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Police received two reports of gunshots in the areas of Cane Garden Bay and Ballast Bay at around midnight on Sunday, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton said via WhatsApp on …
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After a 52-year-old male was charged Dec. 15 with raping a minor, the St. Vincent native was scheduled to appear in a closed sitting of the Magistrates’ Court, police stated …
After being charged with breach of curfew and burglary on April 18, Dekembe Parsons on Monday was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay $100 in compensation …
After a store was robbed Oct. 15 on Lee Road in The Valley, Virgin Gorda, police on Friday charged three men arrested in connection with the crime, according to a …
George Burrows, of Purcell Estate, was found dead Wednesday night following an alleged shooting by an unknown assailant who fled on foot, according to a police press release Thursday. After …
Oshane Daley, a 20-year-old Jamaican residing in Purcell Estate, was remanded to prison after being charged with three counts of burglary and damaging property in relation to burglaries at Rite …
Oshane Daley, 20, a Jamaican residing in Purcell Estate, is in prison after being charged with three counts of burglary and damaging property in relation to burglaries at Rite Way …
Police are again urging the public to help locate two men after previously issuing arrest warrants and pleas for assistance earlier in the year, according to two July 8 press …
Shortly after arriving in Virgin Gorda, a boat containing “a large quantity” of cocaine was searched and seized by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force and Her Majesty’s Customs last …
Two masked gunmen stole $30 from a store in Virgin Gorda on Sept. 4, police said Friday. The men entered VG Graphics adjacent to Prince Bar and demanded cash before …
A female hitchhiker and an accomplice on a motor scooter robbed a motorist at around 11:20 a.m. Friday on eastern Tortola, police said. Shortly after the female victim stopped to …
A woman was sentenced to two months in prison for giving a false statement to police officers during their probe into an alleged murder. Rebekha Persaud will serve her sentence …
A Greenland 25-year-old was charged with wounding on Tuesday in connection with a stabbing last week that allegedly left the victim holding his intestines in his hands. Callique Collins, 25, …
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A former police messenger awaits sentencing for looting an electronics store in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Shamoi Dagou entered Infinite Solutions and stole a 32-inch flat-screen television worth nearly …
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A woman was sentenced to two months in prison on Monday for allegedly harming a 4-month-old child she was supervising at a daycare centre in March 2017. Debra Jobe, who …
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In Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday afternoon, Cliff John was accused of putting a knife to his girlfriend’s throat while at a bar in Virgin Gorda on May 24. He denied …
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A 46-year-old mother who was shot multiple times and left on the roadside in Georges Northside on Sunday night identified her killer shortly before she died, a prosecutor said Tuesday …
Police regained custody of escaped prisoner Khori Prince on Jan. 30 after an operation at a residence in Greenland, according to a press release. Mr. Prince originally escaped custody while …
A 43-year-old man was found guilty of incest on Monday after allegedly forcing his teenage daughter to have sex with him in 2015. The jury reached a verdict of eight …
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On Nov. 22, 2017, Franklin Penn Jr. and 11-year-old Trinity Moses Thomas were shot to death while driving down a public road in West End. A year later, detectives still …
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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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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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 …