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2 held with $500K inside boat heading to East End
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) on Saturday, December 21, 2019 caught two men with half a million dollars in cash heading to East End, Tortola.
19-year-old charged for allegedly shooting 16-year-old near day care
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 19-year-old Huntums Ghut man, Deschon Hodge, allegedly fired multiple gunshots, injuring a 16-year-old male in the process, while parents were picking up their infants from a day care in Huntums Ghut, Tortola, in a heavily trafficked area last Tuesday, December 10, 2019.
Man steals $$ from tip jar to buy beer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo told a well-known beggar to go and sin no more after he was brought before the court for stealing beer money from a local restaurant on Wednesday, December 4, 2019.
Men in VG cocaine bust plead not guilty to drug charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Nickel Simon, Cryton Browne, Wilferedo Lopez Vargas and Hober Morillo Ybarbia, the men jointly with the importation of a controlled drug in one of the largest drug busts in recent times in the Territory, will be heading to trial.
Ousted legislator Myron V. Walwyn returns to courtroom
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The former controversial Education Minister under the National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration, Myron V. Walwyn who went from being one of the biggest election winners to the biggest loser at the polls, was spotted in the Magistrate’s Court today Tuesday, December 10, 2019, in his capacity as a defense attorney.
Preacher Carlton O'Neal found guilty of assaulting wife
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Local preacher Carlton O'Neal has been found guilty of assaulting his wife and the mother of his son, Jamaican national Shakesha O'Neal on March 22, 2019.
US national nearly loses hand in knife attack by Jamaican labourer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Kipp La’von Nesbitt, an executive chef from the United States, had to undergo surgery to save his hand after Prince A. Bambury allegedly attacked him following an altercation which occurred after Nesbitt bumped into him at a food van in Road Town, Tortola, on November 30, 2019.
‘I’m unemployed with three kids’- man found with drugs tells court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man caught with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis wants the court to be lenient on him during his sentencing because he is currently unemployed and has three children to maintain.
VG woman allegedly choked, kicked & grabbed weave of cousin- court hears
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Jhani Brown, the virtual complainant, testified that her cousin Kianna George- the defendant- allegedly assaulted her and inflicted actual bodily harm on her on August 4, 2018.
Trial for man accused of bribery by public official to restart after 'hiccup'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Wesley Legair testified before the Magistrate’s Court that he saw the money exchange between his former employer and Robert Swain, witnessed the meetings and the altercation between the two over monies owed to Swain by his employer.