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December 12th, 2013
UPDATE: Serial burglar Shakeem Smith to spend 9 years in prison

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Shakeem Smith, 20, of Fat Hogs Bay was sentenced to nine years in prison by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on several counts of burglary last Friday, December 6, 2013.

December 11th, 2013
Tearful Luis Sprauve pleads guilty in airport suitcase fiasco

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Luis Ramon Sprauve, 41, of Lower Estate pleaded guilty to charges of assisting another with retaining the benefits of criminal conduct yesterday, December 10, 2013 at the Magistrate's Court.

December 9th, 2013
UPDATE: 20 months behind bars for Credgton Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mr Credgton Smith, who was found guilty on charges of guns, drugs and ammunition possession, will be spending some 20 months behind bars.

December 8th, 2013
US citizen found with cocaine placed on $20,000 bail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Gersham Browne, 23, a US citizen who lives in West End, pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of a controlled drug when he appeared before Magistrate Velon John at the Magistrate’s Court on Friday December 6, 2013.

November 29th, 2013
Jerome Allen found guilty on arms & ammo charges

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mr Jerome Allen, who was accused of importing arms and explosives into the territory in 2011, has been found guilty on all charges.

July 10th, 2013
UPDATE: Jamaican brothers get 10 years for wounding chef

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Jamaican brothers Patrick and Micheal Facey were each given ten (10) years prison time by Justice Albert Redhead when they appeared in the High Court on July 10, 2013 for sentencing.

February 1st, 2013
Greenland man pleads guilty to causing criminal damage

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “It looks like a hurricane passed through,” said Senior Crown Counsel Valston Graham as he offered a Police photograph of the alleged damage inflicted by Vern Wharton on the property of a Virtual Complainant (VC) when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on January 30, 2013.

February 21st, 2012
Magistrate denies application for Evans’ case to be heard in HC

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After a lengthy submission by Dr. J S Archibald, QC on behalf of Gary Evans, a former high school teacher found guilty of fondling a student in 2010, to have the matter transferred to the High Court for human rights reason – it was denied yesterday afternoon, February 20, 2012 by Magistrate Tamia Richards.

December 12th, 2011
School teacher found guilty of indecent assault on student

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Gary Lester Evans, 52, of Lower Estate was found guilty of indecent assault when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court at John’s Hole today December 12, 2011.

December 12th, 2011
UPDATE - Tiger Hodge’s killer gets a life sentence!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kittian Terrence Charles, who pleaded guilty this morning, Monday December 12, 2011 in the High Court for killing Allen "Tiger" Hodge was moments ago handed down a life sentence.

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