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Crime

December 27th, 2023
Five shot @ gospel event in Jamaica

JAMAICA OBSERVER

MANCHESTER, Jamaica – Five people, including a woman, were shot during an attack at a gospel concert and fun day event in Christiana in Manchester on Tuesday night.

December 27th, 2023
Mysterious ‘Tattoo’ & ‘R.S.’ figures surface in Fahie court case

MIAMI, Florida, USA – New aliases have been added to the list of unnamed, uncharged figures in relation to the upcoming drug smuggling and money laundering trial of former Virgin Islands Premier Andrew A. Fahie, as prosecutors and defense attorneys shared details.

December 14th, 2023
Nottingham Estate woman charged with 16 counts of theft & 1 count of forgery

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Officers of the Criminal Investigations Department have charged one female for theft following a report and what the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has described as a "comprehensive investigation".

December 8th, 2023
RVIPF clamping down on unlicensed & uninsured motorists in December

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is reminding the motoring public that it is illegal to operate a vehicle that is unlicensed and uninsured on any public road.

December 5th, 2023
HM Customs makes drug bust @ Purcell facility

PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the HM Customs Department of the Virgin Islands (VI) has reportedly uncovered a significant amount of cannabis at Port Purcell.

December 1st, 2023
Kempes Nicholls, Mikhail Howe & David Baronville charged for burglary

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In response to a series of burglaries plaguing both residential dwellings and businesses in Road Town over the past two weeks, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has arrested and charged at least three persons.

December 1st, 2023
UPDATE: Verne Forbes Jr charged for recent stabbing incident in SCB

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has said it has charged a man in relation to the stabbing incident in Sea Cows Bay on Sunday, November 19, 2023.

November 28th, 2023
Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard expected to testify against ex-VI Premier Andrew A. Fahie

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Former BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard is expected to testify against former Premier of the [British] Virgin Islands Andrew A. Fahie when his trial starts in January 2024.

November 21st, 2023
Kadeem S. Maynard gets 57 months in jail for cocaine smuggling conspiracy

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Kadeem S. Maynard, the son of former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard, was sentenced in a Miami court to 57 months in jail on Monday, November 20, 2023, for his role in a scheme to traffic cocaine from Colombia through the [British] Virgin Islands to the US mainland.

November 20th, 2023
'This is the first time I really feel unsafe' in VI– Hon Marlon A. Penn

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Opposition legislator in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) says, as a result of crime, now is the first time he has really felt unsafe in the VI.

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