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Nelburn Maduro bracing for heavy cash penalty
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –When Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards slapped Nelburn Maduro with a guilty verdict for some four offenses he was forewarned that his pocket will feel a heavy squeeze when he returns to court to be sentenced.
Prisoners to be tucked underground @ Magistrate's Court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - It not yet known when it will come to fruition but the design for a new Magistrates Court is already drafted and one thing is certain; prisoners are going to be housed underground.
'Send me Balo' - Kawa Cornwall tells Snr Magistrate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Arrogance and ignorance best describe the behaviour of Kawa Cornwall when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court this morning July 10, 2015 to the point that he told Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards to send him to prison.
Keevin Walker accused of stealing $$ from WWPS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A Nottingham Estate man is before the courts accused of breaking and entering the office of the Willard Wheatley Primary School and carting away a silver cash pan containing $118 and a pencil case which had $4.00.
Dominican Rep nationals confess to burglarising home of elderly woman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two men, Jeral Palmer, 25, and Graciano Calderon, 26, appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday June 26, 2015 and pleaded guilty to the charge of burglary.
JVD man allegedly admits to using 'weed' for 'breakfast, lunch & dinner'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Rubbie Pickering, 25, was brought before Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards today June 26, 2015 to answer a charge of possession of an unverified amount of marijuana.
Trafficking of ‘weed’ from USVI raises concerns for Senior Magistrate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The trafficking of illegal drugs from the US Virgin Islands (USVI) into the Virgin Islands is a growing concern for Senior Magistrate Ms Tamia N. Richards who insists it is an act punishable by law and the guilty must be dealt with accordingly.
USVI man brings ‘weed’ into VI to help him ‘relax’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When Thomas D. Mannix packed among his clothing and other personal belongings two packets of cannabis sativa (marijuana) to bring with him to the Virgin Islands, he thought he was only bringing his “necessaries” to use after a hard day’s work.
Woman on $25k bail for damaging vehicle
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A deed committed some three years ago has come afresh in the face of 23-year-old Kenisha Rhymer who faced the Magistrate’s Court today, June 12, 2015 to answer to two charges.
More security for Magistrate’s Court?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The most recent development at the Magistrate’s Court at John’s Hole, on the main island of Tortola, is the erecting of plywood sheets around the compound, giving rise to the question, Why?