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‘I am not going after the $$, I want the boat’- Acting DPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards has said under the Customs Management and Duties Act the dinghy used to smuggle US Virgin Islands (USVI) resident Bryan D. Bolan into the Virgin Islands (British) on April 3, 2020 by Tambu Frett, is liable to forfeiture.
Tambu Frett’s phone records implicate him in smuggling operations- Court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The sentencing for Tambu Frett, 37, of Little Dix Hill, East End, Tortola, was again postponed after the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs Tiffany R. Scatliffe-Esprit indicated that investigations by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have revealed he may be part of a smuggling operative.
8 mths jail for USVI man who entered VI illegally during curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “I could think of no dumber reason to break the laws of the Virgin Islands,” were some of the words uttered by Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards today, April 23, 2020, as she handed down custodial sentences and fines on Mr Bryan D. Bolan, who had pleaded guilty to Breach of Curfew and Illegal Entry on April 6, 2020.
Howard Hughes sentenced to 'time served' for Breach of Curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –Howard Hughes, 50, was today, April 22, 2020, sentenced to 10 days in jail for Breach of Curfew when he appeared before Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin.
22-yr-old local denied bail for E&B store robbery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- An unrepresented Shadrach Thompson, a 22-year-old native of the Virgin Islands, was remanded into custody when he made his first appearance, today, April 20, 2020, before Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin for robbing the E&B Convenience Store in Palestina Estate, Tortola.
T&T man fined $1000 for overstaying in VI; Was seeking work- Court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A national of Trinidad and Tobago has been fined $1000 for overstaying in the Virgin Islands.
UPDATE: Frett & Bolan to be quarantined before sentencing
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards has ordered that Tambu Frett and Bryan D. Bolan, the men found entering the Virgin Islands while the borders were closed and a curfew in place on Friday, April 3, 2020, be placed in quarantine and returned to court until Thursday, April 23, 2020 for sentencing.
After nearly 7 yrs man sentenced for escaping HMP to go for walk
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Close to seven years after Andrew Angus Penn escaped from Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut to go for a walk, he has finally been sentenced for the offence.
Man in custody @ RT Police Station attacks officer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Sea Cows Bay resident Verne Forbes has been fined $500 for assault on a male officer of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
Woman left with bloodied nose in nightclub assault
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The trial against Fat Hogs Bay resident, Seanna Jack, who allegedly assaulted a woman at a nightclub at CSY Dock on Tortola, on June 17, 2017, is now in the hands of the court for decision and sentencing.
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