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UK Foreign Secretary said Premier Fahie’s arrest showed ‘importance of CoI’
LONDON, United Kingdom – United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary Liz M. Truss said the arrest of Virgin Islands (VI) Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has shown the importance of the UK-Sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the territory.
BVIPA MD reportedly detained along with Premier Fahie in Miami
MIAMI, Florida, USA – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that Ms Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard, Manager Director of the BVI Port Authority, has been reportedly detained alongside Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) in Miami on charges related to conspiracy to import a controlled substance and money laundering.
Premier Fahie detained in Miami- Governor Rankin
MIAMI, Florida, USA- Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has announced that Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has been detained in Miami by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
USVI man allegedly brutally assaults his own mother
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED— A man is facing assault charges after he allegedly attacked his mother at her residence despite police ordering him to stay away from the property.
Man arrested for forcing bank teller to give $$ using demand note
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALE, St. Thomas - A 31-year-old man who used a demand note to get money from a bank teller in St. Thomas Friday was detained by bank security and later arrested by USVIPD officers, according to police spokesman Toby Derima.
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.
Pedestrian pepper-sprayed & arrested for allegedly breaking curfew
EAST END, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that a pedestrian was on Friday, July 30, 2021, arrested for breaching the curfew and pepper-sprayed after reportedly failing to obey police orders.
Man arrested for breaking into woman's home & assaulting her
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST. Croix - A St. Croix man was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary, aggravated assault, second-degree assault and simple assault and battery after allegedly entering a woman's home without permission and assaulting her.
Baughers Bay man charged for marijuana cultivation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Police in the Virgin Islands (VI) on April 20, 2021, arrested and charged Joshua Jeremiah, 26, of Baughers Bay for Cultivation of Cannabis and Handling Stolen Goods.
US woman allegedly altered COVID test & flew to USVI with virus
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— Breanna K. Ward of Kingwood, TX, age 34, who is in the custody of the Bureau of Corrections on a fugitive from justice charge, was arrested again on Friday, April 16, 2021, by the COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force and charged with fraudulent claims upon the government, access to a computer for fraudulent purposes, use of false information, and filing or recording forged instruments.