Mark Flowers, head of the infamous Gang Suppression Unit, is tonight a fugitive from justice, according to a police source. Over the weekend, an arrest warrant was issued for Flowers, who was out of the country on vacation leave. The news broke last week that a report had been lodged at the Domestic Violence Unit […]
According to Bradley, Flowers remains commander of the Gang Suppression Unit despite recent announcements that he has since been replaced by Inspector Glenn Caliz. Bradley says his client is a senior public officer and as such the Public Services Commission and the Police Services Commission are the only two agencies empowered to remove him. To […]
There were three murders over the weekend, in Gardenia, Belize District where a bar owner was executed; in Belmopan where a woman was likely raped and murdered and up north in Orange Walk Town where a teacher was stabbed and killed. The Orange Walk resident is a teacher at the Belmopan Comprehensive High School and […]
The life of thirty-eight year old Nathan Underwood was also cut short. The Hattieville resident was at his bar, Nates Cool Spot, when he shot dead. The establishment is located in Gardenia, Belize District and Nathan was alone in the kitchen when he was executed. Police found eleven expended shells, but don’t have a suspect […]
The most recent murder took place this morning and in the nation’s capital. A mother of three, Regina Williams was found partially nude in front of her house in the Las Flores area of Belmopan. It is believed she was raped and then killed by a person known to her. Williams went out on Sunday […]
Heading back to the Belize District….just minutes after the murder of Nathan Underwood at mile twenty-one on the Phillip Goldson Highway, there was a shooting on the Old Northern Highway in Sand Hill Village. A twenty-six year old American national was shot once in her rear as she slept with her common-law-husband at their home […]
American businessman Bradley Paumen, owner of Dark Knight Cave Tours, was back in court today. Paumen is another person with high connections in government circles; so much so that he was able to obtain land belonging to another businessman with government’s blessing. He, along with several others, including Lisburn Anderson and Ian Skeen, appeared in […]
We don’t normally hear of the use of a pen gun in the committal of crimes in Belize, but around eleven o’clock today, Orange Walk police were called out to an area in Carmelita Village where they discovered the weapon in an open lot. Officer Commanding Orange Walk Police, Superintendent Selvyn Tillett told News Five […]
The well-known and loved artist John Rodriquez aka “John Jay” was killed in Dangriga in June of this year. His murder stunned the community; it occurred at the Harlem Square Game Shop which he was known to patronize. A number of patrons were at the club on the night of the murder and witnessed as […]
After more than a month in the hospital, police have charged twenty-three year old Richard Smith with four criminal offenses. Smith was chopped by his fourteen year old stepson for allegedly abusing his common-law wife, Ursula Ferguson, who is the mother of the minor as well as a five year old child with Smith. Ferguson has […]
A candlelight vigil is underway in Belmopan and was organized by a group of religious leaders and concerned citizens, following the decapitation of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas a week ago. Tonight’s initiative is part of a growing movement that was born on social media with a blog posted by Pastor Louis Wade. The vigil is the […]
The recent allegations of sexual abuse against children prompted a reaction by the National Committee of Families which is citing Belize’s ascension to the United Nations convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). A release quotes the CRC in part that children should be protected from being hurt and mistreated in body or mind […]
Interestingly, Eastern Division South did not see any major criminal activity over the weekend. In fact, it’s been three weeks since there has been any murder or violence triggered by gang rivalry in the city. ACP Chester Williams told News Five that several interventions with gang leaders over the past weeks have been working. […]
Earlier today, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams said that he is of the view that putting back the GSU in the streets to curb crime may not be the best option. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “While many are calling for the police to become tougher and go out and […]
Eastern Division South has embarked on another community policing program for the summer. It targets underprivileged families and youths who are at risk of being recruited by gangs. Fifty participants between the ages of ten to seventeen years will be taken on field trips and visit institutions where they could end up if they are […]
There is unease in the always volatile sugar industry tonight as millers and producers argue over who should pay, after hundreds of thousands of dollars- worth of molasses was destroyed at the factory. ASR/B.S.I. has decided that farmers will need to foot sixty-five percent of the losses, amounting to just over two hundred and eighty-one […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Certainly was a biggie at Birds Isle Friday night in Interoffice Basketball play as Heritage Bank Heatz challenged the supremacy of the league leaders Mayan Man Warriors in what turned out to be a low scoring affair. Winston Pratt got the Warriors off to […]
