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A 14-year-old on Virgin Gorda was arrested and charged after police found a “suspected” AK-47 assault rifle and a magazine containing 18 rounds of ammunition during one of several search …
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Businesses in the Virgin Islands have been warned of a rising wave of cybercrime sweeping across the Caribbean. Digicel BVI CEO Mara Samaniego urged firms in the territory to strengthen …
As police cracked down on crime over the past eight days, they took gunfire during a boat chase near Jost Van Dyke, pursued suspects in a high-speed car chase that …
Police officers responded to a report of shots fired in Purcell Estate shortly after 1 a.m. on Tuesday, according to a three-sentence statement the Police Information Office issued the same …
Larina Loretta Jacobs-Lamothe has operated a booth at the August Emancipation Festival nearly every year for more than four decades. Asked this year about her favourite memory from that time, …
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One man was killed and another seriously wounded in separate weekend shootings that officials described as unrelated. Police, however, have provided few details. Jareem Todman, 34, was shot multiple times …
Former premier Andrew Fahie is pushing back against prosecutors’ contention that he led a plan to smuggle cocaine into the United States, instead arguing that it was a Drug Enforcement …
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On a rainy night on May 26, 2019, Jamila Stevens was driving home from the Leverick Bay Poker Run when she spotted a woman lying in the road in the …
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A 30-year veteran of the United Kingdom’s policing service has been named the “implementation manager” responsible for overseeing immediate priority reforms across the Virgin Islands’ law-enforcement and justice-administration agencies. Governor’s …
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Police reported seizing two high-powered rifles and a pistol last week in two separate incidents, but no charges had been reported as of Beacon press time yesterday afternoon. On June …
Following a “significant surge” in dinghy thefts throughout the territory, police are urging residents to take precautions. “These incidents, occurring most frequently between 7 and 10 p.m., seriously threaten our …
Last month, former premier Andrew Fahie asked a Miami judge to sentence him to the minimum 10 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine into …
Police and prison holding facilities described as “squalid” and “inhumane.” Evidence left unsecured on police officers’ desks in a “chaotic” manner. An unsafe police gun range where shooting drills occur …
During a friendly lunch meeting in St. Thomas in March 2022, Oleanvine Maynard explained her financial goals to an undercover operative she believed to be a member of Mexico’s Sinaloa …
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A 21-year-old man was arrested and charged after police responded to a burglary report at a villa on Virgin Gorda shortly after 9 p.m. on June 18, police said. Keithroy …
Police arrested a 21-year-old man and seized a handgun after responding to a report of an attempted armed robbery shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday in Lower Estate, they said. …
Two masked burglars armed with guns broke into a Johns Hole home on Saturday night and assaulted a female before fleeing when other occupants were alerted to their presence, police …
Following “several weeks of intensive investigation” into reports of burglary, theft and other offences committed at homes and businesses in the territory, detectives have arrested and charged two Tortola men, …
The Bath and Turtle Restaurant on Virgin Gorda was robbed at gunpoint on Saturday evening, police said. “Initial findings indicate that a lone gunman escaped on foot with only $250 …
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Two men armed with knives “invaded” a Slaney Hill residence on June 5, holding a maid hostage and assaulting her before escaping with several stolen items, police said Tuesday. Though …
An attorney for ex-premier Andrew Fahie argued last week that he was accused of acting only as a “figurehead” in the cocaine-trafficking scheme that led to his conviction and should …
Sweeping anti-corruption reforms recommended by the recent Commission of Inquiry can be achieved by the new deadline of September, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said Friday. Dr. Wheatley was speaking …
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, …
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 …
Police arrested and charged three fishermen last Thursday night after helping to intercept a “suspicious vessel” carrying suspected cocaine believed to be worth more than $34 million, they said. The …