All posts tagged "crime news"

  • Police nab Shane Bennett in Placencia village

    Placencia, STANN CREEK. Wednesday, April 20, 2016. A joint operation was conducted today, Wednesday, April 20, which led to the apprehension of 29 year old Shane Bennett. He has escaped from the holding cell at the Independence...

    • Posted April 20, 2016
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  • Caye Caulker killed in stabbing incident

    Caye Caulker, BELIZE. Monday, April 18, 2016. Police in Caye Caulker village are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was stabbed on Saturday night. Thirty one year old Leon Gordon died early on Monday...

    • Posted April 18, 2016
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  • Trio of Guatemalans detained by Belizean authorities

    Monday, April 18, 2016. San Ignacio, CAYO. Three Guatemalan nationals were detained by Belizean authorities for illegal activities inside of the Chiquibul Forest Reserve in Cayo. According to an official release from the Belize Defence Force, a...

    • Posted April 18, 2016
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  • Police implement mitigation operations in Belize City

    Belize City, BELIZE. Sunday, April 17, 2016. Police in Belize city have stepped up their operational presences in known gang areas in the wake of the Saturday night murder of Gerald Tillett. Tillett was fatally wounded in...

    • Posted April 17, 2016
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  • Stepfather accused of sexual abuse of a minor

    Dangriga, STANN CREEK. Monday, April 11, 2016. From time to time we report on the sexual abuse of minors and each time one of these reports comes up in the news, it seems like the depravity of...

    • Posted April 11, 2016
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  • Belmopan man murdered; his body found in the Belize River

    Belmopan, CAYO. Monday, April 11, 2016. A man was killed on Sunday morning and his body disposed of in the Belize River. The victim has been identified as thirty nine year old Luis Ortiz, a resident of...

    • Posted April 11, 2016
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  • Chopping incident in Selena village leaves one dead, one hospitalized

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Monday, April 4, 2016. There was a fatal chopping incident in Selena village in the Cayo district early on Saturday morning. And it has left an elderly man dead and a younger man hospitalized...

    • Posted April 4, 2016
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  • Government issues statement on shooting of BDF soldier

      San Ignacio, CAYO. Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Late this evening, an official press release was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the shooting of Staff Sergeant Richard Lambey on Holy Saturday. The official release...

    • Posted March 29, 2016
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  • Stabbing incidents reported on Easter Sunday

    Belize City, BELIZE. Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Separate stabbing incidents on Easter Sunday have left two men hospitalized. The victim of the first incident has been identified as Ezekiel McKoy. Police say that McKoy sustained stab wounds...

    • Posted March 29, 2016
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  • Murder on Holy Saturday

    Belize City, BELIZE. Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Belize City Police are looking for a lone gunman who carried out a ‘home invasion’ attack on Holy Saturday night that claimed the life of one man. 24 year old...

    • Posted March 29, 2016
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