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July 7th, 2020
VG landlord guilty of damaging tenant's washing machine & car windshield

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Virgin Gorda landlord was found guilty of a 2012 matter where he reportedly destroyed a washing machine and a car windshield of one of his tenants.

July 6th, 2020
Ex-educator found guilty of cannabis & ammo possession; Fined $4K

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo found an ex-educator guilty of having more than 100 grams of cannabis and possession of ammunition over six years ago.

May 12th, 2020
$20k bail for driver in 'bizarre' police chase

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The driver of a motorcar who led members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in a bizarre chase on the Blackburn Highway, Tortola, on May 9, 2020, was granted $20,000 bail after pleading guilty to all but one charge.

April 23rd, 2020
Youth who broke curfew to buy weed jailed for 2 mths

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite his passionate plea for a non-custodial sentence, stating that he wanted to spend an upcoming birthday with his infant child, Nikolai Brathwaite was sentenced to two months at Her Majesty’s Prison for ‘Breach of Curfew.’

April 20th, 2020
T&T man fined $1000 for overstaying in VI; Was seeking work- Court

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A national of Trinidad and Tobago has been fined $1000 for overstaying in the Virgin Islands.

April 7th, 2020
UPDATE: Frett & Bolan to be quarantined before sentencing

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards has ordered that Tambu Frett and Bryan D. Bolan, the men found entering the Virgin Islands while the borders were closed and a curfew in place on Friday, April 3, 2020, be placed in quarantine and returned to court until Thursday, April 23, 2020 for sentencing.

March 20th, 2020
Sentencing stalled for 2 men found with undeclared $$ @ TB Lettsome Airport

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two men caught with a quantity of undeclared cash at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport at Beef Island on separate occasions earlier this month, have both admitted to the offence by pleading guilty in the Magistrate's Court.

March 5th, 2020
Woman guilty of ramming man with vehicle, & breaking his ankle

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A jury panel returned with a guilty verdict for Josiah’s Bay resident Isabella Merton after she allegedly rammed a man with her vehicle and broke his ankle.

January 21st, 2020
Local preacher Carlton O'Neal fined $1000 for assaulting wife

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo fined local preacher Carlton O'Neal $1,000, which he has to pay by January 31, 2020 or spend two months at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut.

December 10th, 2019
Preacher Carlton O'Neal found guilty of assaulting wife

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Local preacher Carlton O'Neal has been found guilty of assaulting his wife and the mother of his son, Jamaican national Shakesha O'Neal on March 22, 2019.

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