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Confusion over mask sparks brawl with police & youth @ RiteWay Pasea
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI – A misunderstanding over the wearing of a face mask at a local supermarket, has resulted in a brawl between a police officer and a local man, which ended with the young man now facing several charges after being arrested at the location.
2 arrested for cannabis, breach of curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two men on Tortola were yesterday, September 14, 2020, granted station bail after they were allegedly found with a quantity of cannabis when confronted on separate occasions by officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) on suspicion of breaching the curfew.
Police find marijuana, loaded handgun in home raid
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have discovered a Glock 26 handgun with two live rounds of bullets during a home raid last evening, Friday, September 11, 2020.
2 Venezuelans arrested for overstaying time in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Officers of the Joint Task Force are expressing thanks to members of the public for their role in the success of a recent operation in Road Town, which resulted in two illegal immigrants from Venezuela being detained.
2 arrested after entering VI during curfew
WEST END, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), with the assistance other border control agencies, arrested two men heading into Tortola via West End during the ongoing curfew, yesterday, September 6, 2020.
UPDATE: $40k bail for duo charged with Illegal Entry & Breach of Curfew
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The two men arrested by police on August 11, 2020, for allegedly entering the Territory illegally have since been placed before the Magistrate’s Court and granted bail.
Unlicensed teen driver flees accident scene & crashes again
GENE HILL, Tortola, VI – An unlicensed female teen driver and her alleged boyfriend may have found themselves in double trouble after getting involved in a vehicular accident, then fleeing the scene and crashing again late Friday evening, August 15, 2020.
54-year-old USVI woman arrested for having sex with minor
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— Police in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) have arrested a woman after she admitted to having sex with a minor for several months.
Late sleeper assaults mother & sister over noise @ Greenland
GREENLAND, Tortola, VI- Two women were reportedly assaulted by a male relative at Greenland, Tortola, following a verbal dispute that started after he complained about being disturbed by noise while he was still in bed shortly after 7:00am on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
Man who tried to outrun police held with cocaine & ‘ganja’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following a brief foot chase with police, a man was arrested after illegal drugs were reportedly found in his possession in Road Town, Tortola, on Saturday, June 13, 2020.