A teenager was injured in the third shooting that happened over three days in Roaring Creek Village. The victim, fortunately, survived the ordeal and is now recovering. Today, News Five spoke with the teen’s mom about the incident: Andrea Polanco, Reporting Eighteen-year-old Nelson Nunez Junior was riding his bike in the Hattieville area of […]
Police have arrested and charged twenty-six-year-old Hugh Daniel Middleton of Roaring Creek Village for the murder of Clifford Hyde and the attempted murder of Anya Galvez on Saturday April 4. Middleton was arraigned today in the Belmopan Magistrate Court, on charges of murder, attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm. The […]
On Friday police acting on a tip about drugs at a home of an expat on Placencia found small quantities of cocaine and weed. A.C.P. Joseph Myvett told the press about their findings: ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Placencia police visited the home of Michael Guiles, fifty-nine-year-old Canadian national, to conduct […]
It was an Easter Sunday filled not with joy but grief for the Staines in Gracie Rock Village. News Five’s Paul Lopez reports on an unexpected and shocking loss of Venecia Staine’s life. Paul Lopez, Reporting The family’s farm is situated on the east side of the Sibun River and is accessible only by […]
This morning in Belmopan, Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero reported that police have recovered the weapon used in the Gracie Rock stabbing and confirmed that members of the Staine family and the accused had been constantly involved in disputes. He says an investigation will determine what charges will be drawn up. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, […]
Another member of the Hyde clan was killed on Saturday and tonight a second family member remains hospitalized in an induced coma with a bullet lodged in her head. Over the years we have reported extensively on the tragic murders that have plagued this family. Tonight reporter Andrea Polanco takes us back to the home […]
And police say that a shooting that happened on Monday morning just after seven o’clock in Roaring Creek Village may be connected to the murder of Clifford Hyde. Reports are a shooter approached the Hyde’s Meat Market, a business that belongs to Clifford Hyde’s family, in the village and fired shots at two persons who […]
On March ninth we told you about the small airplane that crash landed near Blue Creek in northern Belize. On board at the time of the landing, were two Mexicans; Ramon Lopez Perez and Humberto Miranda Gonzalez. They were both arrested and charged for landing an aircraft without permission. One of the men remains behind […]
Two men will stand trial for triple murder in the June session of the Supreme Court following the completion of their Preliminary Inquiry today. The prosecution presented statements from more than a dozen persons, as well as photos, compact discs, and other material that make up the case that the Crown has against Kyle Zetina […]
Two Belize City men were today formally arraigned before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford on charges of rape of a child and sexual assault upon a 12-year-old girl. Police allege that Theodore Andrews and Kishane Williams committed the offences on March 26th. The two were remanded until June 12th. They were defended by Attorney, Ronnell Gonzalez.
Nineteen-year-old Fernando Avila is on the lam after escaping lawful custody on March thirty-first. The Dangriga resident is one of six Belizeans who were caught by Honduran authorities in Puerto Cortez last week in relation to coastal piracy. Avila was being held at the Dangriga Police Station when he managed to abscond. It is believed […]
A physical altercation between two officers at the Dangriga Police Station on Tuesday has led to charges being brought against siblings Akeem and Kenrick Gamboa. It is reported that the brothers entered the precinct following the confiscation of a pair of motorcycles from the New Site area earlier in the day. A scuffle ensued shortly […]
Belize City police are investigating the murder of a young man who was shot and killed on Saturday evening. It is the latest homicide in the Old Capital and investigators are following up on various leads, despite not being able to yet ascertain a motive. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Kevaughn […]
There was a shooting in Belize City on Saturday night, but the victim was probably not the target. Police say that a woman was in her yard on New Road when she received gunshot injuries. Sr. Superintendent Hilberto Romero says that that they don’t know the motive nor do they have any suspects. Sr. […]
Guatemalan Lesbia Alvarez has been charged for the stabbing death of her common-law husband Omar Kantun. As we reported last week, Kantun was killed inside his home last Friday in Silk Grass Village. An examination revealed he received more than fifty stab wounds. Police say that the file was sent to the D.P.P. and that […]
There were two shooting incidents on Sunday night in Benque Viejo del Carmen. A man from that western town was shot after nine and when police responded to that crime, they were fired upon by the alleged perpetrators. During a gun-fire exchange a cop was shot. ACP Joseph Myvett tells us more. ACP Joseph […]
Residents of Silk Grass Village woke up to the startling news of a murder this morning. The grisly scene of a vicious stabbing was discovered by a neighbor who saw her friend, a forest officer who recently moved to the community, mutilated inside his home. It happened overnight but was not reported until sometime around […]
Alleged Belizean sea pirates Jaime Nolberto Coote, Vincent Esron Martinez, Fernando Avila, Justin Floyd Palacio, Jeremy Waylon Leslie and a seventeen-year-old minor – all reportedly from southern Belize – will soon be spending time behind bars at the central prison in Hattieville. The group of men were busted Honduran authorities in the Baja Mar community […]
On Tuesday, a group of sea pirates were detained in Puerto Cortez, Honduras. Believed to be the masterminds behind the attacks at sea in southern Belize, six Belizean men and two Honduran nationals were captured during a sting operation carried out by law enforcement officers from that neighbouring country. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
A man who was shot in the neck outside the Raccoon Street Police Station by a police officer while he tried to escape from their custody on Saturday has come forward claiming this account is inaccurate. Ryan Foster told New Five today that contrary to what Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero said on Monday’s newscast, he […]
The first round of World Cup Qualifiers between Belize and Haiti is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the Sylvio Cator Stadium in Port-au-Prince. At news time this evening, an investigation is being conducted by a senior FIFA match commissioner to determine whether the game between the Belize Jaguars and Haiti’s national football team can proceed […]
On Friday, the Football Federation of Belize introduced the men’s national team which will be participating in a series of regional matches ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022. The team arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti this morning where they are scheduled to play at the Sylvio Cator Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Instead […]
Last week’s gun violence ended on Saturday night when a resident of Rivero Street in south side Belize City was gunned down inside his yard. Clifford Anthony Lorenzo was walking inside his yard when someone approached him and fired several gunshots in his direction. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Just after […]
A criminal and an internal investigation are being conducting on a police-involved shooting that occurred outside the Raccoon Street Police Station on Saturday. Reports are that the victim, Ryan Foster, had been detained, but fled. An officer pulled out his service issued weapon and fired a single shot catching Foster to the neck. It was […]
Last week Wednesday, Dennis Trapp was shot and killed just after four a.m. in Punta Gorda. At the time, police said that Trapp’s murder may have been connected to gang warfare in that southern municipality. Today, ACP Joseph Myvett says that while they haven’t arrested and charged anyone for this killing, they are actively pursuing […]
