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Latest cocaine seizure another success for Joint Task Force
WEST END, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) may have been the first to speak to the media, but the cocaine seizure made yesterday, April 11, 2021, in territorial waters, was another victory for the Joint Task Force, which partnered with US law enforcement agencies.
Suspected intoxicated man leaps from moving police vehicle, tased
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Police have arrested a man who was suspected to be intoxicated while the driver of a vehicle involved in a 2-vehicle accident at Brandywine Bay on Friday evening, February 26, 2021.
Long Trench woman charged for being armed with offensive weapon, assault
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A woman from Long Trench was among the persons arrested and charged during the period February 7 to February 2021, after she was allegedly armed with an offensive weapon, according to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Arrest Blotter.
Two charged for breach of curfew in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two persons have been arrested and charged for breach of curfew as revealed by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in its latest arrest blotter for the period of January 31 to February 6, 2021.
Father arrested after chasing daughter with cutlass
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI - A Pockwood Pond, Tortola man was taken into police custody for reportedly chasing his daughter while brandishing a cutlass, after he caught her going through his mobile phone.
Carrot Bay man charged for allegedly attempting to murder ex-girlfriend
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI- A Carrot Bay man has been arrested and charged for allegedly attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend.
UPDATE: VG man charged for stabbing incident @ Paraquita Bay bar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A resident of Virgin Gorda has been charged by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) for allegedly stabbing another man at a bar in Paraquita Bay on November 1, 2020.
Man assaults security after refused entry to store with ‘paper towel mask’
EAST END, Tortola, VI- A man has been taken into police custody after allegedly assaulting a security guard who refused him entry into a Tortola store since he did not have on a proper mask.
Police accused of 'terrifying' children with 'laser guns'
ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and its Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael B. Matthews are once again facing heat, after a mother claimed RVIPF officers illegally ransacked her family’s boat and property all while pointing 'laser guns' at her children.
‘Officers don’t go out with intent to cause problems’- CoP Matthews
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Outgoing Commissioner of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), Mr Michael B. Matthews has defended the conduct of his officers in the fields, following some public criticisms that the police on occasion, have been employing excessive force in the execution of duties.