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March 7th, 2016
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.

March 6th, 2016
STT man, with gun in hand, shot to death by USVI police

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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.

March 4th, 2016
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.

March 4th, 2016
Ashemba Frett pleads guilty to alien smuggling in USVI

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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.

March 3rd, 2016
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.

March 1st, 2016
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.

March 1st, 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.

February 28th, 2016
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.

February 27th, 2016
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.

February 25th, 2016
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.

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