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February 22nd, 2022
16 RVIPF & British OT officers gather in VI for investigative skills training

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Training is entering its second and final week in the Territory for senior investigating officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force as well as officers from the British Overseas Territories.

February 22nd, 2022
Clifton Stoutt gets 8 months @ HMP for burglarising Island Sizzle

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On Monday, February 21, 2021, Baughers Bay resident Clifton Stoutt was sentenced to eight months behind bars for burglarising Island Sizzle in the same community on November 16, 2021.

February 21st, 2022
Acquitted policeman seeking to have charges struck out from records

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Jamaica national Shawn Henry, the only policeman acquitted in the 2019 court matter where he and two others – Pamphill Prevost and Simon Power – were allegedly linked to missing money while they were executing search operations while on police duty between January 2012 to July 2014, is now seeking to have his record cleared in the judicial system.

February 19th, 2022
Police seeking help to identify getaway scooter rider

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are seeking the public's help to identify a speeding scooter rider, who broke traffic laws then proceeded to speed into oncoming traffic.

February 18th, 2022
Vincentian sentenced to 7 months jail for illegal entry

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- St Vincent and the Grenadines native, Mr Allidain Bristol, 33, was earlier this week slapped with a seven-month custodial sentence for entering the [British] Virgin Islands illegally.

February 17th, 2022
Alcedo Tyson granted $200K bail after nearly 10 years behind bars

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- When Judge Richard Floyd opted to grant murder accused Alcedo Tyson aka 'Cedo' bail in the sum of $200,000 with two sureties and conditions, there were a number of factors that were considered, namely, that he was behind bars for nearly 10 years already, that he was not considered a flight risk and the prolonged delay in the re-trail by the Crown.

February 17th, 2022
CGB Police Station now called ‘CGB Hotel’ by D2 residents- Hon Turnbull

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Second District Representative in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly, Hon Melvin M. Turnbull has once again raised the issue of the constant closure of the Cane Garden Bay Police Station, sparking a clash with Commissioner of Police Mark Collins.

February 14th, 2022
18 chargeable offences; 4 scooters seized in police road operation

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A number of persons were booked and four scooters were seized when the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) carried out another operation aimed at targeting unlicenced and uninsured vehicle and scooters on Friday, February 11, 2022.

February 12th, 2022
Man reportedly goes berserk & smashes several vehicles with baton

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A baton-toting man suspected to be in a mentally ill state, reportedly went on a rampage and was caught on video smashing several vehicles with a baton this morning Saturday, February 12, 2022.

February 11th, 2022
Vincy man guilty of Illegal Entry to be sentenced on Valentine’s Day

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- St Vincent and the Grenadines national Allidain Bristol, 33, pleaded guilty to Illegal Entry when he appeared virtually before Magistrate Khadeen Palmer on Thursday, February 10, 2022.

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