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Crime

March 31st, 2025
HMP inmate Shakeel Ryan allegedly stabs prison officer

BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Sometime after 1:00 PM yesterday, Sunday, March 30, 2025, there was an altercation at His Majesty Prison in Balsam Ghut on the main island of Tortola.

March 29th, 2025
US national arrested @ airport, single round of ammo found in luggage

TRELLIS BAY, Beef Islands, VI- A national of the United States was arrested following ammunition being found in his luggage at the Terrence B. Lettsome International Airport.

March 29th, 2025
Premier to lead the charge for the strengthening of gun laws

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said he will personally champion the strengthening of the Virgin Islands (VI) gun laws.

March 28th, 2025
Glock pistol & 41 rounds of ammo seized; 8 taken into custody

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), on Wednesday, March 25, 2025, conducted search operations at five properties linked to suspects in recent armed robberies.

March 27th, 2025
Guns entering USVI via airports & mail- Police Commissioner reveals

VI CONSORTIUM

CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI- Police Commissioner Mario M. Brooks on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, dispelled long-held rumors that guns pouring into the US Virgin Islands were coming from large containers by sea freight. Speaking during WTJX's town hall on crime, Mr Brooks revealed that the weapons were being brought in by US Virgin Islanders.

March 25th, 2025
Drew Farrell charged for fatal stabbing of Rasheel T. Alexander on VG

GUN CREEK, Virgin Gorda, VI- A 42-year-old man has been charged in relation to the fatal stabbing of 27-year-old Rasheel Thomas Alexander at Gun Creek, Virgin Gorda on March 20, 2025.

March 22nd, 2025
Akim Stevens charged with Burglary & Attempted Burglary

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Investigations into a series of burglaries and attempted burglaries in the Diamond Estate, Spooners Estate, and Anderson Estate areas have resulted in the arrest of Akim Stevens.

March 22nd, 2025
Kurt Rabsatt charged with series of East End burglaries

EAST END, Tortola, VI- A thirty-nine-year-old man of Old Plantation has been arrested and charged with Burglary in connection with a series of burglaries in the East End area.

March 21st, 2025
Premier implores VI youth to 'turn away from a life of crime & violence'

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on the young people of the Virgin Islands (VI) to turn away from a life of crime and violence.

March 21st, 2025
Man fatally stabbed in VG identified as Rasheel T. Alexander

GUN CREEK, Tortola, VI- The man who died after being stabbed during an altercation in Gun Creek, Virgin Gorda on March 20, 2025, has been identified as Rasheel Thomas Alexander, 27, of Virgin Gorda.

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