Gunman makes off with One Mart's cash
The incident allegedly occurred when the staff member hopped out of a vehicle at First Caribbean International Bank to do a night deposit when out of nowhere a person believed to be a male who was brandishing a hand gun accosted him. Photo: Internet source
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Informed and reliable sources close to the management of One Mart Supa Store have confirmed that a staff was robbed at gunpoint on Friday November 21, 2014 while attempting to make a night deposit.
The incident allegedly occurred when the staff member hopped out of a vehicle at CIBC First Caribbean International Bank to do a night deposit when out of nowhere a person believed to be a male who was brandishing a hand gun accosted him.
The gun-toting individual allegedly relieved the employee of the package of money and made good an escape, according to sources.
"We are pretty sure that person would be caught because there are many cameras around," said our source who asked not to be named and declined to divulge further information as they said they do not want to compromise the investigations.
This news site is awaiting further confirmation from the Public Relations Department of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
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30 Responses to “Gunman makes off with One Mart's cash”
NDP - maybe now that one of yours has been robbed, you will get up off your duffs and stop stuffing your pockets long enough to pass the gun legislation you promised us three years ago.
We hae to be the most stupid electorate out there to continually vote in both of these sets of clowns (NDP & VIP) - who promise the moon and give you less than dirt. And then when election rolls around more big talk and paved streets.
Do you think its a coincedence that road paving machines and an asphalt plant arrived now??? Let the road paving begin next year to continue to fool us dummies - you read it here first!
You want to get guns off the street? start by closing our borders! We don't make guns here...they are smuggled in. tighten up on our borders first.
then the police needs to do their jobs and start raiding known spots regularly.
Continue with the gun amnesty promotions as well as paying for guns that turned in.
Words on a piece of paper will do nothing!
Close the border? Take a look around moron, we are 60 islands surrounded by ocean. How exactly do you close the borders to get them locked tight to prevent the guns entering , especially when we are the sailing capital of the caribbean. fRankly I rather get the people who use the guns off the street and that isnt coming from the Coast guard. USVI has the US coast guard defending their borders and look at how many guns they have their genius.
If the guns come in, which they will if the person is inspired, they should be looked up and dealt with severely. Up to you we will have our borders tight as a drum with no gun law and still have robberies and shootings.
Wake up dumbo
A lone and unarmed employee, accompanied with his employer's bag of cash US currency after hours,making a deposit....."fo tru tru,"
Legislation couldn't have prevented this opportunistic farce.
I do agree though that efforts to keep campaign promises about gun control is
long overdue.