A four-year-old child and her aunt are dead following a traffic collision on the T.V. Ramos Highway near Cow Pen Village on Saturday. The victims were in a parked car on the roadside when an NBC bus drove into them. News Five’s Shane Williams reports
The guidance counselor at Muffles College High School in Orange Walk Town has been criminally charged. Thirty-one-year-old Hedyn Mendez appeared in court today and was released on bail after being charged for crimes of sexual assault and encouraging child pornography. The school announced last week
And as we have reported, Muffles College put out a statement last week after News 5 made several attempts to get comment. The school said it takes the allegations seriously and is investigating the matter. Today, police told us that the school’s handling of the
Police in Corozal are trying to piece together a murder that left thirty-five-year-old Lionel Logan dead, and two others including a little girl injured. It happened on Sunday evening near Carolina Village on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Investigators say that Logan along with Julian Dyer
A police arrest in Unitedville on Friday is raising questions from the family of the man who was detained. Officers went to a home in the community to take Samuel Parham into custody. A video that has been shared widely online shows Parham resisting arrest.
And today we asked the police department if the officer’s use of the chokehold was justified or excessive? Back in 2021, then Commissioner of Police Chester Williams verbally indicated that the chokehold maneuver would be reconsidered. But ASP Stacy Smith says nothing was ever written
A key part of the Belize Police Department’s crime-fighting strategy in Belize City is the use of Belize Defence Force soldiers working alongside police officers. For residents of the Old Capital, the question is whether having soldiers on the streets is making a real difference.
Over the last five months, Western Belize has seen a troubling run of violence. There have been at least six murders in the Cayo District, from Cotton Tree to San Ignacio, and two of those incidents were double homicides. According to police, the killings were
Change at the top has become the norm for the Belize Police Department. Over the last two years, the department has seen multiple leadership changes, and only two weeks ago a new minister and CEO were appointed to lead the police. For the officers on
Two searches in two different parts of the country have ended with two men facing drug charges. Delwin Lopez of San Ignacio Town and Armand Pilgrim of San Pedro Town stand accused of being in possession of crack cocaine. We asked ASP Stacy Smith for
