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VZ man pleads guilty to possession of cocaine in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Alejandro Marva-Romero, 32, of Venezuela, pleaded guilty on Wednesday September 14, 2016 in federal court in the US Virgin Islands to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
Man accused of ‘Ganja’ cultivation pleads ‘guilty with a cause’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There were many raised eyebrows when Richard Thomas uttered the words "guilty with a cause" in the Magistrate's Court in John's Hole on September 2, 2016.
Glenville Callwood found guilty of threatening to kill cop
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Adding to his relatively tainted police record, Glenville Callwood was remanded to prison on September 1, 2016 after being found guilty of a 2014 incident in which he threatened to kill an off duty police officer in the presence of the man’s wife and baby.
STT man pleads guilty to murder of innocent bystander
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- ST. THOMAS — A 24-year-old St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting an innocent bystander outside a nightclub in the USVI in October 2015.
David Turnbull & Kurt Rabsatt sentenced to jail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Found guilty in the High Court of robbery on June 13, 2016, David Turnbull and Kurt Rabsatt were yesterday, July 22, 2016, sentenced to time in prison by Justice Nicola P. Byer.
Ashemba Frett sentenced to 3 months in US prison
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — United States' District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced on Thursday, July 7, 2016 Ashemba Frett, 22, of Tortola, [British] Virgin Islands, to three months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for encouraging and inducing aliens to illegally enter the United States, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
Eric Cameron pleads guilty to beating a fireman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- US Virgin Islands native Eric Cameron was on Monday May 30, 2016 remanded to prison after admitting to assaulting a Virgin Islands fireman last year April.
Kevon Baronville to be sentenced June 10, 2016 for string of traffic offences
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A young man who pleaded guilty to the offences of taking a conveyance without lawful authority, criminal damage, driving without a driver's licence and driving without insurance coverage will return to court on June 10, 2016 for sentencing.
UPDATE: Steve Fossi gets non-custodial sentence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Steve Fossi, the boat captain convicted of manslaughter for the death of two persons following a boat accident off Virgin Gorda on January 24, 2015, was today February 24, 2016 fined $45,000 for each count.
Dwight Brookes begs court to pay fine after birthday!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - On October 27, 2015 Dwight Brookes appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards and was fortunate to have been given a non-custodial sentence. He instead has to pay a total of $2,000 for two charges that he pleaded guilty to.