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April 8th, 2022
Ballast Bay man charged for 8 counts of Indecent Assault

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 27-year-old man of Ballast Bay was recently remanded to prison for Indecent Assault.

April 8th, 2022
Gladys Todman said she used stolen $$ to buy sneakers & food

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Gladys Todman of Baughers Bay pleaded guilty to theft when she appeared before Magistrate Khadeen Palmer on April 7, 2022.

April 7th, 2022
RVIPF admits to taking civilian to USVI & back on powerboat

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has broken its silence over allegations they were engaged in human smuggling.

April 6th, 2022
DPP no longer accepting letters of request for legal matters to discontinue

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has announced it is no longer accepting written requests for legal matters to be discontinued.

April 5th, 2022
RVIPF accused of human smuggling coverup

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Talk show host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline has alleged a massive cover-up involving the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) over an alleged failed human smuggling attempt last Friday, April 1, 2022.

April 4th, 2022
BVI Christian Council pledges support for local gun amnesty

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Christian Council, a local religious organisation, has pledged its full support to the upcoming Gun Amnesty in the Virgin Islands (VI) done in collaboration with the Government, Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and the Governor, John J. Rankin CMG.

April 4th, 2022
DPP says judge wrongfully dismissed case against trio accused of murder

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has launched an appeal against what it terms “the erroneous decisions” of the Learned Trial Judge Richard G. Floyd that led to murder accused Vernon Bernard, Rafael Harrigan and Maybelline Rodriquez being freed in the High Court today, April 4, 2022.

April 4th, 2022
USVI man arrested for allegedly assaulting girlfriend & her child

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Officers with the [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) on Saturday, April 2, 2022, arrested a man in Grove Place for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend and her minor child.

March 31st, 2022
Bail granted to local youth imprisoned since Dec 2019 on firearm & wounding charges

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 21-year-old local male who was in custody at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut since December 12, 2019, was recently granted bail by High Court Judge Richard G. Floyd.

March 30th, 2022
US$805K found on vessel in June 2020 forfeited to Crown; Duo found guilty

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- US Virgin Islands (USVI) national Kemel Stefon Wilson and Dominican Republic national Alberto Campusano Valera, who were arrested in June 2020 on a vessel where US$805, 370 were recovered by HM Customs, have been found guilty of several charges by Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards.

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