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USVI: Adult student jailed, minors sent to juvenile court after assault on bus driver
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, ST Croix, USVI- Following a violent attack on a school bus driver that left him injured and resulted in significant damage to the vehicle, the [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) has swiftly arrested three students involved in the incident, including 18-year-old Caleave Nigel Mascall.
3 life sentences commuted in surprising move by Gov Bryan
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - In a series of major moves, Governor Albert Bryan has commuted the life sentences of three inmates. The trio, who had been incarcerated for offenses ranging from unauthorized firearm use to murder, have all shown significant commitment to self-improvement and reform, according to Government House.
USVI business owners who don't pay taxes will be jailed- Gov Albert A. Bryan Jr
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Governor of the US Virgin Islands (USVI) Albert A. Bryan Jr has said business owners who fail to pay their taxes will be sent to jail.
Vincentian sentenced to 7 months jail for illegal entry
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- St Vincent and the Grenadines native, Mr Allidain Bristol, 33, was earlier this week slapped with a seven-month custodial sentence for entering the [British] Virgin Islands illegally.
‘We in Virgin Islands not immune to racism'- Dr Wheatley
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on the Virgin Islands to stand together with the global movement against racism and police brutality, adding that the Territory is not immune to it.
Youth who broke curfew to buy weed jailed for 2 mths
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite his passionate plea for a non-custodial sentence, stating that he wanted to spend an upcoming birthday with his infant child, Nikolai Brathwaite was sentenced to two months at Her Majesty’s Prison for ‘Breach of Curfew.’
8 years jail for Trini man who raped friend’s stepdaughter
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Security guard Andre Stedman, the 56-year-old Trinidadian accused of raping his friend’s stepdaughter about two years ago, has been sentenced to 8 years imprisonment at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut, Tortola.
Man gets 15 years for robbery, attempted murder
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. THOMAS, USVI - Fifteen years behind bars was the sentence handed down on Jahani Joseph who shot a man seven times while robbing him in the area of Hospital Ground almost three years ago, the USVI Department of Justice, Public Media Officer Corliss Smithen has announced.
Glenville Callwood goes to jail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When he begged senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards for leniency on the premise that he ‘had changed his life’ after being ‘young and stupid’ Glenville Callwood did not walk out the court room with just a fine to pay and/or some order to attend counselling or do community service. He was slapped with sentences amounting to two years and four months, prison time.
Stop putting people in jail for marijuana- Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At least one talk show host in the Virgin Islands (VI) is not too impressed with the partnership between the Social Development Department and Comprehensive Security Solutions Incorporated to develop an Electronic Monitoring Pilot Programme, which includes the use of an ankle monitoring bracelet for the enhanced supervision and monitoring of offenders.
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