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Bob & Tico granted bail in round 3!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Under heavy security at the Road Town Police Station on the main island of Tortola and away from the media, their families and other supporters, Earl D. Hodge and Roberto 'Tico' Harrigan were today February 14, 2017 granted bail by a magistrate brought in specifically for this case.
8 gun-related deaths in 2017 for STT following Home Depot shooting
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - A man was shot dead here near Home Depot in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Sunday night, February 12, 2017 [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced this morning, February 13, 2017.
USVI men accused of shooting @ family, including children, jailed
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix— Two of three men accused of shooting at a woman, her boyfriend and the woman’s children who were riding bicycles while the family gathered outside their apartment in the Marley Housing Community in St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI), were arrested, charged and jailed, [US] Virgin Islands Police Force (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Saturday, February 11, 2017.
UPDATE: Kevin Tyson was alleged instigator in HMP disturbance
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- More information reaching our newsroom on the alleged disturbance at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut this morning, February 10, 2017 is that Kevin Tyson was identified as the inmate that created a ruckus, which forced prison officials to call in the Task Force of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
Shootings in STT & St Croix leave 2 victims injured
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Separate shooting incidents in St Thomas and St Croix, US Virgin Islands on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 left two victims with gunshot wounds, the [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) announced Thursday, February 9, 2017. Both victims were shot in the left leg.
Hodge & Harrigan remanded; To seek bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At a special sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at the Road Town Police Station yesterday afternoon, February 8, 2017 in which the media was disallowed, Earl ‘Bob’ Hodge and Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan were remanded to prison.
UPDATE: Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan also arrested
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mr Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan, a former Customs Officer, was also arrested yesterday, February 7, 2017 by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) on the request of the United States Justice Department.
Woman shot multiple times on St Croix
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A woman was shot multiple times in the wee hours of Sunday morning, Febuary 5, 2017 in Golden Rock, near the John F. Kennedy Housing Community in St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.
Cordell A. E. O'Neal gets reduced jail time
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Cordell A. E. O'Neal is likely to be at liberty in approximately three years after his seven years, ten months prison sentence was significantly cut in the Court of Appeal on Friday February 3, 2017.
3 men shot multiple times in broad daylight on St Thomas
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Three men were shot multiple times about their bodies in St Thomas on Sunday afternoon, February 5, 2017 [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced Monday, February 6, 2017.