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January 8th, 2018
USVI police arrest suspect in shooting that injured 3 persons

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — A man who police believe fired multiple shots with an automatic weapon at a vehicle whose occupants were a father and his 4 and 5-year-old children, is now in police custody, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced late Sunday, January 7, 2018.

January 8th, 2018
Gun & ammo recovered @ Ellis Thomas Downs following shooting

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is said to be intensely investigating the finding of a gun and several rounds of ammunition at Ellis Thomas Downs late last night January 7, 2018.

January 5th, 2018
'Tough on drugs' lawyer appointed US District Attorney for USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— United States Attorney General Jeff B. Sessions on January 4, 2018 announced the appointment of Gretchen C.F. Shappert as Interim United States Attorney for the US Virgin Islands (USVI) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, which provides that “the Attorney General may appoint a United States Attorney for the district in which the office of United States Attorney is vacant.”

January 2nd, 2018
Crime free VI for New Year/Old Year; Dec 31, 2017 to Jan 1, 2018

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Maybe it was Hurricanes Irma and Maria that have changed forever the way of life of most residents of the Virgin Islands or maybe it was a threat from the United Kingdom appointed governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert aka ‘Gus’ that, if residents do not behave he will return the curfew- an idea scoffed at by some in the intellectual, progressive and legal classes.

December 29th, 2017
UPDATE: Purcell robbery victim was hit with a gun; $$ taken- Police

PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Police have confirmed Virgin Islands News Online’s first reported story that a man was robbed in Purcell Estate, Tortola on December 23, 2017.

December 28th, 2017
Man shot dead on STT

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A 22-year-old man was declared dead on arrival after being examined by emergency medical technicians following a shooting in the Oswald Harris Court housing community in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Wednesday December 27, 2017, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.

December 25th, 2017
DDP rakes in $100k plus in under four months

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Sittings of courts in the Virgin Islands (UK) have been a minimum since the passage of hurricanes Irma and Maria but this has not put much of a dent in the coffers of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), but rather added well over $100, 000.

December 22nd, 2017
Man wanted for attempted murder in STT arrested in Georgia

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man wanted for attempted murder in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands was arrested on Tuesday in Georgia, United States of America (USA) following a vehicular accident, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Wednesday, December 20, 2017.

December 22nd, 2017
Curfew lifted today December 22, 2017

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The controversial curfew imposed on residents of the British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands (VI) has finally been lifted today December 22, 2017.

December 18th, 2017
Court Brief: Venezuelans & Ports Authority Staff in trouble with the law

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was a story first and accurately reported by our newsroom on August 29, 2017, that some men were found in a house in Cox Heath with guns and cash in a joint operation by the police and Immigration and Customs Officials, who had swooped down on the men for overstaying their time in the Virgin Islands (VI).

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