News
Who will be the new Commissioner of Police?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After the United Kingdom appointed Governor John S. Duncan OBE declared in a JTV Channel 55 ‘Spotlight’ interview with host Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka on Tuesday January 12, 2016, that a new Commissioner of Police has been identified and that he is not from the United Kingdom, our newsroom’s sources close to the selection process said it is left to be seen.
Domino players robbed @ gunpoint
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Police are seeking help in identifying two men who held up a group playing dominoes in the Fahie Hill area and took their money.
New CoP will not be from UK- Gov Duncan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It is almost five months that the Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has been without a Commissioner following the departure of United Kingdom national David Morris in August 2015 and the subsequent snubbing of the post by Assistant Chief Constable for Sussex Police in the UK, Mr Robin Smith in October 2015.
UPDATE: Body of female recovered in JVD waters identified
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – The body recovered in waters off Road Harbour in Jost van Dyke on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2016 has been identified as Puerto Rico national Melissa Natalia Tomas-Abadia.
UPDATE: David N. James aka ‘Bushman’ to be buried Dec 29, 2015
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI – The family of the late David N. James aka ‘Bushman’ has announced his funeral arrangements.
Three men arrested, discharged in David James murder probe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Officers from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force today executed three search warrants and arrested three men for questioning in relation to the murder of David James.
RVIPF press forward in burglary arrests
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Officers of the RVIPF continue to make notable strides in their efforts to identify the culprits responsible for the upsurge in burglaries with an additional three men charged.
‘Am not one to bash but I will speak out on issues’- Hon Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull
CANE GARDEN, BAY, Tortola, VI- Making it clear that he is not one to bash any person or department, Second District Representative Hon Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull said he will speak out on issues affecting his constituents so they know he is aware and make steps to have those addressed amicably.
Police ‘catch’ fisherman with bag of money
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A man appeared before Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo on December 3, 2015 after he was caught on September 7, 2015 with what police believes to be the proceeds of a criminal activity.
Teen arrested for alleged multiple burglaries
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- – Officers of the RVIPF made a notable breakthrough in their efforts to identify the culprits responsible for the recent upsurge in burglaries.