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While walking down Main Street last week, Matthew Hart needed two dollars, he said. So, he walked to Bamboushay and asked the assistant manager, who was working behind the bar, …
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On Sunday of last week, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force got word of a speed boat being pursued by agents of the United States Coast Guard, a prosecutor said …
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Four men were arrested during a joint operation between police in this territory and authorities in the United States Virgin Islands, resulting in the seizure of 200-300 kilograms of cocaine, …
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Shortly after arriving in Virgin Gorda, a boat containing “a large quantity” of cocaine was searched and seized by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force and Her Majesty’s Customs last …
On March 2, Ashan Westcott of Tortola crashed his motorcycle into another vehicle in St. Thomas, and police who responded found a loaded handgun in his backpack, according to an …
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A St. Lucia national who is accused of threatening to murder a man he believed was planning on testifying against Kimo Creque in a legal matter was offered $70,000 bail …
Last year on Valentine’s Day, Seanna Jack went grocery shopping with Shannon John, the father of her child, later stopping for drinks at Sabrina’s Bar. Also at the bar was …
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An inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison will be tried in November and December for allegations that he assaulted two prison guards and damaged government property during two separate incidents that …
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A Virgin Gorda man was fined more than $1,000 last Thursday for assaulting his significant other and breaking her phone. Upon entering his home on Nov. 17, 2018, Theodore Wiclisle …
As Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo considered a minor drug offence on Tuesday, she applied new sentencing guidelines launched last week by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Ms. Baptiste-DaBreo then sentenced 21-year-old …
Two masked gunmen stole $30 from a store in Virgin Gorda on Sept. 4, police said Friday. The men entered VG Graphics adjacent to Prince Bar and demanded cash before …
On Tuesday in Antigua and Barbuda, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court will launch sentencing guidelines for judges and magistrates in the Criminal Division, according to Government Information Services. “The intention …
A female hitchhiker and an accomplice on a motor scooter robbed a motorist at around 11:20 a.m. Friday on eastern Tortola, police said. Shortly after the female victim stopped to …
Two police officers who faced a hung jury earlier this year on charges of perverting the course of justice are now scheduled to face retrial next year. Pamphill Prevost and …
A woman was sentenced to two months in prison for giving a false statement to police officers during their probe into an alleged murder. Rebekha Persaud will serve her sentence …
Police and customs officers seized 44.2 kilograms of cocaine last Thursday aboard a boat named Krautsand at Port Purcell, the Police Information Office reported. The Guyanese news website INewsGuyana reported …
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A Greenland 25-year-old was charged with wounding on Tuesday in connection with a stabbing last week that allegedly left the victim holding his intestines in his hands. Callique Collins, 25, …
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On Friday a police messenger was sentenced to four years in prison for looting a television after Hurricane Irma, another man got eight years for raping his juvenile stepdaughter, and …
A former police messenger awaits sentencing for looting an electronics store in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Shamoi Dagou entered Infinite Solutions and stole a 32-inch flat-screen television worth nearly …
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A woman was sentenced to two months in prison on Monday for allegedly harming a 4-month-old child she was supervising at a daycare centre in March 2017. Debra Jobe, who …
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This month High Court Justice Ann-Marie Smith dismissed a $45,000 burglary case due to police mistakes. In a June 5 oral ruling, the judge alleged that Detective Sergeant Donna Monsanto’s …
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In Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday afternoon, Cliff John was accused of putting a knife to his girlfriend’s throat while at a bar in Virgin Gorda on May 24. He denied …
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A 46-year-old mother who was shot multiple times and left on the roadside in Georges Northside on Sunday night identified her killer shortly before she died, a prosecutor said Tuesday …
A lone gunman entered Capriccio di Mare restaurant on Waterfront Drive on Tuesday evening and assaulted an employee before leaving with cash, a bag and personal documents belonging to the …
Three people were charged for the robbery of a Belle Vue resident that occurred in early April, according to the Police Information Office. Arien Fahie, 23; Shaquille Benjamin, 23; and …
