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September 25th, 2023
Trio found with high-velocity ammo in vehicle granted $20K bail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The three men arrested and charged after ammunition was found in a vehicle they were in while in Road Town on September 20, 2023, received bail in the Magistrate’s Court today, Monday, September 25, 2023.

March 1st, 2023
Buney H. Chinnery found not guilty in USVI court of attempted human smuggling

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The trial of a [British] Virgin Islands man caught by a Customs patrol boat after a high-speed chase in Coral Bay, St John, [US] Virgin Islands (USVI) yielded two guilty verdicts. But the defendant in the case, Buney H. Chinnery, was cleared of the more serious charge of trying to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

November 17th, 2022
Ex VI Premier Andrew A. Fahie pleads not guilty to racketeering charge

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Former Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI) Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) appeared in a Miami Court on November 16, 2022, to answer to a new charge.

November 15th, 2022
Trio accused of murdering Devern Stanley aka ‘Snoopy’ set free

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Three men accused of the 2016 murder of Devern Stanley aka ‘Snoopy’ have been set free of the charges due to want of prosecution.

May 5th, 2022
VI Premier will plead ‘not guilty’- Hon Fahie’s attorney

MIAMI, Florida, USA- Arrested Premier of the Virgin Islands Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) will be pleading ‘not guilty’ when he attends a preliminary hearing set for a Florida court on May 13, 2022.

March 14th, 2022
Interdicted policemen Prevost & Power found Not Guilty in High Court

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that interdicted policemen Pamphill Prevost and Simon Power, who were allegedly linked to missing money while they were executing search operations while on police duty between January 2012 to July 2014, have been found not guilty in the High Court.

July 22nd, 2020
Tenant found not guilty of using threatening language, assaulting ‘powerful’ landlord

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A St Vincent national, who had testified that her landlady fabricated a story on her and claimed to have power over the police because she was a Skelton and a relative of the former Minister for Health and Social Development, Mr Ronnie W. Skelton, has been found not guilty of all the charges laid against her.

July 7th, 2016
Unanimous! Dion Stevens found Not Guilty of Manslaughter

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was a tense moment for families from both sides at the High Court in Road Town, yesterday July 6, 2016 while they all waited for the verdict in the case brought by the Government against boat captain Dion Stevens.

May 9th, 2016
EXCLUSIVE: Acquitted murder accused Marcus Lloyd fears for his life

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Recently released former murder accused Marcus Lloyd, called ‘Yeyo’, has alleged harassment by the authorities while incarcerated at Her Majesty's Prison at Balsam Ghut, saying that he was subject to searches and was denied proper meals.

November 23rd, 2015
Woman accused of assaulting husband ordered to seek counselling from FSN

ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI – Tomika Johnson-Olivierre on Friday November 20, 2015 pleaded not guilty to the charge of common assault when she appeared before Senior Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo.

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