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RVIPF grappling with 33 unsolved murders
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Commissioner of Police Mr Micheal B. Matthews has said that of a total 68 homicides in the Virgin Islands since January of 2000, only 35 of those cases have been solved and brought before the courts.
US Tourist found dead on JvD; Police investigates
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI - Around 9:00 AM this morning, Tuesday, February 12, 2019, an American male age 47, was found unresponsive in a Villa on White Bay, Jost van Dyke.
Bartender shot to death in USVI bar
VI CONSORTIUM
CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix, USVI - A female bartender was shot to death in a downtown Christiansted, USVI bar on the night of Thursday, January 17, 2019, USVIPD Public Information Officer, Glen Dratte confirmed.
UPDATE: Latest shooting victim is 24-year-old Kareem Ettienne
FAHIE HILL, Tortola, VI: Our newsroom can now confirm that the most recent victim of gun violence on Tortola is 24-year-old Kareem Ettienne.
USVI police rule death of Lyana Serieux & sons as homicide
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— The cause of death of Lyana Serieux and her two young sons were determined to be homicide by the [US] Virgin Islands Medical Examiner on Tuesday August 8, 2017, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte confirmed to The Consortium Thursday, August 10, 2017.
UPDATE: Police seeking witnesses to gun play on Fort Hill
FORT HILL, Tortola, VI- Investigators of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have turned to the community to assist them with information regarding a shooting incident on Fort Hill on June 22, 2017.
UPDATE: Arrest made in relation to latest murder in East End
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At least one person has been arrested in relation to the murder of David Springette aka ‘Mooney’.
Springette was shot and killed in Fat Hogs Bay on June 21, 2017, bringing the number of homicide in the Virgin Islands to a record 7 in 6 months.
Mugshots of 'Persons of Interest' in USVI Watergut homicide revealed
VI Consortium
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST. Croix, USVI — The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department on Monday afternoon released the mugshots of two men the force is classifying as persons of interest in the Watergut homicide that occurred on Sunday.
Top Cop calls for calm; Premier is saddened over murders
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael Matthews is appealing for calm following the two brutal murders of two local men Alston Penn of East End and Ashburn A. Dawson of Carrot Bay, both from the main island of Tortola.
8 gun-related deaths in 2017 for STT following Home Depot shooting
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - A man was shot dead here near Home Depot in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Sunday night, February 12, 2017 [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced this morning, February 13, 2017.