Nearly four years after Catherine Pickering was shot to death during the robbery of her daughter at their Paraquita Bay home, Akeem Hopkinson was sentenced to 35 years in prison …
One guilty, one freed in murder of senior
Nearly four years after 67-year-old Catherine Pickering was gunned down while her daughter was robbed at their home in Paraquita Bay, about a dozen spectators sat in High Court on …
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Gunmen hit Aladdin Store in broad daylight
Shortly after 10 a.m. Friday morning, four masked people carrying what appeared to be assault rifles robbed Aladdin Store on Flemming Street in Road Town, according to police and a …
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Third man charged in pier park robbery, probe continues
A third man has been charged in connection with the July 1 armed robbery of House of Luxury jewellery store at the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, police said …
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Two charged in pier park robbery
In connection with the July 1 armed robbery at the House of Luxury in Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, police arrested and charged 35-year-old Shamul Mitchell and 27-year-old Jelani …
Man charged with carrying unlicensed Glock pistol
Following a spate of recent armed robberies, police charged Dabari Jonique Mercer, 26, of Baughers Bay, with carrying an unlicensed firearm and illegal tinting following a traffic stop on Sunday …
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Suspect in armed robbery denied bail
Shadrack Thompson, a 21-year-old Virgin Islander, was denied bail on Monday after the Magistrates’ Court heard allegations that he and another man robbed E&B Convenience Store in Palestina at gunpoint, …
Virgin Islands hit with four robberies in eleven days
Banco Popular in Virgin Gorda was robbed at gunpoint on last Friday morning in the second of at least four robberies in the Virgin Islands in the last 11 days. …
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