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Human rights violation matters 'will affect our ability to be paid'- Tamia N. Richards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “These matters will affect our ability to be paid when the state continues to pay out money to defendants in custody for obvious breaches of their human rights.”
USVI teen turns self in after robbery, police shootout
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St. Croix, USVI - An 18-year-old man who fired gunshots at a police officer during a pursuit following an attempted robbery of KFC in Sunny Isle in January, has turned himself in, according to USVIPD Public Information Officer Toby Derima.
Gun-toting bandits rob RiteWay Road Reef
ROAD REEF, Tortola, VI – Sometime around 9:00 pm in the evening of Friday, March 13, 2020, the RiteWay Food Markets location in Road Reef Plaza, Tortola, was robbed by a group of masked bandits.
Who killed Ashburn A. Dawson aka ‘Ashy’?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Three years after 30-year-old Ashburn A. Dawson aka ‘Ashy’ was gunned down in the vicinity of the Sunday Morning Well in Road Town, Tortola, police and the family are still seeking justice.
Man caught red-handed stealing wheelbarrow, pleads guilty
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo will decide on the fate of a man who was caught red-handed on closed-circuit television (CCTV) stealing a wheelbarrow from a construction company in Baughers Bay on September 28, 2018.
‘I made a silly mistake; I’m not a criminal!’- Ugandan caught with undeclared $$
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Ugandan man caught smuggling $23,241 inside his suitcase and footwear at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island on March 5, 2020, has told the court he is not a criminal.
Prisoner accuses RVIPF of denying him bath; phone call & medication
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is in the proverbial hot seat for alleged ill-treatment of a prisoner.
Puerto Rican & Ugandan held @ TB Lettsome Airport with large amounts of $$
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two men – one from Puerto Rico and one from Uganda – were held one day apart at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island with a quantity of undeclared cash.
Man arrested after assaulting mother of his child @ bus stop in STT
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Shortly after 6:00 am on Monday, march 10, 2020, Jose A. Garcia, Jr, 28, of Hospital Ground, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI), was arrested and charged with simple assault, domestic violence after assaulting a woman at a bus stop, according to the [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD).
Overseas lawyer slams DPP for not communicating trial delay
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Attorney Chesley Oneal Hamilton from St Kitts and Nevis who had never before practised in the Virgin Islands, and had to be flown in to assist E. Leroy Jones, Attorney for Venezuelan nationals Wilferedo Lopez Vargas and Hober Morillo Ybarbia and Government Accountant Cryton Browne in the $30.9 million cocaine trial, was not a happy camper when he learnt that the trial would not go on as planned.
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