An inmate with “known mental health challenges” attacked a prison officer on Sunday, Prison Superintendent Jay Kendall said the next day. “I wish to assure the public that our staff …
April 3, 2025
June 19, 2024
Man accused of injuring woman with wood piece
A Long Look man has been accused of seriously injuring a woman by assaulting her with a piece of wood earlier this year in East End, police said. Last Thursday, …
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June 6, 2024
Man charged for alleged machete attack
A Josiahs Bay man has been arrested and charged after wielding a machete and injuring another man during a fight over the weekend, police said. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, …
June 6, 2024
Three questioned for botched VG robbery
Police arrested and questioned three people and destroyed marijuana fields following search operations carried out Friday and Saturday on Virgin Gorda as part of investigations into the attempted armed robbery …
June 6, 2024
Accused of rape, Jarecki says relationship was ‘consensual’
Ninety-one-year-old billionaire Dr. Henry Jarecki — the owner of Guana and Norman islands in the Virgin Islands — has been sued in United States court by a female model who …
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January 18, 2024
Long Swamp assault sends man to hospital
A male was injured in an assault in the Long Swamp area last Thursday evening, and he was subsequently taken to the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital for treatment, according …
October 29, 2021
Man on bail over claims he beat up a woman allegedly breaks into her home, gets bail again
A day after dragging a woman out of her car and beating her, a man who was out on bail broke into the same woman’s home, threatened to kill her, …
April 2, 2021
Man denies attack with wood plank
In Magistrates’ Court on March 25, Dwight Callwood pleaded not guilty to three charges stemming from police allegations that he chased a man and struck him several times in the …
January 29, 2021
Police record high number of “random” assaults in January
Police have recorded several seemingly “random” assaults this month, they stated in a Tuesday press release. Police Commissioner Michael Matthews expressed his disappointment with these apparently indiscriminate attacks on community …
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November 23, 2020
Assault over rented scooter brings $500 fine
On Monday, Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin fined Kvaughn Thomas, 21, of Greenland, $500 after he pleaded guilty to common assault and admitted to hitting a man in the face during an …
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October 10, 2019
VG man fined for assaulting woman
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 …
October 4, 2019
Man to serve seven months for assaulting woman
After failing to express regret for injuring a woman and breaking her phone, a man was sentenced last Thursday to spend seven months in prison and to pay compensation of …
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