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UPDATE: BVIEC Supervisor Vincent Matthew in court over death of Alex George
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) announced over a week ago via a press release that it had brought manslaughter charges against a BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) senior linesman, 53 year old Vincent Matthew made his first appearance in a Virgin Islands court house in Road Town, the capital city.
STT man, with gun in hand, shot to death by USVI police
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - A man identified by his next of kin as 38-year-old Evan Ezekiel Joseph of Altona, succumbed to his injuries after an encounter with United States Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers on St Thomas, USVI, according to a press release issued late Saturday March 5, 2016 by Sakeeka Freeman, the force’s media specialist.
HM Customs seizes vessel 'Thalia'
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI – Her Majesty's Customs has seized a yacht and is keeping it in custody at The Moorings in Wickham's Cay II, this news site can confirm.
Ashemba Frett pleads guilty to alien smuggling in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Ashemba Frett, 22, of Tortola, [British] Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty yesterday, March 3, 2016 in District Court, US Virgin Islands to encouraging and inducing aliens to illegally enter the United States, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
UPDATE: Carlos Gumbs pleads guilty to firearm possession; remanded
PROSPECT REEF, Tortola, VI – Carlos Gumbs of Cane Garden Bay, Tortola pleaded guilty before the Magistrate’s Court this morning March 3, 2016 to the charge of keeping a firearm without a licence and was remanded.
Man gunned down in St Thomas, USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man was found dead in Honduras, Frenchtown on the United States Virgin Islands main island of St Thomas on Monday night, February 29, 2016 at 9:51pm, after being shot multiple times about the body, VIPD Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced this afternoon, February 1, 2016.
'Culture of disrespect’ has taken firm root in VI society- Alwin James
EAST END, Tortola, VI – While the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has reported a reduction in certain types of crime for 2015, it has noted with alarm the amount of reports of serious assaults, drawing the conclusion that we are seemingly no longer our brother’s keeper.
Bill on DNA tests after arrests heads to Gov Kenneth E. Mapp
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Receiving lauds from the full [US] Senate, a bill mandating that DNA tests be conducted on persons charged for felony, misdemeanor sexual assault and violent crimes — even if they have not been convicted of said crimes — will become the territory’s new standard if signed into law by Governor of the US Virgin Islands Kenneth E. Mapp.
USVI man gets 27 months in prison for FB death threat
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis sentenced on Thursday Kamoui Francis, 25, to 27 months in federal prison for transmission of threat to injure, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
RVIPF, Top Priority, get explosive detection training
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Top Priority Security Services, owned by Lesmore Smith, has recently embarked on an explosive detection training seminar from which three officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and four officers of Top Priority Security Services benefited.