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This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s print edition on Nov. 15. After a weeklong trial, a nine-member jury found Kalik Aaron not guilty of attempted murder, reaching a verdict …
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Keno Allen was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday morning for attacking a woman in an alleyway in 2012. In handing down her decision, Justice Ann-Marie Smith called …
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Two men were shot to death on Tortola on Monday, police reported. Tyrone Thomas, 30, of Greenland, was killed during the early hours of Monday morning in Brady Ghut, East …
About ten months after Virgin Islands police officers shot and killed an inmate who escaped from Her Majesty’s Prison, Governor Gus Jaspert has released a brief report about the fatal …
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On Saturday, police charged 27-year-old Sean Martin of Johnsons Ghut with the recent murder of Jerry Castro. And on Monday afternoon, prosecutors outlined the allegations against Mr. Martin in his …
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Since Hurricane Irma, government officials have given various explanations for how dozens of inmates were able to leave Her Majesty’s Prison and temporarily roam the community in the days after …
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A man was killed near OneMart in Purcell Estate on Friday night, according to police, who on Monday night identified the victim as Jerry Castro, 25, of Pasea Estate. Police …
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Over the August Emancipation Festival, police made several “significant” arrests for firearm-related offences, according to a police press release issued on Friday. Alanah Chalwell, of East End, and Nyall Giovanni …
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A man was shot in the back shortly after midnight last Thursday at Elm’s Bar in Baughers Bay, police said. The victim was in stable condition as of Monday afternoon …
Dillion Thomas, 28, of Petty Pasture, North Valley, Virgin Gorda, has been charged in relation to a shooting that took place on the island last week. On July 12, two …
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A shooting took place on Virgin Gorda on Tuesday afternoon, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton reported in a four-sentence press release that provided few details. A man, who police did …
Two people have been arrested in connection with recent robberies, police said. Donald Hanley, of The Valley, Virgin Gorda, was charged with robbery after he allegedly approached a woman on …
A man charged Friday with robbery was later found in a cell at the Road Town Police Station with injuries consistent with a suicide attempt, according to police. The accused, …
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Walter Springette, 32, of Sea Cows Bay, was charged with five counts of burglary last week for allegedly breaking into churches and a primary school. Mr. Springette was charged with …
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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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