Crime
2 in custody following Parham Town ganja plants bust
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Public Relations Officer of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Diane Drayton today June 26, 2015 confirmed that two people are in custody following a discovery of marijuana plants at a home in Parham Town.
JVD man allegedly admits to using 'weed' for 'breakfast, lunch & dinner'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Rubbie Pickering, 25, was brought before Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards today June 26, 2015 to answer a charge of possession of an unverified amount of marijuana.
High speed police chase ends in WE
WEST END, Tortola, VI - All eyes and attention were turned to what appeared to have been a high speed police chase that ended in West End shortly after 10:00am today, June 25, 2015.
UPDATE: Irene Mars found guilty of wounding father of her child
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – (Post Time: 4:30pm) Irene Mars, who was charged for allegedly wounding the father of her child with a knife during an altercation in March 2014, was today June 23, 2015 found guilty of unlawful and malicious wounding in the High Court of the Virgin Islands.
‘I want to see a local CoP in 6 months! – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Social and political commentator Edmund G. Maduro has raised his voice in protest against the occupation of the post of Commissioner of Police in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force by an expatriate from the United Kingdom and has made a call for this situation to be remedied.
Trafficking of ‘weed’ from USVI raises concerns for Senior Magistrate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The trafficking of illegal drugs from the US Virgin Islands (USVI) into the Virgin Islands is a growing concern for Senior Magistrate Ms Tamia N. Richards who insists it is an act punishable by law and the guilty must be dealt with accordingly.
USVI man brings ‘weed’ into VI to help him ‘relax’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When Thomas D. Mannix packed among his clothing and other personal belongings two packets of cannabis sativa (marijuana) to bring with him to the Virgin Islands, he thought he was only bringing his “necessaries” to use after a hard day’s work.
When the street becomes a prison
By Dickson Igwe
The objective of the series of narratives is to determine whether deviance and social dysfunction are a choice, or whether they are behaviours that are controlled by factors outside of the deviant’s or criminal’s control.
UPDATE: Police seek witnesses in Zion Hill accident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Police are seeking witnesses to a vehicle collision on May 3, 2015 on Zion Hill where a pedestrian Elliott Cameron received injuries, said a press release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force today June 18, 2015.
Nine shot dead at South Carolina church
BBC NEWS
Nine people have died in a shooting at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina.

