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Armed masked men rob KFC on STT
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— Four masked men, one brandishing a firearm, on Monday night , April 20, 2020, stormed the Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant located in the Nisky Shopping Center on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) and robbed the establishment of an undisclosed amount of cash.
Robbery accused gets 2 mths @ HMP for Breach of Curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Dekembe Parsons, 22, of Harrigan's Estate, has been granted $25,000 bail for his alleged involvement in the burglary of Sunshine Grocery Store in Chalwell Street, Road Town, on March 30, 2020.
T&T man fined $1000 for overstaying in VI; Was seeking work- Court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A national of Trinidad and Tobago has been fined $1000 for overstaying in the Virgin Islands.
UPDATE: Shot police officer allegedly returned fire
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The police officer who was shot in the leg on Virgin Gorda on Friday, April 17, 2020, by an unknown assailant had allegedly returned fire, according to new information reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO).
Youth charged for alleged armed robbery on SCB store
SEA COWS, BAY, Tortola, VI- Police have arrested one person in relation to a robbery on E&B Convenience Store in Palestina, Sea Cows Bay on March 24, 2020, a story first and accurately reported by our newsroom.
Charges could be laid for spreading rumours about latest COVID-19 victim- Governor
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert has denounced those who would have been circulating false online information about the Filipino woman who is suspected to have died from COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands (VI).
34 Customs & Immigration Officers sworn in as Auxiliary Officers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands has launched a new joint task force with Her Majesty’s Customs and Immigration Department.
UPDATE: Howard Hughes charged for allegedly burglarising Pusser’s
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police have charged a 50-year-old man for allegedly burglarising Pussers Co. Store and Pub in Road Town sometime between the night of Saturday, April 11 and the early morning of Sunday, April 12, 2020.
Tasing of homeless man by police caught on camera
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Three days after a video of a police officer tasing a young man in Long Look began circulating on social media, raising concerns in some sections of society, a video is now being shared on social media showing a police officer tasing a homeless man who was on the ground and not appeared to be posing a threat to police at the time.
2 killed in separate shootings on STT
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Shooting incidents on Wednesday morning and night, April 8, 2020, in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI), left two men dead at Hospital Ground, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Toby Derima announced.