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May 1st, 2017
Woman in USVI facing charges for holding man hostage @ gunpoint

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Police on Thursday, April 27, 2017 arrested and charged a woman on multiple criminal counts for allegedly holding a man hostage on the porch of her home, [US} Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced on Friday April 28, 2017.

April 28th, 2017
Shots reportedly fired in Long Look

LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- Persons reported to our newsroom of shots fired in the Long Look area, on the main island of Tortola, last evening, April 27, 2017.

April 28th, 2017
This Week We Feature Young Professional Omar A. Jones

A graduate of the BVI High School, now Elmore Stoutt High School, where he was a B average student, our young professional today holds a Bachelor’s Degree in General Business and Financial Planning. Coaching young athletes; however, is his passion.

April 27th, 2017
Nelson Callwood sentenced; Danny Benjamin 2-year suspended sentence

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It appears that new rules imposed by the Director of Public Prosecutions Kim Hollis QC, to have all sex offence cases tried in camera, is in effect practicing media censorship.

April 26th, 2017
Feds in USVI arrest 4 men in McDonald’s robbery

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Hanselo Recio, 18, Betel Paulino, 18, and Junior Feliz, 22, of the Dominican Republic, and Helwood Paris, 20, of Puerto Rico, made their initial appearances on April 25, 2017 before US Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller, Acting US Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced.

April 25th, 2017
McDonald’s robbery suspect committed suicide- USVI police

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— The 17-year-old suspect who died during the March 25 Lockhart Gardens McDonald’s attempted robbery and hostage incident — identified as Juan De Dios, who was a 10th grade student at the Charlotte Amalie High School — committed suicide, the Virgin Islands Police Department announced Monday April 24, 2017.

April 24th, 2017
Illegal immigrants repatriated last week; mostly Haitians

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was around April 10, 2017 that a number of illegal immigrants were found and detained in the area of Biras Creek on the sister island of Virgin Gorda.

April 23rd, 2017
Lone gunman robs C&D Supermarket in Hannah’s

HANNAH’S ESTATE, Tortola, VI- The C&D Supermarket in Hannah’s Estate in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola is the latest business establishment to be robbed.

April 23rd, 2017
Shooting outside USVI nightclub leaves one dead, another injured

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man died shortly after 4:00 AM this morning, while another was being treated for his wounds, after both of them were shot outside the Arian’s Entertainment Center in Subbase, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Commissioner Delroy Richards confirmed to The Consortium this morning, April 23, 2017.

April 20th, 2017
UPDATE: RiteWay robber wore hoodie, spoke with local accent- Police

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The robbery on Riteway Food Markets in Road Town, Tortola last evening, April 19, 2017- a story first reported by this news site- was committed by a lone gunman.

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