June 16, 2024

Alleged gang figure faces bullets on King Street

Initial investigations by police revealed that around 10:24 p.m. one Aron Usher, 40, was socializing with several other persons under an open shed at the corner [...]
May 29, 2024

Four charged in Belize City fight quelled by police using rubber bullets

According to police, they came upon the fight in progress on Saturday night and one of the responding officers let off a shot of rubber bullets [...]
May 27, 2024
Murder in Corozal

Ranchito murder at bar: One shot dead and another injured after argument

By Aaron Humes: The Corozal District was the scene of multiple shootings over the weekend, at least one fatal.
May 21, 2024

San Ignacio resident found dead at Victor Galvez Stadium identified as Jose Cecilio Mejia

44-year-old Jose Cecilio Mejia of Bullet Tree Road, San Ignacio, was found with multiple injuries on the ground just before 6 a.m.
May 19, 2024

Police investigating alleged sexual assault of girl, eight

In the village of Rancho Dolores, Belize District, police were told that the nephew of a teacher originally from Maxboro outside Sandhill allegedly touched her eight-year-old [...]
May 18, 2024

Kareem Hamilton charged for alleged attempted kidnapping of child

According to the child's mother, Shandy Pech of Belize City, she had left her daughter with a neighbour's child and gone to take a shower when [...]
May 18, 2024

Albert Jones released on time served following manslaughter conviction

Marcel Cardona, Jones' attorney, explained that the victim, 35-year-old Alaine Garcia of Hattieville, Belize District, was not entirely innocent, and that factored into the sentence: “The [...]
May 7, 2024

Bus driver pulls gun and threatens to kill another bus driver over parking spot in Belize City

Earlier today Eric Benjamin Tillett reported to police that while doing his normal bus run for City Shuttle, he got into an altercation with another bus [...]