Gasman Young Jr. Succumbs to Gunshot Injury
A man well-known to the law died within hours after he was shot following a brazen robbery. On Thursday, around three o’clock in the afternoon, the Belama Branch of Scotia [...]
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Dylon Flowers is Released from Police Detention Pending Investigation
Dylon Flowers was released from police detention just after five this evening. News Five understands that because he was released pending investigation, he can be rearrested and charged. But at [...]
A Brazen Armed Robbery at Scotia Bank Belama Branch; 5 Thieves Caught
Armed robbers carried out a brazen robbery this afternoon around three o’clock; as many as five men, including a minor, pounced on the Belama Branch of the Scotia Bank. At [...]
Belize Police Department Stands Ready to Assist Businesses in Light of Robberies
As you heard just now, cops were quick to respond and nab the culprits in the robbery at the Scotia Bank Branch on the George Price Highway. Today, Commissioner of [...]
Burrell Boom Villager Shoots His Brother-in-Law; Was it Self-Defense?
Police are investigating the case of a man who was shot dead in rural Belize. The report is that it started out as a case of domestic dispute between a [...]
Police Shares Details of Burrell Boom Fatal Shooting
As you heard in that story, Roy Gabourel is dead and his brother-in-law, Dylon Flowers is detained for the fatal shooting. This all happened minutes after Gabourel allegedly hit his [...]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
Second Cop Charged in Fraudulent Firearm Licenses
A second cop is named and charged in the fraudulent gun documents at the Belmopan Police Headquarters. He is Corporal Donald Pinelo and he was slapped with six counts of [...]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
Mexican National Escapes Quarantine Center in Orange Walk; Later Captured
The Mexican man who ran out of the quarantine facility in Orange Walk Town has been captured. Twenty-six-year-old Francisco Hernandez was captured on a feeder road between the villages of [...]
Security Guard Shot During Robbery Attempt in PG
Thirty-one-year-old Anselmo Ack was injured during a shooting incident in Punta Gorda on Tuesday night. The security guard was along with forty-nine-year-old Olympia Pate, the manager of the local Uno [...]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
Robbers in Franks Eddy and Saint Matthews!
There were two robberies in villages along the George Price Highway on Monday. Police say that two thieves robbed a supermarket in Franks Eddy Village, while a resident of Saint [...]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
Robbers Target Gas Station in the South!
….moving south, robbers also hit a gas station last week Friday. Police say that a gas attendant reported that some time after five that evening, four men visited the UNO [...]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
No Suspect and No Motive for Bullet Tree Murder
Tonight police say that they have released the man who was being questioned about the murder of fifty-two-year-old Isaias Oroman of Bullet Tree Village. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero says that [...]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
Murder in the West!
A Bullet Tree Village resident was killed over the weekend. His body was discovered in the early hours of Sunday morning. Tonight the family says that they don’t know who [...]
Pictures Obtained by News 5 Shows Women and Minor in Detained Group
News Five has received exclusive pictures of the fifteen persons who have been arrested by way of an order from the Commissioner of Police Chester Williams. The pictures obtained by [...]
Church Van is Torched in Gales Point Manatee
At the crack of dawn this morning, fire erupted dangerously close to the house of the resident pastor in the village of Gales Point, Belize District. The pastor and his [...]
Where Was the Police in Gales Point Arson?
The situation was fraught with danger for Pastor Welch’s family. The police station, which is not far away from the pastor’s house, was locked up and it took hours for [...]
Police Tracks Narco-Plane; Law Men Found in the Area
Fifteen persons have been detained for questioning after they were spotted in the Santa Martha Area over the weekend. In the bunch are two police officers and three B.D.F. soldiers who [...]
Border Jumper Caught in Belize City
A Mexican woman, believed to have illegally entered the country last week, was caught in Belize City on Tuesday morning. Twenty-five-year-old Angela Soto lives in La Union in Mexico and [...]
Guatemalan National Esau Ramirez Lopez is Captured
Police have arrested Guatemalan national Esau Ramirez Lopez who was on the run since last Friday. Ramirez Lopez is accused of stabbing his former common-law-wife, Rebecca Munoz and her two [...]
Written on June 23, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
6 Guatemalans Escape from Quarantine Centre
It has happened again: more persons have managed to escape the COVID-19 quarantine centers. The latest breakout happened in Cayo where the government is using the Victor Galvez Stadium as [...]
Remains of Newborn Discovered in San Roman
There is a disturbing report coming out of the south tonight. The remains of a newborn baby were discovered around five-forty on Sunday evening on a farm in San Roman [...]
Police Officers, B.D.F. Solders Ordered to be Arrested
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has ordered the arrest of about twelve persons including two police officers and three B.D.F. soldiers. The men were in the Santa Martha Village over [...]
“Easy Glen” Not Easy with the Land Scams!
Glenford “Easy Glen” Adolphus is facing more jail time tonight. The well-known Belize City man, who was imprisoned for shady land deals, was in the hospital when he escaped from [...]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
Berry Street Families Recount an Encounter with GSU Officers on Father’s Day
A Father’s day celebration on Sunday did not end well for two families on Berry Street, Belize City. A number of family members had converged at the house of the [...]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
ComPol Says Officers in Lake I Enforcing Curfew Law
The incident was captured in video and Yorke and Neal families have their convictions about what transpired on Sunday night on Berry Street in the Lake independence. A video capturing [...]
