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Senior prison officer charged for alleged indecent assault
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Acting Deputy Superintendent of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut, Alexander Mills, a 63-year-old St Kitts native who resides at Joe’s Hill, Tortola, is currently under investigation for alleged indecent assault.
VI back to 1 active COVID-19 case - Hon Malone
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands is back to 1 active COVID-19 case, confirmed in an incoming passenger on day 4 of mandatory quarantine, according to Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) on VIP’s Let's Talk radio programme on ZBVI 780AM on March 2, 2021.
11 shot, 4 dead in separate shootings in USVI
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Eleven people were shot and four are dead following three violent incidents on St Croix between Saturday night and the wee hours of Sunday morning, February 28, 2021, all of which were said to be separate, unrelated occurrences.
Suspected intoxicated man leaps from moving police vehicle, tased
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Police have arrested a man who was suspected to be intoxicated while the driver of a vehicle involved in a 2-vehicle accident at Brandywine Bay on Friday evening, February 26, 2021.
Police shut down all-day brunch for breaking COVID-19 rules
WEST END, Tortola, VI - Officers at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have today, February 27, 2021, shut down a crowded brunch event on the Western End of Tortola, after it was found that the event breached COVID-19 restrictions.
Serious matters will proceed despite request for discontinuance – ODPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has warned residents of the [British] Virgin Islands that if a criminal matter is deemed to be serious, the case will still proceed before the court of law despite requests for it to be discontinued.
Treat firearms like a ‘deadly virus’- Acting DCP Jacqueline E. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jacqueline E. Vanterpool is inviting the public to join the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in its ‘Clean the Streets’ Operation to rid the territory of illegal firearms.
Long Trench woman charged for being armed with offensive weapon, assault
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A woman from Long Trench was among the persons arrested and charged during the period February 7 to February 2021, after she was allegedly armed with an offensive weapon, according to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Arrest Blotter.
Burglars take laptop, $$ from St George's Primary School
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Burglars are now going to schools, albeit not to learn, as St George’s Primary School in Road Town was the second school burglarised recently.
'No effort must be spared in strengthening our security'- Gov Rankin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Excellency, Governor John J. Rankin, CMG, has spoken out on the recent murders in the territory, stating that everything must be done to strengthen the security of these islands.
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