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September 1st, 2020
Erickson hid for 7 months, travelled to Anguilla, escaped arrest 3 times- Court

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- During the court hearing for Nyron Erickson on Monday, August 31, 2020, it was stated by the prosecution that the accused hid from police for approximately seven months, travelled to Anguilla and escaped arrest three times with the help of friends.

August 31st, 2020
UPDATE: Dominican pleads guilty to beating wife; Granted $40k bail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- James Alexander, the Dominica national who dreamt his wife was cheating on him and used a toy gun to assault her at their Virgin Gorda home, has pleaded guilty to the offence.

August 19th, 2020
$30K bail for Parham Town man found with unlicensed firearm

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A resident of Parham Town, East End, Tortola, was granted bail when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court recently on a firearm charge.

August 14th, 2020
Arrests made for Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Drug

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Arrests were recently made Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Drug, according to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in its Arrest Blotter for the period July 19 to August 8, 2020.

July 22nd, 2020
Tenant found not guilty of using threatening language, assaulting ‘powerful’ landlord

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A St Vincent national, who had testified that her landlady fabricated a story on her and claimed to have power over the police because she was a Skelton and a relative of the former Minister for Health and Social Development, Mr Ronnie W. Skelton, has been found not guilty of all the charges laid against her.

July 17th, 2020
DR woman to spend 4 months @ HMP; Fined $1K for Illegal Entry

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo today, July, 17, 2020, sentenced Ingrid Alcantara De Polanco, 42, of the Dominican Republic to four months at Her Majesty’s Prison for illegally entering the Virgin Islands.

July 16th, 2020
T&T man caught during police raid admits to entering VI illegally

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A national of Trinidad and Tobago has been fined $1,000 plus two months at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) for illegally entering the Virgin Islands.

July 15th, 2020
‘Every time I come here is some sorry excuse!’- Accused burglar tells court

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Fat Hog’s Bay resident Sidney Varlack Malone, who is accused of burglarising a private residence in Kingston in 2019, slammed the court for the constant delay in his court matter.

July 14th, 2020
DR woman entered VI illegally but caught trying to leave via airport

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A national of the Dominican Republic residing in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI), was caught trying to exit the Virgin Islands via the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island on July 8, 2020, after entering illegally.

July 14th, 2020
Fish Bay woman jailed for theft

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 27-year-old woman is now an inmate of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut after she was sentenced in the Magistrate’s Court for theft.

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