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February 18th, 2022
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.

February 11th, 2022
Vincy man guilty of Illegal Entry to be sentenced on Valentine’s Day

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- St Vincent and the Grenadines national Allidain Bristol, 33, pleaded guilty to Illegal Entry when he appeared virtually before Magistrate Khadeen Palmer on Thursday, February 10, 2022.

January 26th, 2022
Towers fire: Alexander Jarvis charged with 2 counts of arson; denied bail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Bail has been denied for Virgin Islander, 30-year-old Alexander Jarvis aka 'Bope', for his alleged involvement in the fire that destroyed an auto repair garage and a dwelling home at Towers, on the main island of Tortola, on January 19, 2022.

December 10th, 2021
Clifton Stoutt charged with burglarising Island Sizzle

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man from Baughers Bay on Tortola has been charged for burglarising Island Sizzle, which is also situated in the Baughers Bay community.

December 10th, 2021
Recaptured fugitive & girlfriend remanded to HMP

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Recaptured fugitive Jose Almestica of the US Virgin Islands and his girlfriend, Sea Cows Bay resident Jennifer Smith, were both ordered to be remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut following their virtual court appearance before Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards on Thursday, December 9, 2021.

November 17th, 2021
‘Bumpy’ accused of beating girlfriend, damaging her weave

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mr Travis Osborne aka 'Bumpy' has been accused in the Magistrate's Court of beating his visiting girlfriend, Lalique Lockhart of St Croix, US Virgin Islands (VI), and causing her actual bodily harm, allegedly after she spoke to a man at the Deuces Nightclub on November 14, 2021.

November 9th, 2021
Jamaican & Guyanese found with loaded gun granted $50k bail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Khadeen Palmer granted $50,000 signed bail to David Cummings and Lynette Sommersell, both non-nationals because she felt that they have been living in the Virgin Islands in excess of 20 years with no previous convictions and she could see no reason for them to flee the jurisdiction.

November 9th, 2021
UPDATE: RVIPF officer accused of colluding with murder suspect

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Dominican native, and long-serving member of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Sergeant Lenroy Samuel has been accused of breaching the RVIPF’s trust by making a phone call that later allegedly led to the removal of a cellular phone belonging to a murder suspect in the shooting death of Mr Everton McMaster Jr in Baughers Bay.

November 4th, 2021
Jamaican & Guyanese held for alleged firearm possession

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Officers of the Armed Response Team uncovered a loaded firearm from a vehicle that was stopped in the Road Town area during police operations early Wednesday morning, November 3, 2021.

November 4th, 2021
SVG man living illegally in VI commits various traffic offences

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 42-year-old man from St Vincent and the Grenadines was caught committing various traffic violations while living in the Virgin Islands illegally since 2019.

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