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August 27th, 2017
Police identify USVI men murdered in Friday shootings

VI CONSORTIUM

CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI - Police on Saturday August 26, 2017 revealed the identities of two men murdered in separate shooting incidents Friday August 25, 2017 on St Croix. The deceased victim of the first incident, which occurred in Old Fredensborg near the Kingshill Cemetery and adjacent to the Alfredo Andrews Elementary School, has been identified as 24-year-old Jensen Esptan.

August 26th, 2017
16-year-old girl allegedly raped by two USVI men

VI CONSORTIUM

CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI - Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers on Thursday at about 5:01 A.M. arrested two young men who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl at a party in the Frangipani neighborhood of Mon Bijou on August 4. The arrest warrant was issued by the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands.

August 24th, 2017
USVI man charged with assault and rape

VI CONSORTIUM

CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI - A man who police say assaulted his girlfriend on Monday was apprehended by officers on Tuesday, VIPD Pubic Information Officer, Glen Dratte announced this morning. The incident occurred around the 3:00 P.M. hour in Peter’s Rest.

August 22nd, 2017
Patsy C. Lake brings police to seize horse from Lesmore Smith

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – “It didn’t have to come to this, I’m not a monster. It didn’t have to come to five officers with firearms. I felt really embarrassed about the situation.”

August 22nd, 2017
Minors arrested for removing scooters from RT Police Station

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police are investigating two incidents, both on Friday evening, involving the robbery and theft of scooters.

August 19th, 2017
2 guards allegedly stabbed by prisoners @ HMP

BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- It was around 2:40 P.M. today, August 19, 2017 that a brawl ensued at Her Majesty’s Prison, the state’s only penitentiary, located at Balsam Ghut on the main island of Tortola.

August 18th, 2017
Bigger Barcelona attacks were prepared

BBC NEWS

The suspects in the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils were planning one or more bigger attacks than those that were carried out, police say.

August 16th, 2017
Female USVI national guard recruits passed around like ‘property’- Gov Mapp

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- After reading the findings of a yearlong investigation conducted by the National Guard Bureau on the behaviour of some at the [US] Virgin Islands National Guard, Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, during a Tuesday August 15, 2017 press conference at Government House eviscerated the perpetrators who the report found had preyed on young women, referring to them as “predators.”

August 14th, 2017
Tarik & Tico remanded to prison for breaching curfew

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan and Tarik Aaron were remanded to prison when they appeared in the Magistrate's Court on August 10 and 11, 2017 respectively after they were found guilty of breaching conditions of their bail.

August 14th, 2017
2 dead following shootings on St Croix

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Two men were confirmed dead by the [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) on Sunday night, August 13, 2017 following two separate shooting incidents on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI).

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