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‘Officers entitled by law to use reasonable force as necessary- CoP Matthews
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following recent allegations of the use of excessive force by ranks of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) during arrests, Commissioner of Police, Michael B. Matthews has again defended his officers.
USVI police searching for men who forced cat to smoke marijuana
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) is seeking the community's assistance to identify and locate two men who were seen on video forcing a cat to smoke marijuana, according to police spokesman Toby Derima.
Police investigating alleged attempted rape of 17-year-old girl
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Investigators of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are said to be probing an alleged attempt of rape on a teenaged girl by a man whom she had regarded as a ‘friend’ for over a year.
UPDATE: T’Quan Bodkin & Kenaz Hazel allegedly found with loaded firearm
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) first and accurately reported that two persons were recently held on separate occasions for possession of firearm, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has since released the names of the arrested men.
Record-breaking HoA prorogued!
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- His Excellency the Governor, Mr Augustus J. U. Jaspert, acting in accordance with the advice of the Premier, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has prorogued the House of Assembly effective Friday, October 2, 2020, until such a time a new session is appointed.
Full term pregnant woman among VZ nationals remanded on drug & firearm charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A woman who is in her full term of pregnancy was among six Venezuelans remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) on charges relating to drugs and illegal entry following their appearance before Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin today, Thursday, October 1, 2020.
UPDATE: 4 Venezuelans charged for gun, ammo & drugs find
ANDERSON HILL, Tortola, VI- Four Venezuelans have been charged for the gun, ammunition and drugs bust by law enforcement authorities while executing warrants at several properties in the Anderson Hill area on Sunday morning, September 27, 2020.
Loaded gun found @ Bar in ‘The Ghetto’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A loaded firearm has been taken off the streets of the Virgin Islands, thanks to persistence of officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), who were responding to reports of someone carrying a firearm in the area of Road Town referred to as ‘The Ghetto’.
Trial starts for USVI man caught with bag of jewellery days after Irma
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A nine-member jury is expected to decide whether a man from St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) found carrying a number of gold and silver jewellery after three jewellery stores in Road Town were looted after Hurricane Irma, is guilty or not.
VIDEO: Did police use excessive force on man accused of traffic violation?
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- On the heels of a brawl between a young man and a police officer at a store in Pasea Estate on Friday, September 25, 2020, a video has surfaced of a struggle between a young man and two male officers in the Threadfall Estate area of Tortola on September 27, 2020.
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