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Pay or go to jail- Magistrate tells VG man who assaulted woman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man from Virgin Gorda has been told to pay a $1,000 fine two days before Valentine's Day, on February 12, 2020, or risk spending two months at Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut.
USVI police officer pleads guilty to bank fraud
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the [US] Virgin Islands (USVI) announced on November 7, 2019 that [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Officer Yomont King pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud.
Man questions reduced quantity of drugs during trial
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- During his trial for a drug-related offence, Dillon Findlay appeared disappointed that the quantity of drugs he was held with was less than what was presented in evidence against him.
USVI man was ‘testing’ new boat found with drugs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Gerard Hilaire claimed to be giving his new fishing boat a test run when he was caught heading to an undesignated port of entry on Tortola with illegal drugs.
Vincy man who led cops to his ganja farm ordered deported
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A native of St Vincent and the Grenadines who led police to his Marijuana farm on Tortola back in June 2017 has been ordered deported.
VI man pleads guilty to firearm possession in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A citizen of the Virgin Islands, who was involved in a vehicular accident in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) in March 2019 was found with an illegal firearm and has since pleaded guilty to the offence.
Haitian woman convicted in USVI of knifing pregnant woman
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Jurors in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) took less than two hours to convict a Haitian woman of beating her roommate, stabbing her with a knife and destroying her cellphone.
Son of prominent VI based attorney convicted of rape in US
MANHATTAN, New York, USA- A 23-year-old man, whose father is a well-known figure in the judicial system in the Virgin Islands, was convicted Friday February 2, 2018 of raping a sleeping 20-year-old college student in an Upper East Side, New York apartment.
Curfew breaker Shakeel Pondt found with gun in waist; Pleads guilty
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Shakeel Pondt, 31, who was found with a gun in his waist, ammunition and cocaine on September 10, 2017 was remanded to prison on December 12, 2017 to await sentencing.
3 looters freed after completing 300 hours of community service
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Seven persons who were not spared the disciplinary pangs of the justice system after being caught looting from businesses, post Hurricane Irma, had another day in the Magistrate’s Court on December 8, 2017.
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