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Paraquita Bay shooter 'not deserving of our trust & protection'- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has condemned the recent crimes and killings in the territory, an issue compounded with the latest fatal shooting of Paraquita Bay resident, Catherine Pickering during a robbery on April 18, 2021.
Child injured as father goes berserk
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A child on Tortola received injuries and had to be taken to Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital for treatment after their father went berserk and broke a glass door last Saturday, March 27, 2021. The man also allegedly threatened to kill police and commit suicide, according to reports reaching our newsroom.
Police needs more public support to solve crimes – Top CoP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commissioner of Police Mr Michael B. Matthews has called for more public support to solve high-profile crimes in the Virgin Islands, the latest being the shooting death of Deverson Williams, a national of St Vincent and the Grenadines on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.
Man gunned down in Fish Bay is Deverson Williams
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) can now confirm that the man gunned down in broad daylight at Fish Bay, Tortola, today, March 16, 2021, has been identified as Deverson Williams, a national of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
'I don’t understand how our community has stayed so quiet'- CoP Matthews
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Three years plus since 11-year-old Trinity A. Moses met her death, along with Franklyn E. Penn at West End road, outgoing Commissioner of Police Mr Michael B. Matthews has expressed his disbelief with the silence of the community over the crime.
USVI man sentenced to 35 years for murder of church deacon
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- - The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Justice has announced that 22-year Avondale A. George, Jr was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his conviction of murder, assault, and robbery charges for the brutal 2015 murder of 73-year-old Augustus Bannis in the vicinity of David Hamilton Jackson Park on St Croix.
Hundreds take part in candlelight vigil for Everton McMaster
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Hundreds of residents took part in a candlelight vigil for the late Mr Everton McMaster on Sunday, November 15, 2020, at the crime scene in Baughers Bay, Tortola.
US man who brutally murdered St Croix teen in 1994 to be executed
VI CONSORTIUM
Attorney General William P. Barr on September 30, 2020, directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the execution of Orlando Cordia Hall, who was sentenced to death after kidnapping, raping, and murdering a 16-year-old girl from St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) in 1994.
Royden Sebastian remanded to HMP on murder charge
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin has remanded Royden Sebastian, 37, of Free Bottom to Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut for the murder of George Burrows.
Ex-Convict Royden Sebastian charged for murder of George Burrows
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has reported it has charged one person in relation to the murder of George Burrows.