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$20k bail for driver in 'bizarre' police chase
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The driver of a motorcar who led members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in a bizarre chase on the Blackburn Highway, Tortola, on May 9, 2020, was granted $20,000 bail after pleading guilty to all but one charge.
Newton hearing in Tambu Frett’s case to go on despite lawyer's opposition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite strong objection by defence attorney Mr E. Leroy Jones on behalf of his client, local Tambu Frett, the court will be proceeding to a Newton hearing.
‘I just got a ride’- Man found in vehicle with loaded firearm
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Vincentian Corey Butler, 33, claims he was hitching a lift with his friend, Guyanese Damian Hooper, 23, when police uncovered a loaded firearm beneath a mat where he occupied inside the vehicle on April 28, 2020.
$55k bail for men allegedly found with loaded firearm
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The two men jointly charged after police found a loaded firearm in the vehicle they were in during a routine traffic stop near the Road Town Roundabout on April 28, 2020 were both given bail when they made their first appearance at the Magistrate’s Court on May 4, 2020.
‘I am not going after the $$, I want the boat’- Acting DPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards has said under the Customs Management and Duties Act the dinghy used to smuggle US Virgin Islands (USVI) resident Bryan D. Bolan into the Virgin Islands (British) on April 3, 2020 by Tambu Frett, is liable to forfeiture.
Tambu Frett’s phone records implicate him in smuggling operations- Court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The sentencing for Tambu Frett, 37, of Little Dix Hill, East End, Tortola, was again postponed after the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs Tiffany R. Scatliffe-Esprit indicated that investigations by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have revealed he may be part of a smuggling operative.
8 mths jail for USVI man who entered VI illegally during curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “I could think of no dumber reason to break the laws of the Virgin Islands,” were some of the words uttered by Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards today, April 23, 2020, as she handed down custodial sentences and fines on Mr Bryan D. Bolan, who had pleaded guilty to Breach of Curfew and Illegal Entry on April 6, 2020.
Howard Hughes sentenced to 'time served' for Breach of Curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –Howard Hughes, 50, was today, April 22, 2020, sentenced to 10 days in jail for Breach of Curfew when he appeared before Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin.
22-yr-old local denied bail for E&B store robbery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- An unrepresented Shadrach Thompson, a 22-year-old native of the Virgin Islands, was remanded into custody when he made his first appearance, today, April 20, 2020, before Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin for robbing the E&B Convenience Store in Palestina Estate, Tortola.
T&T man fined $1000 for overstaying in VI; Was seeking work- Court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A national of Trinidad and Tobago has been fined $1000 for overstaying in the Virgin Islands.
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