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September 7th, 2014
Treston Brown gets lighter hand of Magistrate

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo opted not to send Treston Brown to serve prison time as she ordered him to pay a fine of $45K when he appeared before her for sentencing on Friday September 5, 2014 at the Magistrate’s Court.

September 6th, 2014
Alleged Gold jewellery snatcher Jaye Noel on $30k bail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “All the boy had to do is come and ask for it,” said 20 year-old Jaye Noel when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday September 5, 2014 on a charge of theft.

September 5th, 2014
Anita M. Kmall placed knife @ man’s throat & threatened to kill him – court hears

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When the case of Anita Mongra Kmall was called in the Magistrate’s Court today September 5, 2014 allegations of death threats and knife wielding were told by the prosecution.

September 4th, 2014
‘We’re dealing with corruption allegations!’ - CoP David Morris

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commissioner of Police (CoP) David Morris has cautioned that a number of police officers who have been sent on administrative leave have allegations against them and not concrete evidence of wrongdoing, which he said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will determine.

September 3rd, 2014
‘RVIPF needs external civilian review body’ – Doug Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host Douglas Wheatley believes an external civilian review board will go a long way in allowing the public to hold police officers accountable as questions continue to fly regarding alleged corruption in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

August 28th, 2014
Anti-Corruption: Police Officers Face Interdiction

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Commissioner of Police, David Morris, acting on information from an ongoing anti-corruption enquiry, sent a number of Police Officers on compulsory leave yesterday, Wednesday August 27th.

August 26th, 2014
UPDATE: Two detainees released in shooting investigation

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The two persons who were detained by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in relation to the Sunday morning August 23, 2014 shooting incident on Free Bottom Road have since been released.

August 26th, 2014
Shamori Chinnery remanded for guns & ammo find

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Shamori Chinnery, a St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) national who resides in Jost Van Dyke, Virgin Islands, was yesterday August 25, 2014 remanded to prison when he appeared in the Magistrates’ Court, according to the Police Public Relations Department.

August 23rd, 2014
JVD man caught with illegal firearm

WEST END, Tortola, VI - A Jost Van Dyke (JVD) man who is said to be no stranger to the courts was yesterday morning August 22, 2014 caught with an illegal firearm and taken into custody by officers on duty at the Sopher's Hole, West End, Ferry Dock.

August 20th, 2014
UPDATE: Police identify Spy Glass Hill body as Garry Roy, 55

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police have identified a body found in a home in Spy Glass Hill West End as 55 year old Garry Roy of the United States.

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