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UPDATE: Ex-prison officer fined heavily for phone smuggling & beating gf
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Former prison officer Steve Morton was fined heavily when his sentence was handed down yesterday, February 11, 2014 by Magistrate Dr Velon L. John for various offences.
Magistrate places interdicted prison officer Steve Morton on curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Prison Officer Steve Morton, who has been relieved of his duties pending the outcome of several matters pending against him in the Magistrate’s Court, was placed under strict curfew and the watchful eyes of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) at Virgin Gorda when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards yesterday, November 28, 2013.
UPDATE: Fmr prison officer Morton has case to answer - Magistrate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards has ruled that former Prison Officer, Steve Morton does indeed have a case to answer before the court and has thrown out a no case submission made by the defence.
Police Arrest Blotter
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The following is the arrest blotter from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force from October 28 to November 3, 2012.
UPDATE: Prison officer allegedly smuggled phone into HM Prison for $70
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Prison Officer Steve Morton, 37, was today November 2, 2012 placed before the Magistrate’s court with charges of breach of trust by a public official and abuse of office.
Officer who allegedly punches inmate likely for trial July 20
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – An officer accused of punching a juvenile inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison until he was rendered unconscious, has to re-appear in the Magistrate’s Court on July 20, 2012 when his trial is likely to commence.