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While the accused perverts are in police custody, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that investigators are also looking at those who recorded the boy confessing to the sexual abuse made against him. The video victimizes the boy once again on a psychological and emotional level. The fact that he recounts the attack in a […]
Written on December 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Unfortunately, the video of the boy confessing to being a victim of a sexual attack made its way on social media. Williams today sent out a stern warning to those who are sharing the video as they too can also be charged under the new cyber crime laws. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “May […]
Written on December 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Twenty-five-year-old Akeem Smith broke his silence today; for years, he claims that he has been the target of police, even as he has tried to walk the straight and narrow. Now by no means is Smith saying that he has not had run-ins with the law, but he has never been charged for any major […]
Written on December 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Loretta Smith is not taking the targeting of her son lightly. She intends to reach out to the Professional Standards Branch of the Police Department and even the Commissioner of Police in an effort to get some relief. Loretta Smith, Mother of Akeem Smith “We noh know weh dah di problem. We already di […]
Written on December 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Almost two weeks after fisherman Roger Blanco was shot dead in Dangriga, police formally arrested and charged Renrick Roy Robinson today for the crime of murder. Blanco and another man were reportedly walking to a shop when two men approached them, one of whom fired shots in their direction. The bullets caught Blanco as he […]
Written on December 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Tonight there is closure that the body of Egner Guerrero has been found, but the Belize Police Department is once again under fire for the manner in which it reportedly handled the missing person’s case. Guerrero’s family claims that the officers who dealt with the report were lethargic in their response and had they acted […]
Written on December 1, 2020 | Posted in
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A suspect in the murder of thirty-seven-year-old Erwin Castillo has been arrested and charged. On Monday, nineteen-year-old Chervin Tench was taken into police custody and a single charge was preferred on him in connection with the deadly weekend shooting. On Friday night around eleven o’clock, Castillo, a cab driver, had just dropped off a passenger […]
Written on December 1, 2020 | Posted in
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A prison officer has been terminated as a result of the findings of an internal investigation into the massive prison break on October twelfth. A group of twenty-eight prisoners escaped from the Belize Central Prison after three prison officers were held hostage. The gang of escapees broke out through the rear of the compound and into […]
Written on December 1, 2020 | Posted in
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The case of Police Constable Michelle Brown, accused of the shooting death of Belize City barber Fareed Ahmad, resumed on Monday before Supreme Court Judge Colin Williams with sworn testimony given by Forensics Expert Shirley Lino. She spent much of the day detailing the court on the way in which she received sealed parcels of […]
Written on December 1, 2020 | Posted in
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The spate of gun violence in Lake Independence continues unchecked, despite the brass of the police department coming forward to address the issue in the media last Thursday. There have been several murders in that community where feuding gangs are exacting retribution in blood. On Friday night, another cab driver, who police say is also […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Things are tense in neighborhoods gripped by gang violence – ‘extremely tense’ – according to the Commissioner of Police. Today we asked ComPol Chester Williams about what’s been happening on the ground since officers were sent into the area when the spate of violence erupted last week. Williams says that he and the mediators were […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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A dispute among relatives over a stolen cell phone has led to the death of Renicle Hemmans, who was fatally stabbed by his niece on Saturday night. The young lady remains in police custody awaiting the D.P.P.’s instructions as to whether charges will be brought against her. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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A Trial Farm resident was shot multiple times at home on Sunday evening. Police say that two men went to buy weed from Elroy Arnold when one of them pulled out a gun and shot him. Arnold was reportedly hit in his chest, back and both legs. ACP Joseph Myvett shares the details of this […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Police made a forty-pound weed bust on Sunday afternoon. Cops in the north were called to an area in Chan Chen Village in Corozal that’s known for illicit activities. Polices say one taxi operator and another man have been arrested and charged for the eighteen parcels. They are now trying to determine who the other […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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It happened about a month ago but the public is only hearing about it now – a police officer attached to the San Pedro Police Station allegedly stole the property of a man detained at the station. It was allegedly captured on surveillance footage but the victim doesn’t want to court action and the cop […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Two more cops are in hot water – unlike the cop in San Pedro they were criminally charged and arraigned and have already been placed on interdiction. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that last week two cops at a check point extorted a man for two hundred dollars when he couldn’t produce his driver’s […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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There was an uproar in the southern community of San Vicente on Sunday night where residents faced off with Belize Defense Force soldiers. The men who are assigned to the village observed a group of six boys playing football at a nearby field. As it stands, participating in any contact sport is prohibited under an […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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According to residents of San Vicente, the B.D.F. soldiers stationed in the village have been seen on previous occasions frequenting the nearby Guatemalan border to purchase contraband beer and liquor and were reportedly under the influence when the incident transpired on Sunday evening. On the Phone: Juan Ca’al, Spokesperson “Within that commotion reports surfaced […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has also weighed in on the confrontation in San Vicente and explained the need for police to have intervened in the fracas. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Yesterday in the late evening, there was some issue in the village between elements of the B.D.F. and some villagers which resulted […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Police believe that taxi driver Lynroy Longsworth is a victim of the ongoing gang war in the Saint Martin’s area of Belize City. On Wednesday, Longsworth was operating his dollar van along Mahogany Street and while he dropped off a passenger, a gunman exited Periwinkle Street and opened fire at him. He was struck multiple […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Can area representative Cordel Hyde help to stem the violence that has erupted in his constituency since Monday? Well, we know that the long-time representative has a lot of influence in the division where more than ninety-percent of the electors who went to the polls voted for him. But can this power help with the […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Police say a minor was behind the killing of well-known Bowen and Bowen employee Sean Menzies. The cops have arrested a sixteen-year-old boy who was charged with the murder that happened on November eighteenth on Lancaster Street in Belize City. In addition, police are upgrading the charge of abetment to commit murder against twenty-two-year-old Jeffry […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The spate of gun violence in the Lake Independence area continues unabated, despite the fact that the Commissioner of Police has gone on record to state that additional measures will be put in place to stem the recent gang flare up in that community. This afternoon, Lynroy Longsworth became the latest victim of an armed […]
Written on November 25, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department is working overtime to mitigate a spike in gun violence in the Lake Independence area which has claimed three lives since Monday. As you’ve heard, a cab driver was gunned down a few hours ago as he drove along Mahogany Street. Around nine o’clock on Tuesday night, Dwayne Cherrington had just […]
Written on November 25, 2020 | Posted in
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In the wake of Cherrington’s murder, numerous gunshots rang out in Lake I prompting the police department to deploy a riot squad to quell the unrest. When the officers arrived on the scene they were met with resistance from residents in the Holy Emmanuel Street area. They reportedly hurled missiles at the officers who, according […]
Written on November 25, 2020 | Posted in
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