Category: Burglary

A recent break-in at a primary school in Belmopan has left teachers and parents deeply concerned. Sometime between June thirteenth and fourteenth, thieves targeted United Evergreen Primary School, making off with seven Chromebooks from the principal’s office. Principal Rosalia Witty says she locked up the school around 4:30 p.m., only to be alerted the next evening by the school watchman that her office had been broken into. Police have since launched an investigation and detained one person in connection with the burglary.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“Police are investigating a burglary incident which occurred between June 13^th and fourteenth, in the city of Belmopan. Rosalia Witty, the principal of United Evergreen Primary School, located at the corner of Ambergris Avenue and Trinity Boulevard, reported that at approximately 4:30 p.m. on June thirteenth, she left the school compound after ensuring that it was properly secured. At approximately 6:20 p.m., on June fourteenth, she was informed by the school watchman that her office was broken into. Principal Witty inspected the office where she observed that a box containing seven Chromebooks were no longer present and she had summoned the police to the scene where statements were recorded and the scene was processed. Police detained one individual in connection with this ongoing investigation.”

Two separate burglaries, two men behind bars tonight. Police have charged Kevin Navarrete and Jafari Gonguez in connection with two unrelated break-ins—one in San Pedro, the other in Belize City. Navarrete is accused of sneaking into a San Pedro home and making off with two cell phones worth over seven hundred dollars. Meanwhile, twenty-four-year-old Jafari Gonguez allegedly broke into a woman’s home in the city and tried to steal her television, but she caught on just in time. ASP Stacy Smith has more on both cases and the charges these men now face.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“Police have arrested and charged two male persons for the crime of burglary, which occurred in two separate stances. In separate parts of the country. On Tuesday sixteenth June, 2025, police formally arrested and charge Kevin Navarrete, twenty-eight-year-old Bel Reason of Boca del San Pedro for the crime of burglary. This arrest is as a consequence of. Police investigation into a report made by a female who stated that on fifteenth June, 2025 at approximately one thirty p.m. she left her apartment and visited another room on the apartment building, and her attention was drawn to some rattling sounds coming from the direction of her apartment. Upon making checks, she saw a male person exiting her apartment, and upon inspecting her room, she observed that two cell phones valuing a total of seven hundred and fifty dollars were missing. As it relates to the other arrest for burglary. On Friday, June twentieth, 2025, police formally arrested and charged Jafari Gonguez, twenty-four-year-old Belize of Pearl Thompson Street, for the crime of burglary. This arrest is of the consequence of police’s investigation into a report made by a female. Who stated that on twenty-fifth, May, 2025, she returned to her residence and observed that four of the louvers from one of the windows on her home were missing, and her television was placed near the window. Which was not where she had left it. The scene was processed by scenes of crime technicians, which yielded useful potential evidence. Nothing was stolen.”