A Jamaican was murdered in the City of Belmopan on Saturday night. Taxi driver Nicholas Moody was ambushed by men on motorbikes in the Intelco Hill Area. Before succumbing to his injuries at the Western Regional Hospital, Moody provided a few details that may be helpful to police’s investigation. News Five’s Paul Lopez was in […]
While Moody’s family believes the motive for his murder was robbery, police are thinking otherwise. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero says personal conflicts, or maybe even drugs, may have been factors. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Investigations revealed that he was in a taxi car at Intelco Hill when he […]
There was also a murder reported in the Cayo District. Fifty-one-year-old Celestino Cob died as a result of chop wounds he sustained to the throat. According to Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero, Cob left his Santa Elena home on Sunday night and that was the last time he was seen alive. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, […]
There was also a murder recorded in the South, this time a disabled man in Punta Gorda. In the wee hours of Saturday, police were called out to a house where they discovered Marcus Tracy’s body. With the assistance of footage from PGTV, Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting In Punta Gorda, he was […]
A suspected drug plane crashed over the weekend in southern Belize, just off the coast of Placencia and in the vicinity of Moho Caye. Local authorities had been tracking the plane en route from South America on Friday night and there are reports that it was seen flying over Independence. But the plane went down […]
On Saturday night, shots also rang out in the Benguche area of Dangriga. After the echoes of the blasts subsided, Steven Lorenzo realised that he had been hit. He was rushed to the Southern Regional Hospital for treatment and released on Monday. The family has already moved away, but was their loved one the intended […]
There was another shooting in Belize City on Friday afternoon. It happened on Lakeview Street. A Guatemalan woman was shot but police say that she wasn’t the intended target. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Eastern Division “That was Friday afternoon after five p.m. Miss Dina Mas was riding her bike on Lakeview Street heading […]
Last Friday, a gruesome find was made in a remote area off the John Smith Link Road in the Belize District. Mark and Leticia Frankel had been taken from their Sunset Park house, shot dead and their bodies dumped. Their GMC terrain SUV was also disposed of close by. When police visited their home, it […]
So with all the recent murders due to gang rivalry in Belize City, what is being done? Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was a part of a weekend mediation session with those rivaling groups. He says gang violence in the city has decreased, but, will it hold? Past gang mediations have resulted in temporary truces, […]
Just after midday today, a family’s worst fears were confirmed – the bodies of a Canadian Belizean and his wife, reported missing earlier this week, were discovered off a dirt path in the Belize District. Even as the family now has closure, they are still so many unanswered questions. News Five’s Duane Moody was out […]
As we said, the gruesome discovery was made just after midday today; this was one day after their vehicle was found abandoned in an area off the John Smith Link Road. A post-mortem examination conducted on the bodies of Mark and Leticia Frankel certified that the couple was shot dead before their bodies were dumped. […]
Stephan Castillo was murdered on Thursday and today police say that they have one person in custody and are looking for several others. Officers were also able to retrieve the gun they believed was used in the deadly shooting. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the killers pounced on Castillo simply because he was […]
So as you heard ComPol Williams, Castillo wasn’t one of those involved in the recent killings and may have been targeted simply because of where he lived and whom he associated with. Williams says that they expected the retaliations and that police are trying to deal with all the territories where there are gang feuds. […]
And so what’s next for crime? Can police curb the spate of gun violence that has erupted in the city over the last several days? Williams says they have multiple operations in place and are exploring the use of intervention through the behavioral modification center. He notes that the option of a State of Emergency […]
And while police are busy at work trying to put out fires in the gang-ridden communities, cops haven’t stopped their routine work on the streets and their stop and searches have taken weapons off the streets in recent days. Commissioner Chester Williams tells us more about two separate incidents where weapons were confiscated. Chester […]
Police in the Cayo District have charged two members of the Belize Coast Guard and a laborer with rape. The victim, a twenty-five year old woman reported that the incident happened on May fifteenthin a village in the district. She says they forced her to have intercourse against her will. Glen Jones, Japhet Jones, and […]
On Thursday police responded to a robbery report on the San Felipe Road in the Toledo District. The driver of a Bowen and Bowen delivery truck, Lloyd Tindell of Big Falls Village reported that just after three p.m., he and his coworkers were leaving Santa Anna Village when two masked men came out of the bushes […]
There was another deadly shooting in Belize City last night and police are preparing for what they believe will be a series of retaliatory attacks. It’s the latest in an ongoing flare up of gang warfare that continues to go unchecked. Around eight-thirty on Wednesday night, officers were called out to the scene of a […]
Another Belize City youth has lost his life in Belize City. While police have not issued an official statement, area residents suspect it was a gang hit that may be connected to another recent killing. News Five’s Andrea Polanco was on the scene today. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Nineteen-year-old Stephan Castillo was shot dead between […]
It was a tragic end to the search for a visitor to Caye Caulker when the body of Aravind Krishna Srinivasan was found this afternoon. He had gone kayaking on Monday, but never returned to the island. News Five’s Paul Lopez was in Caye Caulker today when there was still hope he might be found […]
Several people were picked up for questioning today as police investigate the murder of Lincoln Erskine in Ladyville. He was found Tuesday night dead in his home. His family says he was in an ongoing dispute with neighbors who wanted illegal access to his electricity. Superintendent Alejandro Cowo has details. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., […]
A resident of Ladyville was killed at his home on Monday night, but his body was not discovered by his relatives until Tuesday evening. It is believed Lincoln Erskine lost his life following an altercation with his neighbors. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Fifty-eight-year-old Lincoln Erskine was stabbed to death inside […]
There was a fatal shooting in the Trench Town are of Belize City on Friday evening. Forty-three-year-old Francis Gordon was gunned down while sitting near a boat when a gunman emerged on the scene. The unknown individual took aim at the Kraal Road resident and opened fire, fatally injuring him. According to investigators, Gordon’s murder […]
Last week Friday, a suspected drug plane landed in a remote area near Blue Creek, Orange Walk District, but police have been unable to confirm reports of a second landing in Little Belize. B.D.F. air assets were deployed in the community and extensive searches were conducted, yet there were no sightings of a second landing. […]
A police officer is being investigated after he shot at a taxi and injured a passenger on Saturday. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero gives us the latest on this incident. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “On Saturday the fifteenth day of May 2021 police visited the KHMH where they found […]
