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June 16th, 2017
2 year suspended sentence for teenage sex offender

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A nineteen year-old man was spared spending time behind bars at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsum Ghut when he faced sentencing by High Court Judge Nicola P. Byer on June 15, 2017.

June 16th, 2017
USVI woman arrested for embezzlement @ Home Depot

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— Police on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 arrested a female Home Depot employee after the manager of the department this employee worked in allegedly caught her allowing someone she knows to leave the store with items without paying for them, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department [VIPD] Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Friday, June 16, 2017.

June 15th, 2017
Inside the closed Extradition Hearing; USA vs Earl Hodge & Roberto Harrigan

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- For the second time in the history of the relationship between the Virgin Islands (VI) and the United States of America (USA), a treaty signed years ago between the USA and the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, called an extradition treaty, is being tested.

June 15th, 2017
DR man pleads guilty in USVI to possession of firearm by illegal alien

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Cristian Lopez-Moncion, 35, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today in federal court on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) to possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced.

June 14th, 2017
Alston Quashie allegedly led police to ganja farm- Court hears

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A native of St Vincent and the Grenadines who resides at Carrot Bay, Tortola has been remanded to prison for alleged ‘ganja’ offences.

June 13th, 2017
New USVI scam seeks credit card info through fake IRS lawsuit

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A new scam making the rounds in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) seeks to defraud residents of their credit card info by using an Internal Revenue Service-related, authentic-looking scheme, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department [VIPD] Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced Tuesday, June 13, 2017.

June 12th, 2017
‘Ocho’ held wife’s hair from behind & slit her throat- Court hears

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was a sad period in the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon, June 12, 2017 as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Kim Hollis QC read the allegations, detailing that murder accused Lennox F. Da Silva aka Ocho, during investigation, told police he stabbed his wife of three years, Sherika Nelson-Da Silva, and held on to her hair while behind her and slit her throat.

June 12th, 2017
Identity of third suspect in USVI road rape revealed

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Commissioner Delroy Richards has made good on his word to reveal the identity of the third suspect said to be involved in the East End Road rape incident that rocked St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) last month.

June 11th, 2017
UPDATE: Lennox F. Da Silva charged for murder of wife

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Police today, June 11, 2017 officially charged Lennox Franklyn Da Silva aka 'Ocho', 52, of Greenland, on the main island of Tortola, with murder in relation to the death of his wife.

June 10th, 2017
Family of slain Ashburn A. Dawson offering reward for info

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The family of Ashburn A. Dawson aka Ashy, who was gunned down in Road Town on March 10, 2017 is now offering a reward for information that will help the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) identify a suspect in this investigation.

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