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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.
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.
3 male teens on Tortola charged for Burglary
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Three male teenagers have found themselves afoul of the law after being arrested and charged for Burglary.
Landlady allegedly claims to have power over police because she’s a ‘Skelton’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Through tears, Devye Nicholson, a St Vincent national, 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.
Pay or go to jail- Magistrate tells VG man who assaulted woman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man from Virgin Gorda has been told to pay a $1,000 fine two days before Valentine's Day, on February 12, 2020, or risk spending two months at Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut.
VG man allegedly threatened to kill motorist during road rage
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Virgin Gorda man was hauled before the Magistrate’s Court for allegedly assaulting and threatening to kill another man in Handsome Bay, Virgin Gorda, on January 22, 2019.
Husband accuses expat wife of kidnapping & extortion
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Jamaican national Shakesha O'Neal has accused her husband Carlton O'Neal of offering her money after he abused her.
VG man allegedly assaults female accused of ‘messing up his relationship’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man from Virgin Gorda has been charged for assaulting a woman who he deemed a trouble maker who was feeding lies to his girlfriend.
Glenville Callwood goes to jail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When he begged senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards for leniency on the premise that he ‘had changed his life’ after being ‘young and stupid’ Glenville Callwood did not walk out the court room with just a fine to pay and/or some order to attend counselling or do community service. He was slapped with sentences amounting to two years and four months, prison time.
Remove violent vagrants off the streets- Concerned citizen
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Several residents have expressed the view that Government should take a stand to permanently remove from the streets of Tortola vagrants who exhibit violent tendencies.