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$30K bail for Parham Town man found with unlicensed firearm
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A resident of Parham Town, East End, Tortola, was granted bail when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court recently on a firearm charge.
Preacher allegedly caught attempting to burglarise home
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Spanish speaking preacher who was allegedly caught attempting to burglarise a private dwelling home in Myer’s Estate on November 17 2019, was granted $20,000 signed bail when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court in John’s Hole on Thursday, July 2, 2020.
Duo caught with nearly $1M hauled before court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Today, Friday, June 19, 2020, the duo caught with close to $1M in cash between Jost van Dyke and Smugglers Cove, Tortola, earlier this week was hauled before the court to answer to several charges.
$20k bail for driver in 'bizarre' police chase
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The driver of a motorcar who led members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in a bizarre chase on the Blackburn Highway, Tortola, on May 9, 2020, was granted $20,000 bail after pleading guilty to all but one charge.
‘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.
STT man accused of coercing, raping minor on several occasions
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— On Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 8:18pm, police arrested Timothy Brewer, age 32 of Smith Bay, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) and charged him with first-degree rape and unlawful sexual contact after allegedly coercing a female minor to engage in sexual acts on several occasions.
$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.
Robbery accused gets 2 mths @ HMP for Breach of Curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Dekembe Parsons, 22, of Harrigan's Estate, has been granted $25,000 bail for his alleged involvement in the burglary of Sunshine Grocery Store in Chalwell Street, Road Town, on March 30, 2020.
Shamoii A. Dagou out on bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Shamoii A. Dagou, the youth who was sentenced to 2 years at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut, Tortola, for looting a television, has been released on bail pending his appeal hearing, according to reports reaching Virgin Islands News Online.
US national nearly loses hand in knife attack by Jamaican labourer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Kipp La’von Nesbitt, an executive chef from the United States, had to undergo surgery to save his hand after Prince A. Bambury allegedly attacked him following an altercation which occurred after Nesbitt bumped into him at a food van in Road Town, Tortola, on November 30, 2019.