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Security guard roughed up by irate customer @ Fish Bay
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Eyewitnesses to an alleged daring assault of a security guard while executing his duty at a popular hardware store on Tortola are calling for the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrator.
USVI Police Department donates protective gear to RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Police Department donated much needed protective kits, including body armour, to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) on Friday, May 1, 2020, as a joint collaboration to continue the fight against any potential security threats emanating from the current COVID-19 crisis.
Man arrested for allegedly beating up sister
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) were allegedly forced to respond to a domestic dispute at a Tortola home after a fight between two siblings turned violent.
‘I just got a ride’- Man found in vehicle with loaded firearm
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Vincentian Corey Butler, 33, claims he was hitching a lift with his friend, Guyanese Damian Hooper, 23, when police uncovered a loaded firearm beneath a mat where he occupied inside the vehicle on April 28, 2020.
STT man accused of coercing, raping minor on several occasions
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— On Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 8:18pm, police arrested Timothy Brewer, age 32 of Smith Bay, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) and charged him with first-degree rape and unlawful sexual contact after allegedly coercing a female minor to engage in sexual acts on several occasions.
$55k bail for men allegedly found with loaded firearm
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The two men jointly charged after police found a loaded firearm in the vehicle they were in during a routine traffic stop near the Road Town Roundabout on April 28, 2020 were both given bail when they made their first appearance at the Magistrate’s Court on May 4, 2020.
‘I am not going after the $$, I want the boat’- Acting DPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards has said under the Customs Management and Duties Act the dinghy used to smuggle US Virgin Islands (USVI) resident Bryan D. Bolan into the Virgin Islands (British) on April 3, 2020 by Tambu Frett, is liable to forfeiture.
'Newton hearing' in Tambu Frett case as Crown & Defense reach stalemate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The sentencing hearing for Mr Tambu Frett, who previously pleaded guilty to Illegal Entry, Breach of Curfew and Smuggling, was delayed again today, May 1, 2020, in the Magistrate’s Court after the Crown and the Defense could not come to an agreement on a report introduced during mitigation that implicates Mr Frett as a person frequently engaged in smuggling for profit.
'I will send a message of deterrence!'- Tamia N. Richards to curfew breakers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Ms Tamia N. Richards has vowed to send a message to persons like Tambu Frett of Little Dix Hill, East End, who was caught breaking a curfew order put in place due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
STT man allegedly fired gunshots wildly after dispute with ex lover
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Two men were arrested this week in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) on separate gun charges- one for firing shots loosely after a dispute with a former lover, and another who was caught while in possession of an unlicensed firearm.