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May 14th, 2020
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.

May 14th, 2020
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).

May 14th, 2020
'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.

May 13th, 2020
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.

May 12th, 2020
$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.

May 12th, 2020
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.

May 11th, 2020
'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.

May 10th, 2020
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.

May 10th, 2020
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.

May 7th, 2020
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.

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