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Luis McKelly charged for murder of Merlin Ceasor
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Luis McKelly has been charged for the murder of Merlin Ceasor who was found dead in the Wickham’s Cay area on Saturday June 4, 2016.
Police confirms VINO story about body identified as ‘Snoopy’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) had first and accurately reported that the body found at Rogues Bay on July 28, 2016 on the main island of Tortola was that of missing man Devern Stanley aka Snoopy.
USVI murder accused Tahira Charles denied bail
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Tahira Charles, who was shot while on Tortola on July 31, 2016, will remain behind bars pending trial, US Virgin Islands (USVI) Superior Court Judge James Carroll III ruled Wednesday August 10, 2016, according to a press release the Superior Court issued Friday afternoon, August 12, 2016.
STT man pleads guilty to murder of innocent bystander
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- ST. THOMAS — A 24-year-old St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting an innocent bystander outside a nightclub in the USVI in October 2015.
Was there retaliation for Devern ‘Snoopy’ Stanley’s murder?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was this news site that first and accurately confirmed that the body of a man found on July 28, 2016 on the northern side of Tortola, in an area known as Rogues Bay, was that of Devern Stanley aka ‘Snoopy’.
Nickera Smith & the issue of national safety
By Dickson Igwe
Nickera Smith’s disappearance and murder are a lesson for these [British] Virgin Islands not to take safety and security for granted. There is a price to pay for national safety and it is called VIGILANCE. There is also a price to pay for a lack of vigilance and it is called INCREASED INSECURITY and CRIME. The fight against crime is not only a police effort. It is a community effort. It takes both law enforcement, and a vigilant, active, and informed citizenry to defeat crime.
Trial of Kenyatta ‘Yhats’ Boynes to commence Tuesday May 17, 2016
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Kenyatta Boynes, 31, the man accused of murdering Paul Prentice, is to stand trial in the High Court from Tuesday May 17, 2016 before Justice Nicola Byer.
UPDATE: Prosecution’s case crumbles in Tiger’s murder trial
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Following over three hours of deliberations yesterday May 4, 2016, the jury in the Daren Allen ‘Tiger’ Hodge murder trial returned a verdict of not guilty, arrived at unanimously, for Marcus Lloyd, Wakeem Guishard and Mitch Christopher.
Legalise the ‘weed’ in the VI - Jamal S. Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Well respected local attorney at law Jamal S. Smith raised eyebrows in the High Court when he said the Virgin Islands (VI) has some of the highest grade of cannabis sativa in the world and this is why he is against the importation of the drug while being a proponent of its legalisation.
Devin Maduro & DeShawn Stoutt eligible for parole after @ least 30 years
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Justice Vicki Ann Ellis yesterday March 21, 2016 ruled on the parole eligibility of convicted murderers Devin Maduro and DeShawn Stoutt and the pair will have to spend between 30 and 35 years behind bars before being eligible for parole.
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