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Crime

June 19, 2018

Purcell Estate man hit with coke charges

Junior Bradford Prince, 56, of Purcell Estate was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of cocaine with intent and one count of unlawful possession of marijuana, police reported on …

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by Amanda Ulrich
June 11, 2018

Three charged in connection to burglaries

Three more men were arrested in relation to burglaries in and around the Road Town area last week, according to police. K’Shoy Alexander, 18, of Huntums Ghut, and Juwan Potter, …

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by Amanda Ulrich
June 4, 2018

Alcedo Tyson’s life sentence for murder is set aside

The Court of Appeal recently ruled that a small subsection of the BVI Jury Act is unconstitutional, and, in the process, overturned a murder conviction almost half a decade old. …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 30, 2018

Artist ‘Ritical’ hit with drug charge in STT

Jason Frett, the 36-year-old Tortola rap artist known as “Ritical,” was arrested in St. Thomas last Thursday and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, law enforcers said. …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 29, 2018

Virgin Gorda men charged in armed robbery

Two Virgin Gorda residents were charged with firearm-related offences in relation to a robbery over the weekend, police reported on Tuesday. Richard Creque, 44, of North Sound, was charged with …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 23, 2018

Senior gets prison time for smuggling migrants

Carwill Potter, 72, was recently sentenced to two and a half years in prison after allegedly smuggling 21 migrants into the territory last year. During a hearing on April 23, …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 18, 2018

Three charged in relation to local burglaries

Three men were charged last week for burgling local businesses, police reported on Wednesday. Michael Ashby, of Road Town, and Reynaldo Hewlett, 36, of Huntums Ghut, were charged separately for …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 8, 2018

Police offer $100k reward for info about double murder

Almost six months after the murders of 11-year-old Trinity Moses and Franklin Penn Jr., police are offering a $100,000 reward for information about their killers. Officers of the Major Crime …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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