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Masked gunmen robbed RiteWay RT; Threatens staff, made off with cash
FLEMING STREET, Road Town, Tortola, VI - Sometime around 8:45 PM this evening Saturday, December 29, 2018, masked men armed and dressed in all black entered RiteWay Food Market on Fleming Street in Road Town, the capital city and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Bandits pounce on Mi Amor Jewellers; Substantial losses
MAIN STREET, Road Town, Tortola, VI – Mi Amor Jewellers, located on Main Street next to Gloria Mid-Town Restaurant in Road Town, Tortola has been burglarized according to reports coming out from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
Police probing death of US Doctor in VI waters - CoP Matthews
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following the death of a Broward County, Florida Cardiologist, Dr Joseph Horgan after he allegedly fell from his yacht while vacationing here in the Virgin Islands (VI), the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) says they are now probing his death.
Two injured in St. Thomas shooting
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI - A shooting incident in the vicinity of Lindbergh Bay Beach on Thursday, December 20, 2018, left two men injured with gunshot wounds, USVIPD Public Information Officer, Glen Dratte has announced.
Tortolain nabbed for smuggling Haitians into USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI - Ernest Williams, 25, of Tortola, was arrested on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, on a criminal complaint charging him with bringing illegal immigrants into the United States Virgin Islands (USVI).
Walwyn lashes out at AG yet again; disputes latest Fact Check
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Co-Leader of Government and Minister for Education and Culture, Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL) has again lashed out at the Auditor General (AG), Ms Sonia M. Webster over her findings in the Wall Report on the ‘small wall’ commissioned by him around the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS).
AG stands 100% by Wall report; Calls Walwyn dangerous!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In a bombshell press release issued this afternoon, Monday, December 17, 2018, by the Auditor General (AG), Ms Sonia M. Webster, she sought to defend her office and the report on the small wall around the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS), by standing 100% behind the findings.
Locals still a minority in the VI Police Force
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is boasting that it has sworn into service a new class of recruits, Belongers and BVIslanders are still a minority in the Police Force.
Jamaican prison cook arrested in Police sting operation
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI - Word reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) from senior law enforcement officials, is that a cook who works at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut on the main Island of Tortola, has been arrested by Police in a sting operation.
Dominican sentenced for cocaine conspiracy in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI - Reynaldo Lerburds, 41, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today, December 14, 2018, in United States Virgin Islands (USVI) District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez for cocaine conspiracy, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert has announced.