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January 12th, 2022
Security guard charged with assaulting bar employee

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police yesterday, January 11, 2022, formally charged Keithley Liburd, 47, of Lower Estate with assaulting a female employee of a bar in Purcell Estate.

January 9th, 2022
VI boatman held in USVI for failing to comply with CBP stop order

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A [British] Virgin Islands (VI) national was arrested on December 28, 2021, in St Thomas on a criminal charge related to his failure to stop his vessel when ordered to do so by United States Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine (CBP-AMO) agents.

December 8th, 2021
Man who escaped HMP following Hurricane Irma recaptured

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force yesterday, December 7, 2021, arrested and charged Jose Almestica, 33, for escaping lawful custody.

November 14th, 2021
83-year-old USVI hotel owner arrested for allegedly groping guest

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- An 83-year-old businessman on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) has been charged with unlawful sexual contact, simple assault and disturbance of the peace.

October 12th, 2021
Burglar caught red-handed by police on patrol in EE

EAST END, Tortola, VI – East End Police apprehended a burglar just after he entered a business establishment in the James Young area while the officers were on early morning patrol, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has said.

September 29th, 2021
UPDATE: Prison officers Mark Kendall & Sharlene Maduro charged

BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed Virgin Islands News Online’s first and accurate story about two prison officers being arrested as investigations continue into the murder of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) inmate Nickail Chambers in May 2021.

September 19th, 2021
2 wanted persons arrested following raid by Joint Task Force on VG

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Three summonses have been issued for immigration-related offences and two persons were arrested and charged for unrelated matters following a recent successful operation by the Joint Task Force on Virgin Gorda.

August 23rd, 2021
UPDATE: St Kitts native charged for pulling gun on police

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The armed scooter rider who was taken into custody last Thursday, August 19, 2021, was released from Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital and has now been charged in relation to the armed confrontation with police.

August 8th, 2021
Arrest made in 'attempted assassination' of SVG PM Ralph E. Gonsalves

KINGSTON, St Vincent & The Grenadines- Police in St Vincent and the Grenadines have made an arrest in the assault and "attempted assassination" of the country’s Prime Minister, Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves.

July 18th, 2021
Vincy man arrested after package containing marijuana shipped to him

PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI- A national of St Vincent and the Grenadines residing at Parham Town, Tortola, was arrested and charged on July 16, 2021, after a package containing marijuana was allegedly shipped to him.

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