A mother came out swinging at the Belize Police Department earlier today for incarcerating her daughter under the conditions of the ongoing State of Emergency. Shelly Meighan, the mother of Ellis, Tyrone and Shaquille Meighan, all known to the law, told reporters this afternoon that
Shelly Meighan says her daughter tried to console her about what had happened and encouraged her not to worry. She walked us through her version of the sequence of events when she arrived at the police station. But things changed quickly from detention to incarceration
On Wednesday, Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams indicated that the police had charged three persons in connection with a stash of drugs and high-powered weapons on an island. The island turned out to be St George’s Caye. The men are Edwin Flowers, also known as
Dean Slusher, a convicted murderer, will serve a fixed sentence of thirty years in prison. That was the decision handed down by Justice Nigel Pilgrim today. Slusher was found guilty of the murder of land surveyor Philip Chin in 2004, two years after land surveyor
A substantive extradition hearing for Nimrod Tillett, accused of killing a woman in Mexico, will commence on June fifth, before the Chief Magistrate. Tillett is being represented by British barrister Tim Prudhoe of Turks and Caicos. The process to extradite Tillett began back in January
A passing out ceremony was held today for two hundred and thirty-one new police officers at the National Police Training Academy. They are Squad Ninety-seven. This is the largest group of police recruit squad in the nation’s history. Additionally, Squad Ninety-seven also has more women
At today’s police passing out ceremony, Doctor Priscilla Brown, the Dean of Academics at the National Police Training Academy, spoke about the caliber of training Squad Ninety-Seven received. She noted that each new officer received instructions that meet regional and international requirements. We also heard
The news this week that a police constable was charged with engaging in an unnatural crime with a fifteen-year-old boy at the Punta Gorda Police Station raised the ire of many individuals who lashed out on social media against the policeman. And when the media
The Belize Police Department is working along with its Guatemalan counterparts to recover a vehicle that was stolen from Belize. The theft happened on Wednesday night at the Western Regional Hospital where a white Toyota Hilux was removed without authorization. The vehicle ended up in
This week when City Hall announced that Albert Vaughan had been installed as the new City Administrator, a faction of the council denounced the appointment and criticized Mayor Bernard Wagner for single-handedly naming the new administrator without including them in the process. Almost as immediatedly,
