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May 31st, 2021
2 arrested in relation to fatal stabbing incident @ HMP

BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Two persons have been arrested in relation to the stabbing incident at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) that left one inmate dead and 3 injured on May 30, 2021.

May 13th, 2021
Mother charged after allegedly severely beating child

WEST END, Tortola, VI- A mother at West End, Tortola, was reportedly arrested recently for allegedly severely whipping her child.

May 3rd, 2021
UPDATE: Female Teen charged in relation to Paraquita Bay robbery/murder

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) first and accurately reported on May 2, 2021, that a female teen was arrested on April 28, 2021, as investigations continued into the recent robbery and fatal shooting in Paraquita Bay, Tortola, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has said the teen has since been charged.

April 30th, 2021
Grant paid overdue rent, rental vehicle in cash day after robbery- court

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One day after the robbery and the same day that Catherine Pickering, the 67-year-old woman who was fatally shot during a robbery on April 18, 2021, at her residence in Paraquita Bay, Tortola in the head and chest with an AK-47 assault rifle, died from her wounds, Shameek Grant, reportedly paid his landlord $1,950 cash after being behind on his rent.

April 29th, 2021
Catherine Pickering was shot in head & chest with AK-47 rifle- Court

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Catherine Pickering, the 67-year-old woman who was fatally shot during a robbery on April 18, 2021, at her residence in Paraquita Bay, Tortola, was allegedly shot in the head and chest with an AK-47 assault rifle.

April 28th, 2021
Akeem Hopkinson & Shameek Grant charged for murder of Catherine Pickering

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Two men have been charged for the murder of Catherine Pickering, the woman who was fatally shot during a robbery at Paraquita Bay, Tortola, on April 18, 2021. A female has also been charged with aiding in the incident, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) stated late this evening, April 28, 2021.

April 26th, 2021
Stabbed teen charged for burglary

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The teenager who was reportedly beaten and stabbed in the leg for allegedly committing burglary was recently released from Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital and has since been slapped with the charge of burglary.

April 22nd, 2021
Shemar Richardson, 24, charged for Paraquita Bay armed robbery

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Police have disclosed they have charged 24-year-old Shemar Richardson of Gene Hill, Tortola in relation to the armed robbery at Paraquita Bay on Sunday, April 18, 2021.

April 12th, 2021
Hannah’s Estate man charged following drug seizure in West End

WEST END, Tortola, VI – The person arrested following an operation between the Joint Task Force and law enforcement authorities from the US Virgin Islands yesterday, April 11, 2021, has been charged.

April 7th, 2021
62-yr-old man arrested for alleged assault occasioning actual bodily harm

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 62-year-old man was among those arrested by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) during the period March 21 to April 3, 2021.

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