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December 21st, 2012
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.

December 20th, 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.

December 19th, 2012
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.

December 17th, 2012
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.

December 17th, 2012
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.

December 15th, 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.

December 13th, 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.

December 12th, 2012
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.

December 12th, 2012
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.

December 10th, 2012
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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