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November 16th, 2015
Controversial entertainment site names Premier Smith “Mumu of the day!”

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The newly established entertainment online site Krazy Hype.com, owned and operated by locals including the controversial and outspoken hospital worker Ramoamasagana ‘Masa’ Pemberton, labeled the Virgin Islands’ Head of Government Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith as being the “Mumu of the day” in its online article last month, October 2015.

November 14th, 2015
Gunshots ring out in Baughers Bay

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Reports of shots being fired in Baughers Bay are rife this morning November 14, 2015.

November 13th, 2015
VIslander; Vincy placed on $60k bail for alleged perjury

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two men who are witnesses in one set of criminal proceedings have become the subject of prosecution after they were charged with perjury. However, Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo granted the men bail in the amount of $60,000 each today Friday November 13, 2015.

November 12th, 2015
UPDATE: Three 'local' men arrested in relation to murder of Jason L. Vanterpool- RVIPF

BUTU MOUNTAIN, Tortola, VI- The three men arrested at Butu Mountain this morning, November 12, 2015 were arrested on suspicion of murder, a press release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has stated.

November 12th, 2015
Man held in St John with ‘undeclared cash’ reportedly brought in by vessel from Tortola

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man from St Thomas, US Virgin Islands has been charged for allegedly being found in possession of undeclared cash, which he had reportedly received from a vessel that had travelled from Tortola to St John, USVI.

November 11th, 2015
Man admits wanting to hit woman with rock @ party

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two men who knew each other since their primary school days are accusing each other of telling untruths with regard to an incident which took place on June 15, 2014 which resulted in one of them being charged with causing actual bodily harm and criminal damage and one receiving stitches to the head.

November 10th, 2015
Kevin Henley indicted on bulk cash smuggling charge in USVI

CHARLOTTE, AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Kevin Henley, a resident of Tortola, [British] Virgin Islands, is to appear in court in St Thomas, USVI on Thursday November 12, 2015 after allegedly being found with a quantity of undisclosed cash in October.

November 10th, 2015
St Thomas man arrested for slapping, strangling girlfriend

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A man named Greg Baron was arrested on Sunday and charged with second degree assault and destruction of property after he slapped and strangled his girlfriend, VIPD Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced on Monday November 9, 2015.

November 9th, 2015
Man shot in leg in alleged burglary in RT

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Officers of the Criminal Investigations Department are investigating an aggravated burglary over the weekend where one man received injuries.

November 6th, 2015
UPDATE: RVIPF confirm Riteway Pasea bomb threat a hoax

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Police have confirmed that yesterday’s November 5, 2015 bomb threat at Riteway Shopping Centre in Pasea was a hoax and that they are searching for the person who made the call.

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