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June 9th, 2017
UPDATE: Recent incident @ HMP had potential of escalating- Source

BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- The June 1, 2017 incident that resulted in a security guard and an inmate receiving injuries at Her Majesty 's Prison in Balsam Ghut had the potential of escalating into a major one, according to a source at the prison.

June 9th, 2017
USVI man allegedly batters, robs woman

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) man accused of battering a woman and stealing her belongings has been arrested and charged with robbery, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced Friday, June 9, 2017.

June 9th, 2017
Crime ‘is really out of hand’ in the VI- Raul R. Sprauve

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local musicians and members of the community have joined the fight against crime in the territory by organising a ‘Stop the Crime’ peace concert.

June 7th, 2017
McDonald’s restaurant robbery suspects plead guilty

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— Hanselo Recio, 18, and Junior Feliz, 22, both of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty on June 6, 2017 in District Court on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) for their roles in the robbery of a McDonald’s restaurant in St Thomas, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced.

June 7th, 2017
Unsolved crimes in VI: ‘Something isn’t right’- Hon Fraser

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former Leader of the Opposition Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has expressed his frustration about crimes being left unsolved in the Virgin Islands.

June 6th, 2017
Extradition hearing #2 for ‘Bob’ Hodge & Tico Harrigan begins

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Imported Magistrate Shawn Innocent has ordered the doors of his court room be closed to reporters as he commenced sitting over the extradition hearing of two locals wanted by the United States of America, Earl Deville Hodge aka Bob Hodge and Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan.

June 6th, 2017
Mentally-ill USVI man accused of sexually assaulting another man

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — US Virgin Islands (USVI) Superior Court Magistrate Henry V. Carr III found that there was sufficient probable cause to move forward on rape and related charges against a mentally-ill man, Wingrove Clarke, USVI Department of Justice Public Media Officer Corliss Smithen announced Monday June 5, 2017.

June 5th, 2017
Mugshots of 'Persons of Interest' in USVI Watergut homicide revealed

VI Consortium

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST. Croix, USVI — The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department on Monday afternoon released the mugshots of two men the force is classifying as persons of interest in the Watergut homicide that occurred on Sunday.

June 3rd, 2017
Man assaulted near Scotiabank

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Reports reaching Virgin Islands News Online are that a man was attacked while in the vicinity of Scotiabank in Road Town in the wee hours of this morning, June 3, 2017.

June 3rd, 2017
Man accused of burglary escapes custody

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man accused of burglary made a run for it while in police custody, yesterday afternoon June 2, 2017.

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