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$178k cash forfeited to Crown; SVG mason sentenced to 9.5 months @ HMP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Paul Mercutius Jack, 50, an unemployed mason from St Vincent and the Grenadines who was caught with over $178,000 in cash suspected of being from criminal activities on December 4, 2020, was sentenced to 9.5 months in jail yesterday, March 23, 2021.
Unemployed mason caught with $170K cash hidden in toolbox
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- An unemployed mason from St Vincent and the Grenadines was caught with over $170,000 in cash, believed to be proceeds of crime, hidden inside a toolbox at his residence on Virgin Gorda.
Female duo caught with $$ & drugs fined, handed suspended sentences
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The West End duo – Caroline Hodge-Clarke and D’Janne Varlark – who were facing drug and possession of proceeds of criminal conduct charges have been sentenced, and the $24,980 seized was ordered forfeited to the state.
Trucker sentenced to 9 mths @ HMP; Over $97K forfeited
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Lower Hope Hill, Tortola, man was on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, sentenced to nine months at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut for proceeds of criminal conduct.
Colon said ‘Not mine!’ when asked about $300k - Officer Louis Buckley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In giving testimony for the state in the Magistrate’s Court trial of Felix Rafael Melendez Colon, Officer of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Louis Buckley testified that the defendant denied knowledge of the over $300,000 in United States currency found on him and that he made such a denial using English language.
Police ‘catch’ fisherman with bag of money
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A man appeared before Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo on December 3, 2015 after he was caught on September 7, 2015 with what police believes to be the proceeds of a criminal activity.

