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UPDATE: RVIPF Officer charged with indecent assault of minor
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A police Officer attached to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has been officially charged for Indecent Assault of a minor according to information coming out of the force.
Gov't looking into building detention centre for illegal immigrants - Hon Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) said the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) will be exploring the possibilities of building a detention centre for illegal immigrants who enter the territory, given the issue of migration continues to be a serious problem.
Male reportedly injured following Long Look shooting
LONG LOOK, TORTOLA, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that one male has reportedly been injured following a shooting incident in Long Look, Tortola, VI.
USVI man charged for alleged Rape & Unlawful Sexual Contact
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Bail has been set for a man charged with first-degree rape and first-degree unlawful sexual contact for an alleged incident that is said to have occurred in the US Virgin Islands (US) on July 31, 2021.
Balsam Ghut man charged for attempting to choke; threatening to kill
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Police have charged a man for attempting to choke and threatening to kill.
‘Bumpy’ accused of beating girlfriend, damaging her weave
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mr Travis Osborne aka 'Bumpy' has been accused in the Magistrate's Court of beating his visiting girlfriend, Lalique Lockhart of St Croix, US Virgin Islands (VI), and causing her actual bodily harm, allegedly after she spoke to a man at the Deuces Nightclub on November 14, 2021.
Boyfriend of UK woman who went missing in USVI is spotted in Grenada
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Those interested in keeping tabs on the whereabouts of Ryan Bane, the man who is the last person known to have seen UK national Sarm Heslop before she disappeared off the coast of St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) thought they had finally tracked him down after he sailed out of USVI waters and off the radar for months since Heslop’s disappearance in early March 2021.
Persons in VI have been threatened by scammers demanding $$- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has been receiving complaints from the public about fraudulent requests from unknown individuals demanding monies.
83-year-old USVI hotel owner arrested for allegedly groping guest
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- An 83-year-old businessman on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) has been charged with unlawful sexual contact, simple assault and disturbance of the peace.
Jamaican & Guyanese found with loaded gun granted $50k bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Khadeen Palmer granted $50,000 signed bail to David Cummings and Lynette Sommersell, both non-nationals because she felt that they have been living in the Virgin Islands in excess of 20 years with no previous convictions and she could see no reason for them to flee the jurisdiction.
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