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Students debating team from Anegada falls victim to burglary on Tortola
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Students and teachers of the debating team of the Claudia Creque Educational Centre in Anegada had little time to celebrate their success at the preliminary round of the Inter Schools Debating Competition on Tortola on Monday, January 27, 2020, as they fell victim to burglary during the night.
Burglars hit Bobby's Supermarket; Cart of $$ from safe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information just reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that burglars entered Bobby's Marketplace on DeCastro Street, Tortola, in the wee hours of January 24, 2020 and made off with cash.
STT man nabbed for burglary, unauthorized vehicle use
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ST. THOMAS, USVI — Matthew Brafford, age 34 of no fixed address, was arrested on Monday at about 10:45 a.m. and charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and third-degree burglary in two separate incidents, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima has announced.
Man accuses police of pinning burglary on him based on previous conviction
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Sidney V. Malone accused the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) of pinning two counts of burglary on him because of his previous similar run-ins with the law.
Man wanted in US for burglary arrested in USVI for shoplifting
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man wanted in Florida on several burglary charges was detained on Saturday, September 21, 2019 by security employees at the Petrus Plaza after he was seen on the establishment’s security cameras shoplifting, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer in the St Thomas-St John District, Karl Caesar, has announced.
Wilbert Pickering remanded for Burglary
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Parham Town man, who is no stranger to Her Majesty’s Prison at Balsam Ghut, was remanded for Burglary recently.
Australian arrested for failing to declare monies to Customs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 64 year old native of Australia was on August 31, 2019 arrested and charged for Failure to Declare Monies to Customs, Untrue Declaration and Engagement in Smuggling.
UPDATE: Tyrone George recaptured
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Our senior sources at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut have indicated that Mr Tyrone George has been recaptured.
Teen charged with four counts of burglary
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Officers of the Criminal Investigations Department have charged Rockey Haripershad, 18, with burglarizing three businesses and attempted to burgle a fourth within close proximity to his place of residence in Purcell Estate.
USVI man pleads guilty to Alvaro de Lugo Post Office burglary
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Allen Springette, 45, of St Thomas, pleaded guilty today June 14. 2018, in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to burglary of the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Sentencing is set for October 18, 2018.