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Man arrested & released in Jefferson Joseph's murder
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI Word reaching our newsroom from senior sources within the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force is that a local male was today April 18, 2017 held by police as part of ongoing investigations into the shooting death of Jefferson Joseph.
UPDATE: Phone records, CCTV link DR man to Alston Penn’s murder- DPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Eyes rolled and heads turned side-to-side on April 4, 2017 in the Magistrate’s Court presided over by Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo, when it was revealed that there was an excessive number of phone calls, 73, exchanged between Alston Penn and Santo Yamarco Hernandez between March 9 and 10, 2017.
DR man charged with Alston Penn’s murder
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One man was charged late yesterday, April 1, 2017 with Alston Penn’s murder as officers of the Major Crime Team continue their pursuit of suspects into the recent murders.
UPDATE: Man released without charge in Ashy’s murder
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was on March 23, 2017 that the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) announced they had arrested a man as investigations continued into the murder of Virgin Islander Ashburn A. Dawson of Carrot Bay, Tortola.
2 possible leads surface @ Ashburn A. Dawson’s candlelight vigil
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two pieces of information are said to have been immediate results from what has been described as an extremely emotional and well supported candlelight vigil for 30-year-old Ashburn A. Dawson aka ‘Ashy’ of Carrot Bay, Tortola who was gunned down opposite the Sunday Morning Well over a week ago.
St John man sentenced to 25 years for 2012 murder
VI CONSORTIUM
BELLE VUE, St John, USVI — US Virgin Islands (USVI) Superior Court Judge Michael C. Dunston sentenced Ralph Titre to 25 years in prison for the 2012 murder of Tiny Jah Jarvis, the USVI Department of Justice Public Media Officer Corliss Smithen announced Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
‘Come forward with information’- Family of Ashburn A. Dawson
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Just about one week to the day 30-year-old Ashburn A. Dawson aka ‘Ashy’ of Carrot Bay, Tortola was gunned down opposite the Sunday Morning Well in the capital Road Town, a Candlelight Vigil will be held in the same location.
UPDATE: Ashburn A. Dawson is man shot to death in Road Town
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom can now confirm that immediate family members have been adequately notified of the fatal shooting last night, March 10, 2017.
30 years until possibility of parole for Kenyatta ‘Yhats’ Boynes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Kenyatta ‘Yhats’ Boynes, 32, who in October of last year was found guilty of the shooting to death of Paul Prentice and attempted murder of another man, committed on December 14, 2014 in Road Town, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with eligibility of parole after 30 years.
Mentally ill man beats mother to death in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A mentally ill man has beaten his mother to death in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI), VIPD Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced on December 22, 2016.