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Police chided for not wearing mask during stop & search
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A stop and search by police in Lower Estate in the vicinity of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) and the E. Walwyn Brewley Softball Park today, May 14, 2020, saw a female officer being scolded for not wearing a mask in public.
Tambu Frett’s phone records ‘dictates money’ for smuggling operations- court hears
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- WhatsApp conversations appear to show that Tambu Frett of Little Dix Hill in East End, Tortola, may not be as generous as he is professing to be as in the case of Bryan D. Bolan, by giving free rides from the US Virgin Islands (USVI) to the Virgin Islands (British).
'We're going to see a spike in crime this year'- CoP Matthews
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael B. Matthews says that while the Territory has seen a decline in serious crimes, the end of year data will reflect a spike in crime as a result of a large number of curfew violations.
3 male teens on Tortola charged for Burglary
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Three male teenagers have found themselves afoul of the law after being arrested and charged for Burglary.
$20k bail for driver in 'bizarre' police chase
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The driver of a motorcar who led members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in a bizarre chase on the Blackburn Highway, Tortola, on May 9, 2020, was granted $20,000 bail after pleading guilty to all but one charge.
VI teen gunned down in Puerto Rico
GURABO, Puerto Rico - A 19-year-old female from the [British] Virgin Islands was allegedly gunned down in Gurabo, Puerto Rico on Saturday, May 9, 2020, according to reports out of the US Territory.
'Jealous guard' paid prisoner to attack me @ HMP - Boxer Julan O. Brown
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Boxer Julan O. Brown aka 'Iron Fist' has revealed that while working at Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut, Tortola, he was subjected to high levels of alleged victimisation for not being 'from here' and getting local funding for his boxing training programme.
Report to go public on police tasing & brawl between 2 officers– CoP Matthews
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Police Commissioner Michael B. Matthews has told the public, while appearing on a special edition of Honestly Speaking on Friday, May 8, 2020, hosted by Claude O. Skelton-Cline, that the reports on the police tasing of two unarmed civilians and an incident in front of a local grocery store where two police officers were engaged in a verbal altercation, will be made public.
UPDATE: Driver in car chase slapped with 7 charges
EAST END, Tortola, VI- The man behind the wheels of an unlicensed vehicle that engaged police in a chase in East End, Tortola, on May 9, 2020, has been slapped with seven (7) charges.
Newton hearing in Tambu Frett’s case to go on despite lawyer's opposition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite strong objection by defence attorney Mr E. Leroy Jones on behalf of his client, local Tambu Frett, the court will be proceeding to a Newton hearing.