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Freeman & Vanterpool charged after loaded firearm seized
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police have charged two men in connection with a loaded firearm seized during a stop-search operation this morning, July 25, 2017.
Riel Charleswell charged with drugs, ammo possession
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Basketball coach and horse trainer/owner Riel Charleswell was said to have both denied and owned up to a quantity of vegetable matter suspected to be cannabis when Police witnesses testified yesterday May 26, 2016 in the Magistrate's Court.
Jazz Freeman tried to evade cops on motor scooter - court told
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A 22 year old young man from Horse Path, Tortola, Jazz Freeman was yesterday April 15, 2016, released on bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Tamia N. Richards after he was caught by police allegedly with a small quantity of cannabis with a street value of less than $50.
Marijuana plantation uncovered on Virgin Gorda
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – In an operation last week, officers from the Virgin Gorda Police Station, along with a Special Investigations Team, uncovered a large marijuana plantation on Virgin Gorda.
Kenyetta Boynes sentenced to 6 years, 7 months
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kenyetta Boynes was this afternoon March 27, 2015 sentenced to a total of six years, seven months for gun, ammunition and narcotics charges when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court.
Richard Whyte told to ‘Blow bubbles for fun!’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo yesterday June 6, 2014 told Richard Whyte that he should try blowing bubbles for fun when he felt the urge to use cannabis.
Earl Sylvester drug trial starts in Magistrate’s Court today
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When Mr Earl Sylvester appeared in the Magistrate’s Court today June 5, 2014 before Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste DaBreo he was required to answer for a second time to the allegations that he was found with a quantity of controlled drugs on April 22, 2013.
Belle Vue youth ordered to clean jail cells, vehicles @ RT Police Station
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Damion Scatliffe, 22, found himself the recipient of an unusual brand of punishment from the local courts when he was ordered, among other things, to clean the Road Town Police Station after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of cannabis.
Man gets 4 years for 3kg of 'weed'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mitch Christopher, 28, was sentenced to four years in prison today, July 31, 2013 after pleading guilty on July 4, 2013 to possessing over 3kg of cannabis. The offence carried a maximum fine of $100,000 or ten years’ imprisonment.
UPDATE: Allister Brown for sentencing on July 31
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Allister Browne, the man that pleaded guilty to having over one kilogram of cannabis in his possession recently, has had his sentencing put off for another date due to the absence of sentencing guidelines in his case.