Friday, February 10, 2012

‘Crime’ News

One dead following stabbings in  the old capital

One dead following stabbings in the old capital

Thursday, April 28, 2011 17:41

[caption id="attachment_7726" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Lucilla Mortis"][/caption] Wednesday, April 27, 2011 A man who was known for his trade especially among cyclists was stabbed to death early on Easter Sunday morning during a dispute with the woman he had been intimately involved with over ...

16 yr. old left brain dead, following morning shooting

16 yr. old left brain dead, following morning shooting

Thursday, April 28, 2011 17:40

[caption id="attachment_7723" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Trevor Neal"][/caption] Belize City, April 27, 2011 An early morning shooting on Cemetery Road, targeting a 16 year old who was not involved or related to any gang or notorious group in the old capital, has left the teenager ...

Faber’s Rd. Killers on  the loose

Faber’s Rd. Killers on the loose

Thursday, March 17, 2011 18:18

[caption id="attachment_7243" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Reymundo Quinote"][/caption] Belize City, March 16th, 2011 Police are yet to capture the killers who ambushed and gunned down 26 year old Reymundo Quinote. Quinote was walking on Faber’s Road on Monday night, after a night out celebrating his birthday, ...

Family of gunshot victim say he is no “bad man”

Thursday, March 17, 2011 17:34

Belize City, March 15th 2011 22 year old Gilroy Garnett Jr. who was shot in the face by an unknown gunman last week, is still fighting to hang on to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Garnett and a young lady were approaching Vernon Street when they were approached by an ...

22 year old, shot in the face, survives

Thursday, March 10, 2011 19:49

Belize City, March 9, 2011 Gilroy Garnett Jr., 22, an electrician of Lavender Street in Belize City, was shot just a few blocks from his house in the Saint Martin de Porres Area.  The incident happened around nine in front of Saint Martin de Porres School compound at the corner of ...

3 murders during holiday weekend

3 murders during holiday weekend

Thursday, March 10, 2011 19:35

[caption id="attachment_7071" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jason Pott"][/caption] Belize City, March 7, 2011 For a few weeks at least, the spate of gun violence seemed to have faded away but a resurgence in the volatile streets of Belize City was imminent. That was proven this past ...

Young mother killed by  “obsessive”  boyfriend

Young mother killed by “obsessive” boyfriend

Thursday, March 3, 2011 20:26

[caption id="attachment_7054" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Christie Alexandra Carrasco "][/caption] Murder occurred on eve of Women’s Month Orange Walk, March 1st 2011 By Carmelita I. Perez A bouquet of flowers given to Christie Alexandra Carrasco on Valentine’s Day by her common-law husband, Osmar Alex Sabido, remains inside ...

Mexican gets royal treatment from Corozal Magistrate!

Mexican gets royal treatment from Corozal Magistrate!

Thursday, March 3, 2011 19:55

Corozal Town, March 1st, 2011 By Carmelita Perez A Mexican soldier who Corozal Police say was busted with counterfeit currency and has pleaded guilty to having an unlicensed firearm and ammunition seems to be getting the royal treatment, which has left many ...

Criminals take siege of school & popular hotel

Criminals take siege of school & popular hotel

Friday, February 25, 2011 15:36

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Burglars who had their eye on Queen’s Square Anglican Primary School on Dolphin Street in Belize City made their move last night, but their timing was off because the loot they got away with was not much. While ...

18 yr. old gets 7 years for home invasion & armed robbery

18 yr. old gets 7 years for home invasion & armed robbery

Friday, February 25, 2011 15:01

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Feb. 23, 2011 Emmerson Reyes, 18, a laborer of Hattieville who was recently convicted of burglary and was sentenced to 5 years, was found guilty of aggravated burglary today in the #8 Magistrate’s Court and was sentenced to ...