A man was shot on Antelope Street Extension in Belize City on the Garifuna Settlement Day holiday on Monday. Police say that while they have been following leads, they have no suspects as yet for the attack, and the wounded man is in stable condition. A.C.P Hilberto Romero told reporters today that police are conducting […]
Late last week, two prisoners escaped from authorities while being transported back to the Kolbe Foundation after appearing in court. The two prisoners managed to pick their handcuffs and opened the door to the van and jumped out just as the van was crossing over the speed bump in Cotton Tree Village. Today, A.C.P Hilberto […]
Forty-one-year-old Camilah Montes was physically assaulted during a domestic dispute in the early hours of this morning. According to police, Montes was struck in the face with a piece of wood, causing a large cut wound to her forehead. ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division “On Tuesday, November 21st, 2023, police responded to […]
Thirty-seven-year-old Rodman Welch, accused of the murder of Shakeem Dennison on October twelfth, 2020, appeared before Justice Nigel Pilgrim today after a no case submission was rejected. This afternoon at one o’clock, Welch was made to answer to the charge of murder. In his sworn testimony, the accused told the court that he was at […]
There was a murder last evening in the Vista del Mar area of Ladyville. Sometime around 6:15 p.m., police responded to a seaside location just off Ocean Jack Drive where they saw the lifeless body of an Asian businessman. Thirty-seven-year-old Canhua Zhen, a resident of Benque Viejo del Carmen, was along with three other individuals, […]
Six months after being placed on pretrial detention for the murder of his wife and his brother, Miguel Encalada appeared before a senior magistrate in the lower court where he was provided with partial disclosure ahead of his trial. The thirty-nine-year-old barber is accused of killing Desiree Gonzalez and his sibling, twenty-five-year-old George Rochester at […]
Over the weekend in Belmopan, a pair of thieves robbed a Naybaz Store in the San Martin area of the city. According to police, one person entered the business at first, robbed the proprietor of an undisclosed sum of cash, before being joined by another individual who aided in robbing the patrons of the establishment. […]
A resident of Rockville came under gunfire on Sunday night following an exchange of words with an individual at a shop in nearby Hattieville. Orin Joseph told police that he entered the establishment to purchase a few items and was subsequently approached by someone who wanted him to buy several items for him. When he […]
All hell broke loose on Friday night during a football match in Belmopan. It happened at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium, and videos of the chaos have been making the rounds on social media all weekend. This is not the first time that a fight breaks out at a sporting event, and it might not be […]
San Pedro resident David Gonzales has been found guilty of murdering his wife, Marisela Gonzales. Marisela’s semi-nude body was discovered at a dumpsite in San Pedro Town in October 2020, with evidence pointing to Gonzales as the perpetrator. The court ruled that Gonzales fatally shot his wife, disposed of her body, and fabricated a false […]
A male Belize Defense Force soldier stands accused of sexually assaulting a female Coast Guard officer. The incident reportedly happened at the B.D.F.’s Price Barracks compound in Ladyville. The Coast Guard officer was there on training, and she alleges that the BDF soldier entered her living quarters and sexually assaulted her. The case is currently […]
It’s been a month since a high-powered B.D.F. rifle was reported missing in the vicinity of the Xunantunich archaeological site in Cayo District and it seems to have made its way across the western border. The officer who was left in charge of the weapon remains on active duty at Price Barracks, but B.D.F. Commandant, […]
In 2019, a B.D.F. sergeant shot a fellow soldier at Fairweather Camp. It was a matter that was still pending from then until about a month ago, when his case was called up. Since then, that sergeant has been dealt with and according to B.D.F. Commandant, Azariel Loria, the soldier has been demoted in rank. […]
Twenty-five-year-old Feleecia Kerr and her mother Farah Bonner have been released from police custody without being charged for the stabbing death of Belize City mechanic Dean Halliday. As we’ve reported, the tragic incident involving Bonner and common-law husband occurred on Saturday at Bonner’s residence in Maxboro. Halliday reportedly attacked Bonner and inflicted multiple stab wounds […]
On Tuesday, forty-four-year-old Juan Carlos Novelo was taken into police custody where he was later arraigned in the San Pedro Magistrate’s Court for the crime of murder. The charge was brought against Novelo following a deadly encounter in Caye Caulker that claimed the life of his common-law wife, Leslie Verde. ACP Hilberto Romero tells us […]
The discovery of a high-powered weapon in the vicinity of Barrio el Juda, along the western border with Guatemala near Benque Viejo, raises serious concerns regarding border security. On Monday, a joint patrol including the Special Patrol Unit and the Belize Defense Force, not far from Xunantunich, turned up a handgun outfitted with Micro-RONI accessories. […]
Forty-four-year-old Juan Carlos Novelo was arraigned today at the San Pedro Magistrate Court. He was read a single charge of murder. He is accused of murdering his girlfriend of six years, Leslie Verde, sometime on Saturday morning at their house in Caye Caulker Village. Due to the nature of the offense, no plea was taken […]
Fifty-two-year-old Dean Halliday was fatally stabbed by Feleecia Kerr, the daughter of his common-law wife, on Saturday evening. The deadly incident occurred in Maxboro where the Belize City resident had visited the home of Farah Bonner, reportedly unannounced and uninvited. While there an altercation ensued between Halliday and Bonner during which the mechanic allegedly inflicted […]
Nineteen-year-old Keon Straughan appeared unrepresented before the lower court this morning where he was arraigned on a single charge of kept ammunition without being granted a gun license by the Commissioner of Police. It is alleged that on Monday, Straughan, a resident of Allan Pitts Crescent, was busted while on Caesar Ridge Road with nine […]
In early August, news broke that a Belizean worship leader was being accused by a few young women of indecent sexual assault. The number of accusations has grown to several since then. The National Evangelical Association of Belize, NEAB, issued a press release two days later, expressing shock at the news, but commending and offering […]
There were two deadly incidents over the weekend that appear to be the results of domestic violence. The first occurred on Saturday evening in the Maxboro Community where Farah Bonner resides with her twenty-five-year-old daughter. They were at home with Bonner’s common-law husband, Dean Halliday, when the couple got into an argument. During the struggle, […]
Guilty of murder, that’s the verdict handed down in the High Court earlier today in a matter involving thirty-three-year-old Marlon Everett. In the courtroom of the newly appointed Justice Candace Nanton, it was explained that the case against Everett was based on identification by the Crown’s main witnesses, one of whom was only fourteen years […]
An investigation into the death of thirty-two-year-old Leslie Verde continues. Verde was found dead in her home in Caye Caulker Village on Saturday morning. She was found unresponsive by her daughter who, with the help of her uncle, rushed Verde to the health center where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The police department has […]
Asian businessman Jian Kun Huang pleaded guilty to a mischievous act when he appeared before the lower court today. The thirty-one-year-old resident of Blue Marlin Drive reported to police that his 2015 Nissan Murano had been stolen on September twenty-ninth, 2023. He informed officers that the vehicle, valued at eleven thousand dollars, was parked in […]
Epifania Caliz is back in court after she and her common-law husband Elmer Nah, along with her brother Manuel Caliz, were acquitted of ammunition charges earlier this month. Today, she appeared inside the Belize City Magistrates Court to answer to a different charge, common assault. On October sixteenth, court reporter, Anita Nembhard was on duty […]
