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May 16th, 2012
UPDATE - Gerard Huggins freed: Crown knew case was weak

ROAD ROWN, Tortola, VI - Gerard Huggins, who was facing alleged charges in connection with the Road Town Station attack of November 24, 2010, is now a free man after his trial came to an abrupt end following a no case submission by his lawyer this afternoon May 16, 2012.

May 11th, 2012
Man who escaped EE police station fined $1K

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A young man, who escaped from the East End Police Station in November 2011, was fined $1,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Tamia Richards this morning, May 11, 2012.

May 8th, 2012
UPDATE - Arraignment for alleged MoneyGram robbers pushed back again

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The five men accused of orchestrating and pulling off a daring robbery on MoneyGram, Fishlock Road branch on January 21, 2011, had the arraignment pushed back to May 14, 2012.

May 8th, 2012
Man convicted of stabbing wife now facing rape charges!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Samuel James, currently serving a 12-year prison term for stabbing his wife, is now facing two counts of alleged rape and told a High Court Judge that he is too broke to get an attorney to represent him at trial.

May 7th, 2012
Legal representation a challenge for two prisoners

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Legal representation for two men, Roland Allen and Wakima Lettsome, will have to be ironed out before dates can be set for their respective trials in the High Court.

May 7th, 2012
Police need info in catching burglars – Morris

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are catching between two and three times more offenders now than they did in 2010, but need information from the public so that more burglars can be caught.

May 5th, 2012
Police find over 170 marijuana plants in Hope Hill

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) stumbled upon over 170 mature marijuana plants in the Hope Hill yesterday afternoon, May 4, 2012, confirmed police spokeswoman Diane Drayton.

May 4th, 2012
CGB resident pleads guilty to punching man in eye

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A 22 year-old Cane Garden Bay (CGB) resident will be sentenced on Thursday May 10, 2012 for allegedly punching a man in his right eye and in the process breaking a $50 pair of sunglasses.

May 2nd, 2012
Trial for "Crash" likely in July, 10 witnesses to be flown in

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Ten persons who were tourists on board the tour bus that was in an accident killing an American tourist, are expected to testify when the trial for Roland “Crash” Allen gets underway.

May 2nd, 2012
Legal representation for alleged station attacker holds up case

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Referring to the situation yesterday May 1, 2012, where it was disclosed that one of the alleged Road Town Police Station attackers was yet to be assigned a legal aid lawyer which resulted in the hold-up of the case, Judge Albert Redhead said it is “wasting the court’s time” and instructed that Ramon George be assigned a lawyer by May 8, 2012 – the day that has been set for the arraignment of the three alleged attackers.

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