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Drug bust: Samuel Sr & Alphonso remanded to prison
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Pedro Samuel Sr, 58, of Diamond Estate, and Reno Alphonso, 27, of Fort Hill, who were both charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply, were remanded to prison when they appeared virtually at the Magistrate’s Court today, August 17, 2022.
USVI widow convicted of stabbing husband to death 17 years ago
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Justice on Monday, August 15, 2022, announced that a Superior Court jury found Jacques Cajuste and Viviane Stuart guilty of murder after a stabbing in 2005 left businessman Egbert Stuart aka 'Manno' dead.
Pedro Samuel & Reno Alphonso charged in latest drug bust
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Marine Branch have charged the two men found on the boat intercepted in a drug seizure near Cooper Island on Saturday afternoon, August 13, 2022.
UPDATE: Over 400Kg of cocaine seized on vessel off Cooper Island
COOPER ISLAND, VI- The amount of cocaine seized on a vessel off Cooper Island yesterday, August 13, 2022, is estimated to be over 400 kilograms.
‘Be on lookout for circulating US counterfeit notes’- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is urging businesses and banks to be on the lookout for circulating US counterfeit notes in denominations of $20, $50 and $100.
US federal indictment accuses 7 on St Croix of drug trafficking, murder
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CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI- A grand jury has just issued a combined 23-count superseding indictment on charges of drug trafficking and murder against seven individuals who allegedly ran and participated in what the US Department of Justice has called a “large scale drug trafficking organisation” based out of St Croix, US Virgin Islands.
Jose Almestica charged with Deverson Williams’ murder
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Major Crime Team today, August 10, 2022, charged Jose Almestica, 33, with murder in the shooting death of Deverson Williams.
Illegal plane landing on Anegada being investigated- Governor Rankin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- An investigation has been launched into reports of an illegal plane landing at Auguste George Airport on Anegada back in June 2022.
One remanded, another granted $15K bail for drug offences- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Among the many arrests made by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) for the period July 17 to August 6, 2022, two of them were for drug offences.
‘I condemn these acts of violence’- Premier on latest fatal shooting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Noting that Jason Potter Jr aka ‘Thug’ who was fatally shot at Greenland basketball court on August 4, 2022, was his cousin, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley has appealed to the public to help police bring the perpetrator to justice.
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