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Three days after Belize City businessman Alvin Godfrey was shot in his store on Sixth Street, police say they have detained one man believed to be involved in the incident. On Thursday, twenty-five year old Albert Copious, a resident of Berkeley Street, was arrested and charged for possession of an unlicensed firearm after police found […]
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Police are still looking for a pair of men who robbed a downtown store in Belize City Wednesday afternoon. According to the cops, just after one p.m., a lone gunman entered Jem’s Used Clothing on Albert Street and robbed the owner and customers of jewellery and cash. The men got away with more than nine […]
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Police have arrested another usual suspect in connection with several crimes. Twenty year old Jamal Betancourt has been charged with attempted murder, dangerous harm and discharging a firearm in public. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on April twenty-third at the corner of George and Basra streets in which forty year old Nelson […]
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Tonight, Corozal police are investigating a disturbing case, as a twenty-nine year old woman has reported that her sister set her up to be raped! The woman claims that just after three on Wednesday afternoon, she was at the market when her sister called her over to a red van. Seconds later, two men grabbed […]
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Tonight the family of a young woman, who went missing earlier this week are breathing a little easier, but they still have yet to make contact with their loved one. News 5 understands that twenty-one year old Lubia Noemy Casasola is now believed to be in Guatemala, looking for her estranged father. According to the […]
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While most of us were trying to hide out from the heat on Thursday, several men and women were hitting the Northern Highway competing in the 2003 Courts Labour Day Cycling Classic. Cameraman George Tillett and driver Stephen Ferguson got up early to capture the start, but I cheated and met them at the finish […]
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