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When we spoke with the family of Errol Gomez today, we asked them if they believed that his murder is connected to the disappearance of the four fishermen from Dangriga. Matthew Gomez Senior says that he doesn’t believe so, although the fourth man, Jeffrey Gomez, is a relative. He says that there is nothing to […]
Written on December 29, 2020 | Posted in
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A thirty-five-year-old Police Constable has been charged for a drug-related offence after being busted on Christmas Eve with a quantity of marijuana stowed inside a suitcase. P.C. Dion Bellini was expected to appear before the Orange Walk Magistrate’s Court earlier today to answer to a single count of possession of controlled drugs with intent to […]
Written on December 29, 2020 | Posted in
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There was another major drug bust in the north. Over forty pounds of compressed weed was seized and to make matters worse, a police officer has been arrested for the crime. Just before one p.m. today, a joint police operation led officers to a white Jeep parked on the compound of a private business establishment […]
Written on December 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The search and rescue effort for a group of four fishermen continues in the waters off the coast of Stann Creek District. Three of the men, we now understand, set out from Dangriga on a fishing trip and were preparing to return to mainland when Jeffrey Gomez caught a ride with them as they departed […]
Written on December 23, 2020 | Posted in
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This afternoon, the elder sibling of missing fisherman Jeffery Gomez spoke with News Five. According to Yasmine Morgan, her brother had only just relocated to Dangriga three weeks ago and was last seen on Southern Long Caye with a family whom he was staying with on the island. Gomez, we understand, caught a ride with […]
Written on December 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Fifty-two-year-old Abelardo Orellana, a Salvadoran caretaker of Consejo Shores, Corozal District, is in police custody tonight following a sizeable drug bust on Tuesday afternoon by members of the Mobile Interdiction Team. The MIT officers received information that a stash of marijuana was being stored inside a small zinc structure on a farm in Consejo Shores. […]
Written on December 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Christmas is less than two days away and Commissioner Chester Williams and his officers have re-strategized the police department’s crime-fighting efforts to keep citizens safe. The focus, however, is Belize City and in particular, south side where gang-related crimes have increased over the past few weeks. Three main areas have been identified and the department’s […]
Written on December 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Major crimes decreased over the past eleven months. That is according to the Belize Crime Observatory which released its crime analysis report on Tuesday. An overall decline of thirty percent in major crimes was recorded, according to the report. The Belize Crime Observatory reports that there were eight hundred and eighteen major crimes recorded between […]
Written on December 23, 2020 | Posted in
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An additional thirty-one persons were arrested and charged for quarantine regulation offenses. Thirteen persons were charged for failing to wear face masks in public, while six other persons were arrested for being out during curfew hours. Four persons were arrested for failing to practice social distancing and two persons were charged with keeping their businesses […]
Written on December 23, 2020 | Posted in
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The search for four fishermen reported missing at sea on Friday continues, despite the efforts of the coast guard and police department taking an ominous turn. Forty-two-year-old Omar Thompson, twenty-nine-year-old Brenton Brackett, nineteen-year-old Leon Joseph and Jeffery Gomez, all residents of Dangriga, remain unaccounted for, following a fishing trip to Southern Long Caye around December […]
Written on December 22, 2020 | Posted in
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On Sunday, Dave Brackett Senior spoke about the disappearance of his son, Brenton. He says that the men went out on a routine fishing trip near Southern Long Caye and based on a call that Brenton had with his common-law-wife on December twelfth, they were to return later that day. They never did and now […]
Written on December 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There are reports reaching our news desk this evening of a major marijuana haul in the north where a significant drug bust was made by the Mobile Interdiction Team. Likewise, the seizure of a large quantity of contraband items, including liquor, has also been made as police continue to ramp up their operations in the […]
Written on December 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A surveillance camera overlooking Saint Martin’s One Stop Auto Care on Partridge Street Extension has been mounted on a lamppost in the wake of a deadly shooting incident over the weekend. Police are yet to make an arrest in the murder of Terrence King which happened on Saturday evening when a white SUV emerged on […]
Written on December 22, 2020 | Posted in
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An old beef involving one of several persons who came together as reformed gang members to embark upon a business venture, has left one Belize City resident dead and four others injured. Last Tuesday, the St. Martin’s Area Community Hub was launched to much fanfare from several agencies and residents. Less than a week later, […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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As many as twenty spent nine millimeter shells were recovered from the scene of the shooting at the New Community Resource Hub. According to police, a white sports utility vehicle arrived at the location shortly after six o’clock and someone inside unleashed a hail of bullets on the unsuspecting men. Albert Clother, the manager of […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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The United States Embassy, which was instrumental in funding the initiative, has issued a release acknowledging that while it is aware of the tragic incident, it remains committed to supporting its Belizean partners in ensuring safe and secure communities. Jermaine Garnett, who is also one of the five men injured, has also pledge his commitment […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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On Sunday night, shots rang out once again in the Old Capital, this time near the intersection of West Street and Water Lane. Today, shards of glass from a vehicle driven by the victim are on the concrete street where at least one gunman took aim at Malik Acosta. An injured Acosta tried to make […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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The recent flare up of gang violence in Belize City prompted a meeting of senior officers within the police department to meet this afternoon. During that meeting a new strategy was devised on how law enforcement will go about addressing the spike in crime. The exceptionally bloody weekend began with a shooting incident on Lakeview […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Twenty-eight-year-old Karen Pinto is recovering this evening after she was shot on Sunday night. Pinto and a family member were on Antelope Street Extension when they were approached by two gunmen who fired several shots in their direction. Pinto was shot in the leg and the men escaped. Investigators do not believe that she was […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Cattle Landing resident Darwin Chavarria was brutally murdered last week. The body of the thirty-seven-year-old was found on Thursday on the Waterhole Road near the outskirts of Punta Gorda Town after he went missing the day before. Chavarria had left home in a black Ford Mariner which was found burnt along Waterhole Road on Wednesday. […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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The woman police officer who investigators believe murdered well-known barber Fareed Ahmad was acquitted of that charge on Friday. W.P.C. Michelle Brown walked out a free woman after Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams ruled that prosecutors presented insufficient evidence against Brown, not satisfying the court that Brown was guilty of the December 2017 murder of Ahmad. […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Chaos erupted on Friday night on Antelope Street Extension in Belize City. An all-out brawl between several women and police officers broke out and the shocking incident was captured on camera. Insults were hurled and punches exchanged as the women wrestled police officers on the street. Officers reportedly went to the area to arrest the […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, a Mexican news outlet reported that a drug plane had landed on Belizean territory. Linea De Fuego in Quintana Roo reported that the plane had landed near the fishing village of Sarteneja in the Corozal District. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams disputed the reports saying that while the department tracks suspected drug […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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We begin tonight’s newscast from the Supreme Court in Belize City with a ruling in the murder case involving well-known barber Fareed Ahmad. On December twenty-eighth, 2017 Ahmad was killed. He died while receiving treatment at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot in the head inside his vehicle that crashed on the side of the […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Multiple gunshots rang out on Lakeview Street this morning where officers on mobile patrol got into a shootout with several persons who had reportedly opened fire on an individual who was walking near Banak Street moments earlier. When the smoke cleared, four persons had been injured and the area was strewn with shell casings. The […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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