The police have arrested a suspect in relation to the double murder of Deon Faber and Allen Martinez. The police utilized surveillance footage to detain the suspect and they are also looking for a woman and another man in relation to the double homicide. ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C, C.I.B, Belize: “Police were called to shots being fired in the Boca …

73 year old Thomas Shannon. US National who resides in Hopkins Village sustained a stab wound after he became the victim of a home invasion on Saturday night. Two Belize City residents, 20 year old Karil Sanchez from a Flamboyant Street and 23 year old Steve Crawford from Jane Usher Boulevard were found with his vehicle by Hattieville police. It …

Just after 6 pm on Thursday night a father and son were shot. The police department is offering seven thousand dollars leading to the arrest of the people responsible for Masaki Yanaai’s murder. The crime happened in a residential area of Belize City in Buttonwood Bay, near one of the inlets with the Northern Highway. On the opposite end of …

Also in the courts, a man who had been behind bars for over seven years was offered some limited restitution while the wheels of justice moves slowly with his case. Twenty-three year old Kurtis Lamb,  who went on trial in August, 2016 for the murder of Justin Roches and has been on remand ever since. Though a decision has not …

Last week Marie Sharp, the matriarch of Marie Sharp Pepper Sauce empire had recently buried her husband Gerry.  Her time of mourning is doubled as her eldest son, Michael Williams who manages the Belize City Sales office for the company was brutally murdered in Belize City. Williams had moved his family from the Stann Creek District to Belize City where …

It seems that it doesn’t matter if you’re landlocked or somewhere on the high seas, violent crime continues unabated. On a small island about three miles northeast of Belize City, the police and coastguard are tying together the strings of a murder and missing men incident. Three men were on the island and the last time anyone heard from them …

Meanwhile, Police investigators are no closer to closing the murder case of 23-year-old Jamie Martinez. His body was fished out of the Belize Old River on January one. ACP Myvett says investigators are still on the ground in Buena Vista Village. ACP Joseph Myvette: “We know that he was last seen in Buena Vista Village on the 29th of December …

There were two murders that occurred over the past few days.  On Friday at 4:30 pm, a man identified as Marcos Chen was stoned while heading to a fishing area in Bladen Village.  The situation got escalated as his assailant and the assailant’s brothers attacked and killed him viciously. The Head of the National Crimes Investigation Branch, ACP Joseph Myvett …

At almost the same time as the BTL Park murder, at minutes to midnight, in the western section of the country, another murder occurred. Cayo police responded to a murder on a farm in Cristo Rey Village in the Cayo District. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Dimas Gregorio Choc lying face up with multiple chop wounds to …

One man is dead following an early morning shooting in Belize City. Francis Gill and his wife were targeted as they arrived in the compound of an apartment complex on Barracuda Street. Shots were fired and Gill was fatally wounded. His wife, Betzy Gill was injured. Inspector Wilfredo Ferrufino of the Crimes Investigation Branch provided more details into their investigation. …