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‘Gunshots’ ring out in Road Town
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Reports reaching Virgin Islands News Online state that what sounded like several gunshots were heard in Road Town, on the main island of Tortola, last evening January 30, 2016.
Alberto Rosa De La Rosa gets 10 years for manslaughter
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Alberto Rosa De La Rosa aka Dj Pi Yo Yo was today January 29, 2016 sentenced to a term of 10 years for the death of Riky Bautista Familia on November 16, 2012 in Sea Cows Bay.
UPDATE: Leslie Smith charged for alleged firearm & ammo possession
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Leslie Smith aka 'Bulldog' of Sea Cows Bay, Tortola, appeared before Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo today January 27, 2016 charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Woman robbed @ gunpoint on St Thomas, USVI
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Two thieves on Friday January 22, 2016 made away with the purse of a woman after they demanded, with guns in hands, that she give up her bag, (US) VIPD Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced on Saturday January 23, 2016.
2 shot, 1 dead in early morning St Thomas, USVI incident
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A man and woman were found in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, January 20, 2016 lying in the roadway at an unspecified location in Agnes Fancy, the male dead and the female — both Caucasian — clinging to life, (US) VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson stated.
New CoP Michael ‘Mick’ Matthews expected in April 2016
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- He may say in his defence that it was a play on words but after leading the public to believe that the man to replace David Morris at the helm of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) would not be from the United Kingdom, taken to mean by many a non-United Kingdom (UK) national, Governor John S. Duncan, OBE has announced that UK national Mr Michael Matthews is the new Commissioner of Police.
‘All Magistrate's Court matters deferred this week’ – court staff
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – All matters slated to be heard in the Magistrates’ Court for this week have been deferred to “either next week or early February,” according to a front desk staff at the John’s Hole Magistrates’ Court yesterday January 20, 2016.
USVI woman jailed for destroying boyfriend’s TV, dresser & fridge
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A woman on St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI), was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections on Sunday January 17, 2016 for destroying her boyfriend’s belongings.
St Croix, USVI woman raped at Frederiksted bus stop
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — A woman who told police that she was raped at a bus stop in Frederiksted, received medical attention at the Juan F. Luis Hospital following the incident, according to a press release issued late Monday January 18, 2016 by Sakeeda Freeman, the (US) VIPD’s media specialist.
Man jailed after guns & bulletproof vests found @ his STT, USVI home
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - A man living in Vester Gade, Savan, St Thomas, USVI, was arrested and charged with possession of unlicensed firearms after police found three guns and two bulletproof vests at his place of residence, US Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson announced on January 16, 2016.