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HM Customs makes drug bust @ Purcell facility
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the HM Customs Department of the Virgin Islands (VI) has reportedly uncovered a significant amount of cannabis at Port Purcell.
Kempes Nicholls, Mikhail Howe & David Baronville charged for burglary
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In response to a series of burglaries plaguing both residential dwellings and businesses in Road Town over the past two weeks, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has arrested and charged at least three persons.
UPDATE: Verne Forbes Jr charged for recent stabbing incident in SCB
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has said it has charged a man in relation to the stabbing incident in Sea Cows Bay on Sunday, November 19, 2023.
Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard expected to testify against ex-VI Premier Andrew A. Fahie
MIAMI, Florida, USA- Former BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard is expected to testify against former Premier of the [British] Virgin Islands Andrew A. Fahie when his trial starts in January 2024.
Kadeem S. Maynard gets 57 months in jail for cocaine smuggling conspiracy
MIAMI, Florida, USA- Kadeem S. Maynard, the son of former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard, was sentenced in a Miami court to 57 months in jail on Monday, November 20, 2023, for his role in a scheme to traffic cocaine from Colombia through the [British] Virgin Islands to the US mainland.
'This is the first time I really feel unsafe' in VI– Hon Marlon A. Penn
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Opposition legislator in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) says, as a result of crime, now is the first time he has really felt unsafe in the VI.
Essadro Jefferson found Not Guilty of attempting to murder David Springette
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Essadro Jefferson has been found not guilty of attempting to murder David Springette aka Mooney, now deceased, in 2016.
USVI man jailed for smuggling machine gun conversion kits
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— US Attorney for the [US] Virgin Islands Delia Smith on Thursday, November 9, 2023, announced that 33-year-old Princeton Jameson of St Croix has been sentenced to 38 months in prison. Attorney Smith confirmed that the sentence was handed down by Judge Wilma A. Lewis following Jameson's guilty plea for possession of a machine gun.
'We need [police] stop & search like crazy'- Cindy Rosan
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Tola Radio VI co-host Rosemary Cindy Rosan has called for increased stop-and-search operations by police in the Virgin Islands (VI) to deal with the territory's growing gun-related crimes.
I wouldn’t want VI’s ‘psycho’ police to have guns– Cindy Rosan
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Expressing concern at gun violence in the Virgin Islands (VI), Tola Radio 100.5 FM radio co-host Rosemary Cindy Rosan says although murders and crime continue to be a concern in the VI she would not want the local police to have guns, adding that some police officers are "psychos".
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