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July 23rd, 2012
20-year sentences for RT station attackers!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – This morning, July 23, 2012, Ramon George and Courtney Meade were sentenced to 20 years each imprisonment for their role in the November 24, 2010 Road Town Police Station attack.

July 23rd, 2012
ESHS bat wielding man fined $2000

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Kadeem Maynard, the man who allegedly chased Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) students with a baseball bat on the school’s compound for a stolen mobile phone, was fined $2000 to be paid by 3:30 p.m. today July 23, 2012, as instructed by Magistrate Tamia Richards.

July 23rd, 2012
VG resident gets 30 months in prison for Marijuana find

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Appearing at the Magistrate’s Court today, July 23, 2012, to receive sentencing, Lenn Leonard of Virgin Gorda who was allegedly found with 3.4kg of cannabis, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison starting from today.

July 23rd, 2012
Three witnesses for Caena & Decastro $2.85M drug bust trial

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Lester DeCastro and Isaac Caena, both men who were allegedly involved in a huge drug bust on November 1, 2011, will stand trial on September 25, 2012, where three witnesses will testify against them.

July 20th, 2012
Two fined for cannabis possession

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two men facing charges of unlawful possession of cannabis were fined and dismissed today, July 20, 2012 when they appeared at the Magistrate’s Court.

July 19th, 2012
50-year-old man allegedly assaulted minor

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A Guyanese man, who now holds residency in the Virgin Islands, is facing charges of indecent assault on a minor, and was granted $70, 000 bail with two signed sureties when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday July 18, 2012.

July 18th, 2012
Accused request for passport to shop in St. Thomas denied

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Isaac Ragnauth, who is facing charges for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, appeared at the Magistrates Court today, July 18, 2012 where his request to have his passport to travel to St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, to shop for his business was denied.

July 14th, 2012
UPDATE – Ruling in extradition will be "any day"

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two days of arguments for the pros and cons of extraditing five alleged drug traffickers to the United States culminated with Justice Albert Redhead informing the Crown and Prosecution that he will hand down his decision "any day".

July 13th, 2012
Charges dropped against 4 in VG night club brawl!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Charges brought against four young men were dropped due to a lack of evidence found against them on their charges which stemmed from an incident at a Virgin Gorda night club in December 2011 and one individual, who allegedly instituted the crime, pleaded guilty and was fined.

July 12th, 2012
Bars in East End Closed by Police, Join in Immigration Checks

EAST END, Tortola, VI- Over the weekend, Police closed two bars for the night and shut down another two until they were able to produce licences to operate in the East End area.

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