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July 25th, 2019
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.

February 12th, 2019
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.

January 19th, 2019
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.

October 23rd, 2018
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.

August 11th, 2017
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.

June 23rd, 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.

June 22nd, 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.

June 5th, 2017
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.

March 13th, 2017
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.

February 13th, 2017
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.

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