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July 1st, 2020
Shot fired following dispute @ basketball court in Baughers Bay

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Police are said to be investigating an alleged incident where a gunshot was reportedly fired following a dispute at a basketball court in Baughers Bay, Tortola, around 7:30pm, last evening, June 30, 2020.

June 26th, 2020
Palestina Estate man charged for cruelty to child

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man in the Virgin Islands is to face a magistrate in August, 2020, for alleged Cruelty to Child.

June 19th, 2020
Guyanese in firearm & ammo find now charged with Breach of Curfew

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Twenty-three-year-old Guyanese native Damian Hooper, who is facing firearm and ammunition charges before the court, is now facing an additional charge of Breach of Curfew.

May 5th, 2020
‘I just got a ride’- Man found in vehicle with loaded firearm

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Vincentian Corey Butler, 33, claims he was hitching a lift with his friend, Guyanese Damian Hooper, 23, when police uncovered a loaded firearm beneath a mat where he occupied inside the vehicle on April 28, 2020.

May 4th, 2020
$55k bail for men allegedly found with loaded firearm

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The two men jointly charged after police found a loaded firearm in the vehicle they were in during a routine traffic stop near the Road Town Roundabout on April 28, 2020 were both given bail when they made their first appearance at the Magistrate’s Court on May 4, 2020.

April 29th, 2020
2 men charged following firearm & drug find

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The two men held after a loaded firearm and marijuana were found following a traffic stop by police at the roundabout in Road Town, Tortola, on April 28, 2020, have been formally charged.

April 29th, 2020
UPDATE: Runaway driver was allegedly caught hiding in bushes

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The driver, who fled after police stopped his vehicle near the roundabout in Road Town, Tortola, on April 28, 2020, was reportedly found hiding in some bushes in John’s Hole, Tortola, according to reports reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO).

February 4th, 2020
4-day trial begins for trio allegedly found with firearm, ammo, drugs & $$

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The four-day-trial against Sea Cows Bay residents Gregory Alleyne Jr and Kervis Collis Rhymer, along with high court employee and girlfriend of Alleyne, Alisma Wheatley, has started at the Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin.

January 7th, 2020
Dijon Hodge charged in shooting incident @ Bouncer’s Bar

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – One male has been charged in relation to the late night shooting incident on Friday, January 3, 2020 at Bouncer’s Bar in Paraquita Bay, Tortola, according to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

May 22nd, 2019
UPDATE: 2 charged for Capriccio robbery

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two persons have been charged in relation to the recent robbery at Capriccio di Mare Restaurant, located on Waterfront Drive opposite the Road Town Ferry Dock.

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