In crime news, a resident of Tigris Street in Belize City was shot and killed on Tuesday night. That shooting has also left a woman from George Street in the hospital. Today, police were tightlipped about the details and didn’t disclose a motive, but they say they are prepared for any retaliation. News Five’s Andrea […]
Was it a kidnapping or a case of vigilante justice? That is the question tonight following an incident in Shipyard, a Mennonite community that usually goes about its business in a laid-back and nonviolent routine. Earlier this week that peace was shattered when several members of one family viciously attacked a fellow resident at his […]
In the latest development in the saga of Jasmine Hartin, charged last month with manslaughter by negligence for the shooting death of Superintendent Henry Jemmott, Hartin and her family have set up a Go Fund Me account, attempting to raise money from the public for her new defense. The story of the fatal shooting of […]
Police say that they have made some progress into the investigations of the robberies at Belize Healthcare Partners and Biltmore that happened earlier this week. Director of Communications Fitzroy Yearwood says that they are trying to connect the dots in these heists. Here’s what the police know so far. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Director of […]
On the matter of the John Doe found dead in San Ignacio on Monday, police say that they believe they are close to verifying the identity of the victim. Here’s more from ASP Yearwood of the Belize Police Department. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Director of Communications “We believe we are closer to establishing an identity. […]
On Tuesday we brought you the story of Ramiro de la Rosa, the twenty-seven-year-old father from Duck Run Two community who received a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to a gun charge. De la Rosa’s father had died, but late last week police in San Ignacio got wind that there was a gun in […]
Commission of Police Chester Williams commented today on the Ramiro De La Rosa case. He says it is out of police hands now, but he finds the situation to be very unfortunate and supports an appeal. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “I was made aware of the matter after he had pleaded guilty and […]
This morning, the Government of Belize condemned in the strongest terms the assassination of the President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse. A release from G.O.B. says “such a heinous act of political violence has no place in democratic societies or in the Caribbean Community, which is firmly committed to the rule of law and democratic principles. […]
The Belize Police Department has relocated its Precinct One Police Station to King Street in Belize City. According to the police officials, the newly renovated building has sufficient space and comes equipped with amenities to boost the morale of the cops who will work there. Today, the Belize Police Department held a ribbon cutting ceremony […]
Immediately following the opening of the police station on Kings Street, the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police went over to the Lopez Mateo Park in the Kings Park area to inaugurate a police booth. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Thanks to the Kings Park neighborhood watch group for the donation […]
It was the buzz this weekend as people joined the discussion on the new marijuana businesses being proposed. The churches, by and large, church maintain unwavering positions in the ongoing marijuana discussion, saying “no” to decriminalization and certainly “no” to legalization of possession and trade. But the government of the day has a very different […]
There was a brazen robbery in Belize City when two men held up the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza just before midday today. Reports to News Five are that the men arrived at the establishment in a black SUV, held up several people at gunpoint, stealing over ten thousand dollars in cash, then drove off. […]
There is no evidence to suggest that they are related, but over the weekend, two armed robbers also targeted the Belize Health Care Partners, taking cell phones and an undisclosed amount of cash. Police say it was a crime of opportunity, not necessarily a reflection of hard economic times. So far, they have not made […]
Up to news time tonight, details remain sparse after a body was found this morning on the riverbank in San Ignacio. The deceased was clad only in a shirt. Reports are that his face had been bashed in, but that has not been confirmed by police. What is known is that there were multiple injuries […]
Thirty-eight-year-old Mayflower Street resident Jervis Valencia has not been cooperating with police after he was shot in the jaw in an alley way off Banak Street last week Friday. The person police detained for the shooting was later released. According to ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Valencia checked himself out of the K.H.M.H. this morning. ASP […]
A disturbing video of an unconscious man being kicked, dragged and cursed at by a pair of police officers is in circulation on social media. The short clip has raised the ire of public as the officers are seen physically abusing the individual whose hands are bound. While the incident has caught the attention of […]
There was another bold attempt made on the life of well-known street figure Jervis Valencia, it’s the second time since the beginning of the year that he has been shot in his own neighborhood. The ongoing spat between factions of the Ghost Town Gang continues to see bloodshed. This morning, shortly after six a.m., Valencia […]
In an update to a gruesome story from earlier this week, twenty-three-year-old Ezequiel Young has been arrested and charged for the murder of Rigoberto Salinas who was decapitated in Honey Camp, Orange Walk District last Wednesday. The unemployed resident of Santa Martha was taken into police custody following an investigation in which he was named […]
An attempt on the lives of two young men last night has an entire family in Lake-I fearing for their safety after bullets tore through their home. When the shooting subsided, two persons were injured and bullet holes riddled their house. News Five’s Isani Cayetano has that story. Isani Cayetano, Reporting A pair of […]
Tonight, News Five has an exclusive interview with the Belizean Ambassador to Mexico, Oscar Arnold, about the murders of two Belizeans in Tulum. Last week, the reports from that Mexican town went viral after a video recording of the scene was posted. Worst fears were confirmed for several families from Corozal when they learnt that […]
While his case – whether fortunate or unfortunate – will see him repatriated to Belize, Rayan Aquino is one of over twenty Belizeans that have been sent back to the country from Mexico in the past couple months. Over two dozen others remain in detention facilities across Mexico; a number of them were trying to […]
In an update to a story from Caye Caulker over the weekend, a woman has been charged with stabbing Tito Rosado in the chest. The incident happened on Avenida Hicaco where police on patrol came across the injured fisherman who was bleeding from the upper body. Rosado told police that he was attacked by Grace […]
The Moran Avila family in Belmopan is tonight still grappling with the death of their loved one, who perished in a road traffic accident on Friday night on the Hummingbird Highway. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Thirty-eight-year-old Marlon Jose Moran Avila was heading south from Belmopan towards Dangriga when he crashed […]
The mother of a one-year-old child is tonight grateful that her child’s father is alive, and her baby is unharmed after a gunman targeted their family home on Victoria Street. Today, News Five spoke to Shandy Vernon who was socializing with a group of relatives on Friday night when the shooter approached the home and […]
Police are yet to establish a motive for the shooting. Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood told us they are close to making an arrest. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “On Friday twenty-fifth of June, sometime around ten forty p.m., you had some individuals socializing at a yard on Victoria Street, two males […]
