Crime
UPDATE: Padded invoices, lavish trips, bribes- Current & fmr USVI officials charged
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- On Friday morning, January 10, 2025, Commissioner of Sports, Parks and Recreation Calvert White walked into the District Court's St Thomas courtroom. So did Jenifer O'Neal, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, Ray Martinez, former commissioner of the Virgin Islands Police Department, and Benjamin Hendricks, owner of A Clean Environment, which does business with the government.
UPDATE: Paul M. Jack arrested for series of VG buglaries & other crimes
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI—The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed the arrest of Paul M. Jack, who was wanted for a string of burglaries and other crimes in Virgin Gorda.
Police officer charged for security breach during planned operation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A police officer has been charged for the alleged unauthorised disclosure of sensitive information that led to a planned police operation failing last year.
Drive-by shooting in the Sage Mountain area on Tortola
SAGE MOUNTAIN, Tortola, VI- Information reaching our news desk from law enforcement sources is that on Saturday, January 4, 2025, there was a drive-by shooting in the area between Sage Mountain and Windy Hill on the main island of Tortola.
USVI: 2 police officers shot while responding to domestic violence incident
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- A domestic violence situation in Lorraine Village escalated into gunfire on Sunday night, January 5, 2025, resulting in the death of a shooter and injuries to two police officers. US [VI] Police Department officials detailed the tense events and issued stern warnings to the public following the incident.
USVI: Fatal shooting in Bovoni marks first homicide for 2025
VI CONSORTIUM
BOVONI, St. Thomas, USVI- Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Saturday evening in the Bovoni area of St. Thomas — the first homicide in the USVI for 2025.
Govt calls State of Emergency
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GUARDIAN
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago- The three-month State of Emergency instituted in T&T from Tuesday, December 31, 2024, to deal with the threat to public safety from gangs’ reprisal attacks, will not have a curfew or certain other features like previous SoEs.
Woman attacked & robbed @ knife-point in Greenland
GREENLAND, Tortola, VI- Police are said to be investigating a knife-point robbery that occured on the eastern end of Tortola in the late night hours of December 30, 2024.
USVI: Christmas morning break-ins lead to arrest in St. John
CHOCOLATE HOLE, St. John, USVI- A man whose criminal charges keep getting dismissed in plea agreements has been arrested yet again for burglary.
USVI: Man arrested for gunfire incident near St. Thomas Community Center
VI CONSORTIUM
HOSPITAL GROUND, St. Thomas, USVI- A man suspected of being behind a September gunfire incident in the Hospital Ground area has been arrested and charged with several firearm offenses.