The news spread like wildfire today: a teenager vacationing with his family in the popular tourism destination of Placencia shot dead by police. Tonight that officer finds himself on the other side of the law as a criminal and an internal investigation begins into the incident. Today the police high command acted swiftly to detain […]
This evening, the family of Laddie Gillett spoke to the media in San Ignacio about the tragedy. According to the legal guardian, Emil Bradley, Gillett was with friends at a neighbouring property. He received a call from his son saying that they were on their way back to the hotel and decided to jog. That’s […]
Bradley reflects on his son, whose life was cut short at fourteen as he was innocently killed by a police officer. They were to return to their home in Cayo on Friday. Emil Bradley, Guardian of Deceased “…very friendly person, very funny person; he is always the clown in the group. He’s not that […]
Late this evening, the teenager that was with Laddie Gillett during the fatal shooting posted on his Instagram page about the incident. Calling it a senseless murder, he says “the cops and security intercepted us as we were heading back to Chabil Mar resort. The men who caused us to run were dressed in all […]
This morning, News Five caught up with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams in Dangriga as he is accompanying the Minister of Home Affairs on his country tour. ComPol Williams said that the department is investigating the antivaxxer group, Belize Rights and Justice Movement for violating quarantine regulations. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “I blame […]
Also under investigation are several persons whose names have shown up in an audit report of the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief Program under the Barrow Administration. According to information reaching News Five, the public purse was allegedly fleeced and several persons who were not eligible for relief funds received monies from the program. ComPol Chester Williams […]
Fifty-four pounds of compressed marijuana were removed from the streets of Lake Independence this morning during a joint operation conducted by various units of law enforcement. Shortly after seven a.m., elements from Special Branch, the K-9 Unit and the Special Patrol Unit descended on a location on Police Street where searches were conducted on an […]
Crime stats indicate that for over a year, there has been no major crime reported on the island of Caye Caulker. But on neighbouring Ambergris Caye, San Pedro Town is reporting criminal activity over the last few days. Within forty-eight hours, two persons were injured in separate shooting incidents in the San Mateo and DFC […]
A man from San Pedro was airlifted to Belize City for medical treatment following a shooting on Monday night. Reports are that just before ten p.m. shots rang out in the DFC area of San Pedro Town. Joshua Gongora was shot twice while on his way home. The twenty-five-year-old was rushed to the Doctor Otto […]
Over the weekend, Edwin Isidro lost his life in an incident on the Mopan River in Benque Viejo del Carmen. He, along with several others, was in the area when a police and B.D.F. patrol approached. At least one shot was fired and there are reports that Isidro slipped into the river and died. Today, […]
An incident in Benque Viejo del Carmen which left a man dead has provoked outrage in this quiet border town. The victim was reportedly wading in the Mopan River trying to get to Guatemala. Witnesses claim the police not only shot at him but callously refused to pull him from the water. They claim police […]
Today, the Director of Communications in the Belize Police Department gave a very different version from those of the witnesses in the area. When asked about shots fired on the scene, Fitzroy Yearwood said, “we have confirmed that the officer may have fired a warning shot in the air.” He also claims officers responded rapidly […]
In another case of fatal violence, fifty-year-old William Alexander Thompson was found stabbed to death at the intersection of High Street in Santa Elena Town and Cristo Rey Road over the weekend. The Police Department’s Fitzroy Yearwood shares the details. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Director of Communications “We found the body of Thompson with stab […]
Also over the weekend, a Big Falls resident, Simon Baki has died from chop wounds. He was reportedly out drinking when the attack occurred. He was rushed to the Punta Gorda hospital, but pronounced dead upon arrival. Today, after consulting with the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, police arrested and charged Donicio Pau, […]
Robberies seem to be on the rise and not just in Belize City as images captured on surveillance video and posted on social media show. Just recently, several persons were charged for the robberies at Belize Healthcare Partners and the Biltmore hotel, and tonight, we report on three other property crimes that occurred by masked […]
A decomposing body was discovered in Georgeville in the Cayo District this morning. It has been identified as that of Michael Spain, a resident of the village. While police were out processing the scene, ASP Fitzroy Yearwood shared what preliminary details he has so far. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “The […]
Forty-six-year old Michael Spain, better known as Brown, was discovered dead inside his house just after eight o’clock this morning in Georgeville. His brother went to the house to make checks after they hadn’t seen him in two days and that’s when he found him dead. David McDougall says his brother’s body appeared to be […]
A San Pedro man, Luis Tun, is tonight fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was shot multiple times on Saturday night. The incident took place at the Clumsy Restaurant and Bar in the San Mateo area of the island town. Tun was reportedly behind the bar counter when a […]
On Monday morning, the partially nude body of a man was discovered on the bank of the Macal River in San Ignacio. There were injuries to the head and body. Even though foul play was suspected, the identity of the individual could not be determined at the time. Police are now reporting that the body […]
Police were able to intercept one hundred and seven pounds of compressed cannabis during a late night operation in Corozal on Thursday. A team of officers were on special operation in an area known as “Smugglers Den” in Consejo Village when just before midnight, they spotted two Hispanic men on bicycles coming from the direction […]
Belize City police have arrested three men whom they believe were involved in recent armed robberies at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited and the Biltmore Plaza Hotel. The incidents made headlines earlier this week when the suspects entered B.H.P.L. on Sunday morning and stole monies and personal items from employees at gunpoint. On Monday, another pair […]
Special operations conducted by members of the Belize Police Department in Buena Vista Village, Corozal District, have resulted in the seizure of three parcels of suspected cocaine. According to a police report, a commuter bus approached a vehicular checkpoint near mile sixty-six on the Phillip Goldson Highway around one o’clock this afternoon. When the officers […]
Moments after seizing a small shipment of cocaine onboard a passenger bus, police at the vehicular checkpoint near Buena Vista stopped another bus traveling towards Corozal Town. While conducting a search of that vehicle, officers came across a blue, floral bag that was on the floor of the luggage area at the rear of the […]
A father and his three sons, as well as an employee of the family, are behind bars at the Belize Central Prison where they will remain until August tenth when they are set to return to court. On Wednesday afternoon, forty-one-year-old Johan Petkau, a resident of Shipyard, Orange Walk District, appeared in the lower court […]
During the tour of the hostel, Minister Garcia told reporters she doesn’t want to see a repeat of the tragic fire that claimed the lives of the three girls in solitary confinement back in 2015. She was asked about if the report on the fire will ever see the light of day. Dolores Balderamos […]
