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APPLICATION DENIED: Hugh Erickson fails in bid for pre-trial freedom
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Conspiracy accused Hugh Erickson had his bid for pre-trial liberty denied by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on December 17, 2012.
Bar owner fined $200 for opening beyond prescribed time
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Epifania Thomas, the owner of Anna’s Bar in Sea Cows Bay, was fined $200 or an alternative of four (4) days imprisonment on the charge of failing to close her business within the prescribed time for closing.
UPDATE: Belle Vue man gets 9 months for Criminal Trespass
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Sherwin Fahie, 33, of Belle Vue was sentenced to 9 months in prison when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on December 17, 2012 after being convicted on the charge of Criminal Trespass.
UPDATE: Maintenance man gets 18 months for gun & cannabis possession
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Halim Scatliffe, 29, was sentenced to a total of 18 months imprisonment today, December 17, 2012 when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court.
Five cases completed at October Criminal Assizes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some five cases of the 16 scheduled to be heard were completed at the eventful October criminal Assizes, which closed last week Thursday December 13, 2012.
UPDATE: PR national gets 6 months for illegal entry
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Puerto Rican national Ramon Santiago, 28, was sentenced to six months imprisonment on a charge of illegal entry when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards yesterday, December 14, 2012.
Three blocks of marijuana seized in Greenland
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has disclosed that a search warrant executed on December 11, 2012 at a Greenland residence resulted in the seizure of three blocks of marijuana.
UPDATE: 5 years imprisonment for Elroy Okeiffe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Johnson’s Ghut resident Elroy Okeiffe, was given a total of five years in prison when he was sentenced today December 12, 2012 by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards.
Security officer accused of 'slapping' woman wants video evidence in court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The trial for Haitian national, Roselin Pierre, had to be adjourned after the defendant had a change of mind about her command of the English language when she made an appearance in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, December 11, 2012 to answer to the charge of common assault.
UPDATE: Stabbing victim Riky Bautista Familia laid to rest in homeland
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Riky Bautista Familia was laid to rest in his homeland of La Romana in the Dominican Republic, almost two weeks after he was stabbed to death outside a bar in Sea Cows Bay on the main Island of Tortola.
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