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Guns for police is a question for CoP- Augustus J. U. Jaspert
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - During a press conference with media houses on Tuesday August 29, 2017, His Excellency Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert was questioned about arming the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and the matter of tackling crime in the Virgin Islands.
USVI men arrested for attempting to extort 13-year-old of jewelry
VI CONSORTIUM
ST CROIX, USVI - Two men in their twenties were arrested on Thursday August 31, 2017 after allegedly attempting to extort a 13-year-old minor of her jewelry, Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer, Glen Dratte announced Friday September 1, 2017.
Machete wielding man allegedly attacks woman @ West End
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police (RVIPF) are on the hunt for a male, who it is alleged attacked a woman with a machete and demanded and threaten her for sexual favours, yesterday August 31, 2017 on a beach on Tortola.
UPDATE: Venezuelans were found with loaded firearm & $$- Police
COX HEATH, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) today, August 31, 2017 confirmed our newsroom’s first and accurate story of August 29, 2017 which had stated that three Venezuelans were arrested in Cox Heath, on the western end of Tortola.
USVI homicide count rises to 43 for year as youth shot dead
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man succumbed to his injuries after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds about his body in the Tutu High Rise housing community, also known as Ras Valley, in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) early Thursday, August 31, 2017.
USVI police capture murder suspect Samuel ‘ghost’ Roberts
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 arrested murder suspect Samuel “Ghost” Roberts, while following up on a burglary-related case in the Paradise Mills Housing Community in St Croix, US Virgin Islands, VIPD Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced late Tuesday.
Shakoy Lavacia charged for stabbing HMP inmate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A young man, who was previously charged for breaking and entering the Althea Scatliffe Primary School, possession of an illegal firearm and attempted murder, has now been charged for allegedly stabbing an inmate of Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsum Ghut, on the main island of Tortola.
$100,000 reward in Ashburn A. Dawson’s murder
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following the death of Ashburn A. Dawson aka ‘Ashy’ of Carrot Bay, Tortola, friends and family have been pleading for the community to come forward with any information that can assist the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) to apprehend the person or persons responsible for his death.
Minor among 3 arrested in USVI for unauthorized gun possession
VI CONSORTIUM
ST THOMAS, USVI - Three male individuals, among them a minor, were arrested on Friday August 25, 2017 after being found to be in possession of an unlicensed firearm and accessories thereof, Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer, Glen Dratte announced Saturday.
Are inmates of HMP being let out @ nights?
BALSUM GHUT, Tortola, VI - When there was a noted spike in criminal activities between the latter quarter of 2016 and first half of 2017, reports were circulating that at least two known convicts were the masterminds.
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