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As some residents continue to socialise in defiance of the pleas from health officials to stay home and limit person-to-person contact, a police officer used pepper spray to disperse a …
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Dominican Republic native Wilking Sanchez Tejeda is still at large after escaping detention at the Hotel Castle Maria on July 4, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton said via WhatsApp yesterday. …
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Following a trial on June 14, Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin found Elisha Barry guilty of possession of a controlled substance and criminal damage, charges that were laid after he was arrested …
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A female police officer was interdicted from duty on June 16 pending investigations into alleged obstruction while she was off duty, police said last Thursday. In response to questions from …
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Police arrested and interviewed nine inmates in connection to the May 30 altercation that led to the fatal stabbing of Nickail Chambers at Her Majesty’s Prison, but they had not …
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Cabinet recently approved the allocation of almost $1,100,000 over the next two years for temporary measures to address long-standing issues in the criminal justice system that have resulted in a …
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Commissioner Mark Collins and Governor John Rankin helped launch a community policing initiative in front of the force’s Road Town headquarters on June 1. An earlier community policing effort deteriorated …
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Last Thursday a son stabbed his father just after noon at their Long Trench home, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton stated on Friday. The father was in stable condition on …
Active and retired police officers, elected officials and other residents gathered at Althea Scatliffe Primary School on Monday night for a public consultation about the proposed Police Act 2019. The …
A violent altercation Sunday evening at Her Majesty’s Prison left three inmates wounded and one dead, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said Sunday night. Three of the four …
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Five weeks after being sworn in as the top law enforcement officer in the Virgin Islands, Police Commissioner Mark Collins is looking to continue some of the initiatives started by …
On Tuesday, Crown Counsel Kael London, who is prosecuting four men charged with importing and intending to sell more than 307 kilograms of cocaine, called his last witness to the …
More than one and a half years after being arrested in a nighttime operation near the North Sound area of Virgin Gorda, four men are facing trial after being accused …
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During a weekend crackdown on driving infractions, police laid 37 charges, confiscated five scooters, and issued 23 tickets, they stated on Monday. “Topping the list of the 37 offences was …
Police are urging residents, particularly young people, to stop taking intimate photos and videos, as these are increasingly being circulated on social media. Although someone who spreads such videos or …
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A man and two women were arrested and charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm after police discovered a Glock pistol and several rounds of ammunition while executing a search warrant …
Catherine Pickering was fatally shot as two men robbed her daughter on April 18, police continue to arrest people they say took part in the crime or assisted the perpetrators. …
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Shemar Richardson, 24, of Gene Hill, was denied bail and remanded to prison on April 23 after being charged with robbery in relation to a stick-up in Paraquita Bay that …
Despite the previous government’s 2018 plan to steadily increase the hiring of police officers over the following three years, the force will soon have 50 vacancies, Premier Andrew Fahie said …
Violent crimes continue to roil the territory, as a string of robberies in recent weeks has led up to the death of Catherine Pickering, 67, who became the ninth person …
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Police have not charged anyone in relation to an April 8 Belle Vue shooting that left one person hospitalised, and they have said little about the progress of investigations. “Police …
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On Sunday afternoon, United States and Virgin Islands law enforcement officers chased a boat from US waters onto a Tortola shore, confiscating a stash of cocaine they said is worth …
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Police in this territory are assisting their counterparts in the United States Virgin Islands as they investigate the disappearance of Sarm Heslop, a United Kingdom national last seen more than …
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Police have charged Mekhi Hesky, 18, of no fixed place of abode, with burglary and criminal damage for removing or damaging CCTV cameras outside four businesses between Macnamara and Pickering …
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Six years ago, at a conference in Miami for prison superintendents of the British overseas territories, Michael Matthews sat next to a man who told him about a job opening …
