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6 shot, 3 dead in St Thomas weekend shootings
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) experienced a wave of violent crime over the weekend, including a shooting incident at the Starz Hotel that left four people shot and two dead.
Unsolved: Police still hunting ‘Bushman’ killer/s
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Four years after his death, detectives from the Major Crime Investigations Team at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are still seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the perpetrator/s responsible for the murder of 28-year-old David N. James aka ‘Bushman’.
USVI Subway restaurant robbed at gunpoint
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. CROIX, USVI - The Subway restaurant in Golden Rock, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands (USVI), was robbed at gunpoint on Friday night, December 20, 2019, multiple police officers have confirmed to the Consortium.
HM prisoners reportedly being tased in face & head
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In serious allegations against the management of Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) about the treatment of inmates, Second District Representative in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) says that on a recent visit to the Balsam Ghut facility, prisoners reported they were being tased in the head and face while being handcuffed.
19-year-old charged for allegedly shooting 16-year-old near day care
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 19-year-old Huntums Ghut man, Deschon Hodge, allegedly fired multiple gunshots, injuring a 16-year-old male in the process, while parents were picking up their infants from a day care in Huntums Ghut, Tortola, in a heavily trafficked area last Tuesday, December 10, 2019.
Former USVI hospital CEO sentenced to 10 years
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A Superior Court judge in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Friday, December 13, 2019 sentenced former Schneider Regional Medical Center CEO Rodney Miller to 10 years in prison for his role in defrauding the hospital of millions of dollars a decade ago.
Shamoii A. Dagou out on bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Shamoii A. Dagou, the youth who was sentenced to 2 years at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut, Tortola, for looting a television, has been released on bail pending his appeal hearing, according to reports reaching Virgin Islands News Online.
Howe sentenced to 5 years 3 months for attempted robbery, assault
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Justice Ann-Marie Smith has sentenced Virgin Islands Belonger Mickhail Howe of Lower Estate, Tortola, to five years and three months for attempted robbery and assault of a female in 2018.
Belle Vue man remanded on drug possession charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Ranks of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) arrested and charged Shaquille Benjamin, of Belle Vue on December 7, 2019, for unlawful possession of a controlled drug.
Man steals $$ from tip jar to buy beer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo told a well-known beggar to go and sin no more after he was brought before the court for stealing beer money from a local restaurant on Wednesday, December 4, 2019.
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