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December 9th, 2016
St John man sentenced to 25 years for stabbing woman to death

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Superior Court Judge Denise Francois sentenced Adisa Bertrand to 25 years in prison, with credit for time served, for the murder of Shantee Sievenwright, the [US]VI Department of Justice announced late Friday, December 9, 2016.

December 8th, 2016
Glenville Callwood goes to jail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When he begged senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards for leniency on the premise that he ‘had changed his life’ after being ‘young and stupid’ Glenville Callwood did not walk out the court room with just a fine to pay and/or some order to attend counselling or do community service. He was slapped with sentences amounting to two years and four months, prison time.

December 6th, 2016
Guyanese man almost saws off wife’s head in Queens, New York

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One year after a Guyanese man paid his wife US$9,000 to leave their homeland and join him in New York, he nearly decapitated her on a Queens street corner early Monday-sawing through her neck in front of a witness who mistakenly asked if he needed help before he realized the unfolding horror, the New York Post reported.

December 5th, 2016
UPDATE: Body found ‘deemed to be beyond recognition’- RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has surprisingly stated it is still not in a position to confirm the identity of the body of a male found in the Crabbe Hill area late Saturday afternoon, December 3, 2016.

December 5th, 2016
Woman & 4-year-old safe after apparent home invasion in USVI

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A woman and her 4-year-old daughter were left shaken but unharmed after an unknown assailant entered their home just before midnight Sunday, December 4, 2016, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.

December 3rd, 2016
Man shows up @ EE Police Station with gunshot wound

EAST END, Tortola, VI- Police are investigating an incident whereby a male showed up at the Est End Police Station with a gunshot wound last evening, December 2, 2016.

December 2nd, 2016
St John man convicted of 2012 murder

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BELLE VUE, St John, USVI- A young man has lost his freedom after a V.I. Superior Court jury unanimously convicted him of a 2012 murder that occurred on St. John, US Virgin Islands (USVI), the [US[ VI Department of Justice announced Thursday, December 1, 2016.

December 1st, 2016
Gunshots fired at car in the Havers area on Tortola

HAVERS ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Around 9:00 P.M. this evening, December 1, 2016 it was reported that a man, along with a passenger, driving to his home in the Havers area on the main island of Tortola was shot at.

December 1st, 2016
US$2M that ‘originated in Tortola’ seized in T&T

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago have seized some US$2M found in a container and which allegedly originated in Tortola, Virgin Islands, according to Trinidad publication Newsday.

November 30th, 2016
Man shot in Christiansted, St Croix; Alleged shooter arrested

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CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI — A man was shot in downtown Christiansted, St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Tuesday morning, November 29, 2016 by an unknown assailant, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has made known.

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