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8 years jail for Trini man who raped friend’s stepdaughter
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Security guard Andre Stedman, the 56-year-old Trinidadian accused of raping his friend’s stepdaughter about two years ago, has been sentenced to 8 years imprisonment at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut, Tortola.
St John man sentenced to 25 years for 2012 murder
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BELLE VUE, St John, USVI — US Virgin Islands (USVI) Superior Court Judge Michael C. Dunston sentenced Ralph Titre to 25 years in prison for the 2012 murder of Tiny Jah Jarvis, the USVI Department of Justice Public Media Officer Corliss Smithen announced Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
USVI man gets 15 years without parole for gun possession
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Fifteen years without parole was the punishment meted out to Mario Emanuel for gun possession, [US] Virgin Islands Department of Justice Public Media Officer Corliss Smithen announced on March 6, 2017.
USVI man jailed after setting ablaze vehicle of female victim
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A man who pleaded guilty to arson was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections on Tuesday March 1, 2017 to begin serving his six-month prison term, [US] Virgin Islands Department of Justice Public Media Officer Corliss Smithen has announced.
STT man sentenced to 6 months for assaulting police officer
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A judge sentenced Kiplin Chalwell to six months in prison for attacking and assaulting two men – one of them a police officer – about five months ago, the [US] Virgin Islands Department of Justice announced Friday, December 16, 2016.
USVI man facing 10 years, $250,000 fine for firearm possession
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Karim Woodley, 39, of St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI), was arraigned on October 25, 2016 before U.S. Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon after being charged in a three-count information with possession of a firearm by felon, possession of a firearm near a school and unauthorised firearm possession, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
USVI man who raped 13-year-old boy sentenced to 13 years in jail
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man who raped a 13-year-old child a little more than a year ago has been sentenced to 13 years behind bars, the [US] Virgin islands Department of Justice announced on September 12, 2016.
Turning hippocratic oath into hypocrites come forth
By Alred C. Frett
Perhaps your own Answers are wiser than you think:
Over the years I have fought many Battles alone and Persons continue to ask why struggle against Forces so much bigger than I?… The answer would be easy since all my Battles have been on behalf of others when no one seems to care. But you already know that so let’s change the script and have you answer some questions that may better reveal your need for or against the struggle.
Jamaican Dancehall Star Vybz Kartel Sentenced to Life in Prison
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Dancehall star Vybz Kartel was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Jamaican court on Thursday.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Doyle D. Guishard
By Cathy O. O. Richards
There is no problem that you may have with your computer that he cannot fix; he is a computer technician. Put to drive or operate any heavy earth moving equipment; he is a heavy duty vehicle skilled operator/driver. He sings, writes his own music, does his own video recording and editing; he is an artist, he puts together websites; he is a webmaster.