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March 3rd, 2022
Trinidadian charged for alleged possession of 5 firearms remanded to HMP

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Trinidadian man who resided in Lower Estate has been remanded to prison after appearing virtually before Magistrate Khadeen Palmer today, March 3, 2022, on 4 charges of possession of a prohibited weapon and 1 charge of possession of an unlicensed firearm.

March 2nd, 2022
Man who smashed several vehicle windscreens in RT granted $30K bail; Placed on curfew

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Carrot Bay resident Glenford Smith Jr, 30, who is accused of criminally damaging over 19 vehicles last month in Road Town, was earlier today, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, granted $30,000 bail and also placed on a nightly curfew.

January 18th, 2022
Escaped prisoner Kurt Rabsatt recaptured

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is reporting that it has recaptured a prisoner who had escaped police custody in December 2021.

January 9th, 2022
VI boatman held in USVI for failing to comply with CBP stop order

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A [British] Virgin Islands (VI) national was arrested on December 28, 2021, in St Thomas on a criminal charge related to his failure to stop his vessel when ordered to do so by United States Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine (CBP-AMO) agents.

January 5th, 2022
Lawyer for George Burrows murder accused wants access to crime scene, witness

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- High Court Judge Richard G. Floyd has tossed out an application that murder accused Royden Sebastien, through his lawyer, brought to the court to be allowed access to the locus in quo (crime scene) and to a key witness of the Crown.

December 10th, 2021
Clifton Stoutt charged with burglarising Island Sizzle

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man from Baughers Bay on Tortola has been charged for burglarising Island Sizzle, which is also situated in the Baughers Bay community.

November 18th, 2021
Balsam Ghut man charged for attempting to choke; threatening to kill

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Police have charged a man for attempting to choke and threatening to kill.

November 17th, 2021
‘Bumpy’ accused of beating girlfriend, damaging her weave

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mr Travis Osborne aka 'Bumpy' has been accused in the Magistrate's Court of beating his visiting girlfriend, Lalique Lockhart of St Croix, US Virgin Islands (VI), and causing her actual bodily harm, allegedly after she spoke to a man at the Deuces Nightclub on November 14, 2021.

November 9th, 2021
Jamaican & Guyanese found with loaded gun granted $50k bail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Khadeen Palmer granted $50,000 signed bail to David Cummings and Lynette Sommersell, both non-nationals because she felt that they have been living in the Virgin Islands in excess of 20 years with no previous convictions and she could see no reason for them to flee the jurisdiction.

November 5th, 2021
RVIPF Officer charged after ammunition allegedly found in home

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– A Sergeant of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) was officially charged yesterday afternoon, November 4, 2021, for Breach of Trust and Unlawful Possession of Ammunition.

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