There was a brazen robbery in San Ignacio on Sunday morning. Police say that five armed masked men held up a woman in her yard and proceeded to rob her. At this time, cops believe that some of those involved may be from across the western border. Here’s more from ACP Joseph Myvett. ACP […]
A month ago, the Belize Police Department began an investigation into former U.D.P. Minister Rene Montero and his C.E.O. Errol Gentle after the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing filed an official report, alleging that Montero used the ministry’s resources for private gain. Well, the police have completed that investigation and have handed over the file […]
Two days after gun violence claimed the lives of a mother of eight and a youth on Logwood Street in Belize City, Police have charged a mechanic and another minor for the killings. This afternoon, Police escorted Richard Mervin Bennett to the Magistrate’s Court where he was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford. Bennett, who gave […]
Also in court news, three men were remanded to the Belize Central Prison on a slew of gun charges as well as for being members of a street gang. Travis Herbert, Shakeem Ortiz and Shawn Nunez were read four separate charges of possession of a gun, to wit four pistols, and four other charges of ammunition, loaded […]
A father is in the Belize Central Prison today facing kidnapping charges. Evan Kerr, who is currently visiting Belize from the U.S., is accused of taking his six-year-old son to the United States in November 2020 without the permission of the child’s mother. Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson denied Kerr bail and that’s where things got complicated. His attorney, […]
Twenty-four-year-old Percival Pilgrim expired around two-thirty this morning from injuries he received during a shooting incident on Banak Street several hours earlier. The incident was a catalyst that sparked a reprisal on Vernon Street on Wednesday night that left two persons dead. It’s all part of a beef that has been brewing in the Mayflower […]
The gun violence in Belize City ended with the double murder of a mother of eight and a youth from her neighborhood. Reports are that both victims were gunned down when a lone gunman opened fire, then simply walked away. It is not yet known what triggered the attack, but the killings have devastated yet […]
About an hour before the double murder of Conorquie and Garcia on Logwood Street, police had responded to another shooting incident in the city, this time on Iguana Street Extension. The victims were rushed to the K.H.M.H. and a rapid response by police led to the interception of a vehicle and alleged gunmen. News Five’s […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke with the media late this evening and confirmed that the murder of Percival Pilgrim was indeed the result of an internal conflict within the Mayflower Street area. Likewise, the shootings on Iguana Street Extension are also part of an ongoing feud within a particular gang in that neighborhood. The […]
The double homicide involving Cynthia Conorquie and Allen Garcia may be related to the fatal shooting of Percival Pilgrim that occurred several hours earlier. That’s the angle that investigators are probing. While they were processing the scene of that shooting incident, police were able to nab three Belize City men whom they believe were involved […]
A barrage of bullets signaled the break of dawn in Punta Gorda today. The sound of gunshots woke up the sleepy coastal town to the news that a well-known resident had been murdered. He was shot multiple times as he sat in the driver’s seat of his vehicle to report for work at the Punta […]
Late this evening, Police Commissioner Chester Williams briefed the media on the leads they are pursuing about Dennis Trapp’s murder in Punta Gorda. According to police, two killers approached the unsuspecting victim, killed him and then sped away on a motorcycle. ComPol Williams says they believe that this latest murder is gang related. Chester […]
Within the past twenty-four hours, youth have been both the primary victims and the main suspects detained in connection with the spate of violence in Belize City. Since Wednesday, the Behaviour Modification and Conflict Management Services, formerly the Conscious Youth Development Programme, has been on the ground trying to connect with the actors involved in […]
The Behaviour Modification and Conflict Management Services falls under the scope of the Department of Youth Services which finds the urban gun violence flare up concerning. But Deputy Director and Officer in Charge at D.Y.S., Kevin Cadle says that while they are providing wraparound services for at-risk youth, those who want to live a life […]
There was a murder in Belize City on Tuesday night. A man in his early twenties was gunned down on south side. While the shooting claimed one life, it has left the residents in the area shaken and traumatized. Reporter Andrea Polanco tells us more in the following story. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Tyrique Gentle […]
And while Tyrique Gentle lost his life on Tuesday night, another youth is in the hospital as the gun violence continued today. Percival Pilgrim was shot multiple times just before three p.m. on Banak Street in Belize City when a shooter approached him and fired several shots in his direction. Pilgrim was hit in the […]
Police have arrested and charged a Libertad man for possession of a controlled drug. On Tuesday, the K9 Unit and Commanders Operation Support Team carried out an operation in Corozal where they searched the home of twenty-year-old Edwin Catzim in Libertad. Police say they didn’t find anything illegal inside the house, but a search of […]
The Friends for Conservation and Development conducted the Maya Quest Five Expedition to Doyle’s Delight earlier this week. The purpose of the expedition was to assess the impacts and document the human footprint on the highest point in the Maya Mountains. According to the F.C.D., the six-person team observed mining activity at Ceibo Chico, as […]
A jarring video of extreme pain being inflicted on a male minor began making its rounds on social media on Saturday morning. The individual, who is seen torturing the teenager, is someone well-known to police. The clip shows an individual lying on the floor, being kicked and struck repeatedly with a broomstick, before a kitchen […]
According to ComPol Williams, the teenager, who was subsequently handled with little to no regard by police officers at the station, would not have survived the harrowing ordeal were it not for a noise complaint from neighbors. Sutherland, he says, is facing a raft of charges relating to the incident. Chester Williams, Commissioner of […]
The trio police accuse of kidnapping and torturing a minor over the weekend were shuttled to the Magistrate’s Court in the back of a police van this afternoon but they never appeared before a magistrate. It is not clear if there was an error with their charge sheets, but sometime around three p.m., police escorted […]
A young man Leary Simon has succumbed to injuries he received after being shot on Reggae Street March seventh. The Santa Elena resident was approached by a lone gunman last Sunday. He was hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. where he fought for his life until Friday morning when he passed away. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero told […]
Was a suspected drug plane seen or heard hovering in the north over the weekend? The police department says no. Others in the media, however, are adamant that credible information they received placed an aircraft in Belizean airspace on Saturday night. While Commissioner of Police Chester Williams chided the reporting of the incident, he admitted […]
There is trouble brewing in one of Belize’s nature reserves, the kind that could escalate as it has in the Chiquibul. This time, it is the Bladen Reserve in Toledo facing millions of dollars in losses from extracted resources. The reserve is a hundred thousand acres of forest that enjoys the highest status of protection […]
On Tuesday morning, Reginaldo Ruiz was murdered in broad daylight in front of patrons and vendors at the Belmopan Market Plaza. The fish vendor was at his stall when a gunman opened fire on him; as Ruiz took his last breath, the gunman, according to witnesses, escaped on a horse from the area. Today, News […]
