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October 13th, 2022
Local school bullying suspect arrested & charged– CoP Collins

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commissioner of Police Mark Collins says the suspect has been arrested and charged following the October 12, 2022, revelation of a distraught caller on a morning radio show who bitterly complained of an alleged bullying incident involving her son and another student at a local school.

October 12th, 2022
Mom claims son badly injured by school bully; Blasts RVIPF for slow response

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI - A distraught caller on ‘Da Morning Braff’ radio show with host Floyd Burnett on Tola Radio 100.5FM has complained bitterly about the handling by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) of an alleged bullying incident involving her son and another student who both attend a local school.

October 12th, 2022
Community policing lauded as ‘significant’ for survival of VI civic society

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Community policing by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has been lauded as significant to the survival of civic society.

October 11th, 2022
Mentally ill woman allegedly takes off with tips jar of RT business

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A mentally-ill woman and a male employee of a food business in Road Town were briefly engaged in a scuffle recently after the woman reportedly made off with the business’ tips container.

October 11th, 2022
‘Rogue public officer’ Najan Christopher charged by police

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Director of the International Affairs Secretariat Najan Christopher, who was described by Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) as ‘a rogue public officer’ has been charged by police for Breach of Trust and False Assumption of Authority.

October 5th, 2022
20-year-old man charged for Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with Girl under 16

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Police have arrested and charged Keron Hodge, 20, of Purcell Estate for Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with a Girl under the age of 16 yrs.

October 5th, 2022
Vessel sailing from SVG to VI allegedly held in St Kitts with narcotics

BIRD ROCK, St Kitts & Nevis- A vessel that purportedly left St Vincent en route to the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) was allegedly held in St Kitts with illegal drugs on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, several regional newspapers are reporting.

October 3rd, 2022
Bags of cocaine estimated @ £90M washes up on UK beach

WALES, UK- Police in Wales in the United Kingdom (UK) are investigating how bags of cocaine, with a reported street value of up to £90 million, washed up on a beach on Saturday, October 1, 2022.

September 30th, 2022
USVI man allegedly stole over $11K from mother's bank account

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A man has been arrested and charged for multiple offenses after police say his mother filed a financial exploitation report against him with the [US] VI Police Department's Economic Crime Unit.

September 28th, 2022
Premier Wheatley silent on status of ‘Police in Paradise’ video probe

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – It remains unclear if a promised investigation into the production and subsequent leaking of the now controversial ‘Police in Paradise’ recruitment video was ever carried out in the Virgin Islands (VI), some three months after the video caused widespread controversy in the territory.

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