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April 5th, 2017
Man dies after stabbed with broken bottle on St Croix

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Two men accustomed of hanging out at the Estate La Reine Vegetable Market on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI), got into an altercation on April 4, 2017 which ended with the death of one of the men, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Commissioner Delroy Richards confirmed to The Consortium.

April 5th, 2017
Stricter background checks for expats needed- Speak Out BVI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A call for stricter background checks on persons entering the territory is one suggestion to reducing crime in the Virgin Islands (UK).

April 5th, 2017
UPDATE: Phone records, CCTV link DR man to Alston Penn’s murder- DPP

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Eyes rolled and heads turned side-to-side on April 4, 2017 in the Magistrate’s Court presided over by Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo, when it was revealed that there was an excessive number of phone calls, 73, exchanged between Alston Penn and Santo Yamarco Hernandez between March 9 and 10, 2017.

April 3rd, 2017
Too many young men on the streets with nothing to do- Carl Dawson

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Proprietor of Lower Estate Superette Mr Carl Dawson has bemoaned the fact that too many young people, especially men, are walking the streets "without any thing to do."

April 3rd, 2017
USVI Police arrest man accused of raping & assaulting woman

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers in the wee hours of Saturday morning, April 1, 2017 arrested a man who was accused of raping and assaulting a woman he was acquainted with, the force’s public information officer, Glen Dratte has announced.

April 2nd, 2017
DR man charged with Alston Penn’s murder

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One man was charged late yesterday, April 1, 2017 with Alston Penn’s murder as officers of the Major Crime Team continue their pursuit of suspects into the recent murders.

March 31st, 2017
UPDATE: Matthew D. Hazell found guilty

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Matthew D. Hazel, who was accused of attempting to commit an armed robbery at CIBC First Caribbean Bank and traded gunshots with a police officer back in February 2015 has been found guilty in the High Court of the Virgin Islands.

March 30th, 2017
Lone gunman robs Dawson's Superette in Lower Estate

LOWER ESTATE, Tortola, VI- At around 6:00 PM today, March 30, 2017 a lone gunman robbed Dawson's Superette in Lower Estate on the main island of Tortola.

March 29th, 2017
USVI Police release names of teens in McDonald’s robbery

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, VI— The US] Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) has revealed the names of two of the three teens involved in the deadly hostage and robbery incident that occurred at the McDonald’s restaurant in the Lockhart Gardens Shopping Center, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Saturday night, March 25, 2017.

March 28th, 2017
UPDATE: Slain suspect in STT McDonald’s robbery was a minor- VIPD

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — St Thomas-St John District Police Chief, Jason Marsh, said during a press briefing on Monday, March 27, 2017 that the suspect that was shot by police during the McDonald’s robbery and hostage incident on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (UVI) Saturday night, March 25, 2017 was a minor, as well as one of the two surviving suspects.

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