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November 20th, 2023
'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.

February 21st, 2023
'Help us to restore calm'- CoP Mark Collins

ROAD TOWN, Tortola,VI – Commissioner of Police Mark Collins is asking for the public’s help in ending the rise in violence marked by the recent spate of firearm incidents around the Territory.

February 7th, 2022
Christian Council condemns recent fatal shootings

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Christian Council (BVICC) has condemned the recent fatal shootings in the Virgin Islands, including the murder of a young man in broad daylight in Cappoons Bay on January 30, 2022.

July 28th, 2020
Who killed Lovell Parker, Aaron Erickson & Winston Olliverre?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is seeking the public’s assistance to solve three murders that occurred in July of 2008.

December 27th, 2019
5 die in 5 days in STT shootings

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A wave of shootings in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) that started on Saturday, December 21, 2019, continued into Christmas Day and left a total of five men dead, the [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) has confirmed.

November 1st, 2019
RVIPF pleads with public to help solve October 2018 murders

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is pledging confidentiality as it solicits the assistance from members of the public with information that would lead them to apprehend the killers in two unsolved murders and an attempted murder which occurred in October 2018.

November 27th, 2017
Purcell Estate residents report hearing 'loud gunshot’

Purcell Estate, Tortola, VI - Sometime Saturday November 25, 2017, a “loud bang” was reportedly heard in the area of Purcell Estate, on the main island of Tortola.

November 25th, 2017
Support the police to 'stomp out crime' in VI- Hon Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On the heels of the three recent shootings in the territory, Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party Honourable Andrew A Fahie (R1) has shared his displeasure at the criminal acts and his sympathy for those bereaved.

July 3rd, 2017
‘US’ type gang culture present in VI – CoP Matthews

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The incidents of fatal shootings in the territory as of recent times are linked to gang rivalry, which Commissioner of Police, Michael Matthews, attributes to a ‘US’ type gang culture now present in the [British] Virgin Islands. He added that the rivalries are mainly linked to drugs and guns.

June 22nd, 2017
‘Bring back death penalty’- E. G. Maduro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Recently there has been a series of fatal shootings and armed robberies in the Territory with hardly anyone being brought to justice.

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