A sixty-three-year-old Belize City man was tied up inside his home and robbed. The incident happened on Caesar Ridge Road. The culprits made off with only a cell phone. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “On Friday, the fourteenth day of May 2021, police responded to an aggravated burglary report […]
Another suspected drug plane touched down overnight in a remote area of Blue Creek, Orange Walk District. The aircraft was one of three business jets that departed from South America on Thursday night. The flight paths were shared with Belizean authorities and despite the deployment of law enforcement officers to that vicinity, the airplane appeared […]
According to Musa, while police and B.D.F. personnel were dispatched to the area within a half hour of its landing, the heavily armed welcoming committee had wasted no time in clearing the contents of the aircraft. The fact that these airplanes continue to make landfall in certain parts of the country raises suspicion of the […]
Reports of yet another aircraft, this one landing near Little Belize in Corozal District also surfaced this morning. The Belize Defense Force Air Wing provided aerial support but up to midday could not locate the so-called second drug plane. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs “We are getting information that one was seen flying […]
Three men who Police say were nabbed on Wednesday at a checkpoint in Ladyville with a hefty load of marijuana were today denied bail when they appeared before Senior Magistrate, Aretha Ford. The men, Ian Poot from Patchakan Village, Corozal, and Edwin Bowen and Eustace Andrews from Belize City, appeared with their attorneys, Ellis Arnold […]
When we caught up with Minister Musa today we also asked for an update on his ministry’s plan to address the spike in violence in Belize City. Minister Musa noted there are several measures already in place. He sought to assure the public that the Ministry is working to address the issue, and will continue […]
Today, a drug destruction exercise was carried out in the north. The drugs were accumulated between 2010 and 2019 and were in storage. Late this evening, the Government Press Office shared with us the destruction. Deputy Commander Dennis Lopez explains. [Drug destruction exercise…] On Wednesday, there was a drug bust on Scissortail Street […]
A grocer was robbed on Wednesday afternoon by a trio of thieves who entered his store in Belize City and held him up at gunpoint. Shortly before two o’clock, Yang Yuhuan was inside One Plus One when three men entered the establishment. Two of the robbers wielded firearms, while another had a knife in his […]
There was another shooting incident in Belize City on Tuesday night that landed Justin Richards in the hospital with gunshot wounds to his body. The Santa Barbara Street resident was just a stone’s throw away from his home and was returning from a nearby shop when a hooded gunman pounced on him. Richards, known to […]
Just after four this afternoon, members of the Anti-Drug Unit of the Belize Police Department intercepted four vehicles, including a flatbed truck, two black pickup trucks and a Chevy Blazer SUV on Scissors Tail Street in Ladyville. What appeared to be a regular search drew attention from residents in the area when gunshots were allegedly […]
Another night, another murder in Belize City. Shortly before nine o’clock on Monday, police responded to a deadly crossfire between feuding gangs on Armadillo Street. When they arrived on the scene, the responding officers discovered the lifeless body of a driver who was behind the wheel of a minivan. The vehicle careened into a nearby […]
A deadly house fire intentionally set by an enraged former common-law has claimed the lives of a Saint Matthew’s Village resident and her three-year-old son. It’s a tragic story of domestic abuse and family members had no idea the latest incident would end in such loss. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Barbara Fisher, Mother […]
Weekend violence left two men dead and another injured in Belize City. Today the families say their loved ones were not the intended targets. News Five Reporter Andrea Polanco tells us more: Andrea Polanco, Reporting Four men were socializing inside this small building on Church Street on Saturday night, but in a matter of […]
There you heard from the families of the two men killed on Church Street in Belize City – now we turn to the police for an update. While there are several persons being questioned in connection with this fatal shooting, police say that they are also investigating whether the death of Gerald Tillett Junior may […]
Two separate murders were also recorded in the South; one in Santa Cruz Village on the Southern Highway and the other just outside of Dangriga in the village of Hope Creek. On Friday evening, police responded to a report at the Southern Regional Hospital where a man had been stabbed and was being rushed into […]
As far south as Santa Cruz, death came knocking at Ortis Gladden’s door when several men visited him on Friday evening. When the twenty-eight-year-old came out to greet his guests, he was met with a barrage of gunshots. The body of the mortally wounded laborer was later discovered by a relative. According to police, while […]
Seventeen-year-old Gerald Tillett Junior was killed in a cold-blooded shooting on Thursday evening as he rode his bicycle on Bagdad Street. The George Street resident, many say, was in the wrong neighborhood when he met his tragic end. Tillett, the son of a deceased gang leader who bears his namesake, was reportedly executed by eighteen-year-old […]
Belize City police are on high alert, following the late evening murder of a known gang affiliate on Thursday. Gunfire erupted in the vicinity of Bagdad Street yesterday, shortly before seven p.m. When the shooting subsided, a young man lay dead not far from where his bicycle came to rest. It would appear that Gerald […]
A chopping incident left two tenants at an apartment complex nursing a range of machete wounds. One man received a large chop wound in the head and the other received numerous cut wounds to his upper body and his hands. One man says he acted in self-defense when he disarmed the man who attacked him […]
There was a sad ending today in the search for missing Armenia resident, Alex Guzman after his decomposing body was located this morning. A search team made up of family members and friends discovered Guzman’s body just before ten o’clock today in the Yalbac Hill area of Spanish Lookout. Guzman was in the area looking […]
The Belize Police Department says that crimes are down for the first three months of 2021. Today, Commissioner of Police reported that major crimes for all categories are down when compared to the first quarter of 2020. Here’s how ComPol Chester Williams explains it. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Every category of crime is […]
When it comes to murders, there are fourteen fewer murders for the first three months of this year when compared to last year. Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa says that the police working in Belize City have been doing a great job. As you may know, historically the city has been a problem area […]
In crime news…on Monday night, police responded to reports of a shooting in Seine Bight Village. Upon arrival, they spoke to Jamaal Ariola who reported a man entered his yard and fired several shots towards his direction. On bullet grazed his upper back. Police are investigating the incident.
Three delivery men are fortunate they were not hurt during an attempted hold up on Monday afternoon in Santa Elena. Police say just before two p.m. they responded to reports of a robbery in progress at A and N Supermarket on the George Price Highway. Bowen and Bowen deliveryman Simeon Baptist reported that while making […]
Less than two weeks ago, two Punta Gorda residents were executed – one shot dead while on his veranda and the other inside his vehicle at the entrance of the town. The unrelated murders happened within twenty-four hours of each other. To respond, the Belize Police Department has reworked its strategy in the South and […]
