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UPDATE: Softball player George Burrows was allegedly shot while in bedroom
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Well known softball player George Burrows, 54, was reportedly shot to death while he was asleep in his own bedroom, according to reports reaching our newsroom.
3-vehicle accident blocks westbound lane of James Walter Francis Highway
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Traffic along the westbound lane of the James Walter Francis Dual Carriageway in the area of Purcell, estate, has been completely blocked to motor vehicles following an accident this morning, June 30, 2020.
Man shot during robbery in Purcell Estate
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Information reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that a man was shot during a robbery in Purcell Estate in the wee hours of Sunday, May 31, 2020.
Businesswoman discovered dead in Purcell Estate
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Investigators at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a St Kitts and Nevis national in the Purcell Estate area.
PHOTO of Day: The new way of garbage disposal in Purcell Estate
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - These garbage disposal photos have been sent around by the Six District representative, Hon Alvera Maduro-Caines. The unsightly garbage is in her district and it is reported that the bins were removed from the location to facilitate a new business.
Randy Ashton charged with damage to property over stolen ‘Purcell plants’
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Police sources have confirmed to our newsroom, that Randy Ashton, aka ‘Box Head,’ of Georges North Side, on Tortola, was over the weekend arrested on suspicion of theft, in relation to the missing plants removed on the morning of August 21, 2018, from Purcell Estate.
SHAME! SHAME! Bandits steal plants from 6th District youth project
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - The Six District, under the Leadership of Honourable Alvera Maduro-Caines (R6), had started a 'Youth Summer Beatification Project' for children between the ages of 12 and 17.
RVIPF pleads for witnesses in deadly Purcell shooting to come forward
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), is calling for anyone who may have witnessed the shooting death of 25-year-old, Jerry Casto-Felix, in Purcell Estate, in the vicinity of the OneMart Warehouse on Friday, August 10, 2018, to come forward and provide assistance.
Hon Maduro-Caines calls on residents to cooperate with RVIPF
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola VI – Sixth District Representative in the House of Assembly (HoA), Honourable Alvera Maduro-Caines, has called on residents of Purcell Estate, to cooperate with the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s (RVIPF) investigation, into the deadly shooting on Friday, August 10, 2018, which claimed the life of 25-year-old, Jerry Casto-Felix.
UPDATE: Shooting victim identified as Jerry Castro-Felix, 25
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom can confirm that the man gunned down on the streets of Purcell, next to the Onemart new blue building, has been identified as local resident, Jerry Casto-Felix, who is 25 years of age.
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