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March 7th, 2025
‘I am very heartbroken’- Mother of minor indecently assaulted by policeman

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The mother of the female victim who was indecently assaulted by a police officer on two occasions, including at a police station in 2015, has expressed frustration that the offender was not given the maximum sentence.

November 14th, 2024
Police officer guilty of indecent assault on a minor to be sentenced Nov 27

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A police officer who was found guilty of indecent assault on a minor in the Magistrate’s Court on May 29, 2024, is to be sentenced on November 27, 2024.

August 5th, 2024
Andrew A. Fahie sentenced to 11 years in prison; To appeal

MIAMI, Florida, USA- US Prosecutors wanted former Premier of the Virgin Islands Andrew A. Fahie to be sentenced to about 20 years in relation to his conviction on cocaine smuggling and money laundering charges; however, United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams settled on 11 years in prison today, August 5, 2024.

July 21st, 2024
Andrew A. Fahie plans to appeal conviction

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Former Premier of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) Mr Andrew A. Fahie has intentions of appealing his conviction on cocaine smuggling and money laundering charges.

June 12th, 2024
Fahie sentencing now set for Aug 5, 2024; Requests minimum 10-year sentence

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Former Premier of the Virgin Islands Mr Andrew A. Fahie has received another delay to his sentencing.

June 7th, 2024
Attorney for Andrew A. Fahie wants another postponement of sentencing

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Theresa M. Van Vliet, the attorney for former Premier of the Virgin Islands Hon Andrew A. Fahie, has made a request for another postponement of Mr Fahie’s sentencing in a Miami court.

May 2nd, 2024
Ex ports boss Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard to be sentenced June 6, 2024

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard will now be sentenced on June 6, 2024.

February 23rd, 2024
Sentencing of Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard further pushed to March 28, 2024

MIAMI, Florida, USA- The sentencing of former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard, who had struck a plea deal with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), has been pushed back again- this time to March 28, 2024.

August 18th, 2023
Oleanvine & Kadeem S. Maynard want leniency in drug trafficking case

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Ahead of the sentencing date for former BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard and her son Kadeem S. Maynard, their defence has appealed to the court to consider leniency and reduced sentence for their clients.

June 14th, 2023
Kadeem S. Maynard introduced cocaine scheme to mother- Court documents

MIAMI, Florida, USA- The saga of cocaine conspiracy that resulted in ex-Premier of the Virgin Islands Andrew A. Fahie, former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard and her son Kadeem S. Maynard be arrested by US authorities in April 2022, reportedly started when Kadeem approached his mother for assistance in helping a ‘member’ of the Mexican Sinola Cartel to smuggle cocaine to the US through Tortola.

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