomas Palacio and the friends and family of Laddie Gillett try to come to terms with his death, today the officer allegedly involved in the shooting was arraigned in Belmopan Magistrate Court. Police Corporal Kareem Martinez was charged with manslaughter. The media gathered outside the courthouse to try and catch a glimpse of Martinez […]
Written on July 16, 2021 | Posted in
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From the courthouse in Belmopan, Paul Lopez visited with Laddie’s football coaches at Youth for the Mission, and one person who has been around Laddie over the past decade and refers to him as his little cousin, Belizean Musician, Stig D Artist. John George, Football Coach “Paul it’s hard you know. I have memories […]
Written on July 16, 2021 | Posted in
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The biological uncle of fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett, Henry “Pulu Musa” Gillett says the family is beside themselves over the manslaughter charge that has been filed against his accused killer, Police Corporal, Kareem Martinez. Gillett explained that his sister, Linda Gillett gave up Laddie soon after birth because she was in distress over other issues but that […]
Written on July 16, 2021 | Posted in
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A criminal investigation is underway by the Belize Police Department to determine whether anyone is legally responsible for the misappropriation of public funds from the Labor Department. Those monies were disbursed via deposits into the accounts of workers who had lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, but many of those who qualified for government […]
Written on July 16, 2021 | Posted in
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