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April 28th, 2022
Premier Fahie detained in Miami- Governor Rankin

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has announced that Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has been detained in Miami by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

April 27th, 2022
American held @ airport with loaded firearm- RVIPF

BEEF ISLAND, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has said it has arrested a male, age 52, from the United States of America for entering the territory via Terrence B. Lettsome International Airport with a loaded firearm.

April 27th, 2022
Andrew S. Morrell's urine test results requested but not received by RVIPF– CoP Collins

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Commissioner of Police Mark Collins has confirmed that police are yet to receive the test result of a medical urine sample belonging to Andrew S. Morrell from Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital, even after the results of the sample have been requested by the force.

April 26th, 2022
15 Illegal Immigrants captured on Anegada

SETTING POINT, Anegada, VI- Chief Immigration Officer, Mr Ian B. Penn has said 15 illegal immigrants are now in the custody of the Department of Immigration following an exercise by the officers of the Joint Task Force on Anegada on Sunday, April 24, 2022.

April 25th, 2022
USVI boxer Guilty on 6 counts of Child Sexual Abuse & Child Porn

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A federal jury on Friday, April 22, 2022, returned guilty verdicts on all six counts of child sexual abuse and child pornography production charges against St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) boxer John A. Jackson, who in February 2019 was arrested by federal authorities. As a result of the verdict, Jackson faces 15 years to life in prison.

April 24th, 2022
'Not one firearm handed in' during amnesty period- CoP Collins

FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Confident there are lots if illegal guns and ammunition in the communities of the Virgin Islands (VI), Commissioner of Police Mark Collins has expressed deep disappointment that not a single firearm was turned in during the 2-week amnesty period.

April 22nd, 2022
Greenland resident charged with 5 counts of Indecent Assault

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Police have arrested and charged a resident of Greenland for five counts of Indecent Assault.

April 13th, 2022
‘There is something running amuck’ in the RVIPF- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Noting that he hopes to have Police Commissioner Mark Collins as a guest on his show soon, host of Honestly Speaking Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) just seems to be reeking of all kinds of disfunction “and that’s to put it mildly.”

April 12th, 2022
UPDATE: 'He ripped my underwear off': Woman accuses USVI Senator

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Days after the territory learned that an employee in Senator Steven D. Payne’s office had accused him of sexual harassment during a work trip, a social media post from four years ago has come to light, in which a different woman recounted what she said was her own experience with the man she described as a “father figure”.

April 10th, 2022
USVI man arrested after threatening witnesses during court recess

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- [US] Virgin Islands Police Department officers on Thursday, April 7, 2022, arrested a man who allegedly threatened witnesses during the recess of a court proceeding.

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