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May 15, 2025

Nyron Erickson gunned down in West End

A West End man accused in 2023 of helping to run a major drug ring from His Majesty’s Prison was shot dead shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday, police said. …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
December 28, 2024

EDITORIAL: After 7 years of strife, the VI must emerge stronger

The past 12 months have not been easy for the Virgin Islands, but 2024 nevertheless brought glimpses of the light at the end of a tunnel the territory entered when …

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by BVI Beacon
August 5, 2024

Andrew Fahie sentenced to 11 years in prison

MIAMI, Florida – Former premier Andrew Fahie sat expressionless in a Miami courtroom this afternoon as a federal judge sentenced him to a little over 11 years in prison for …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
Andrew Fahie
April 11, 2024

Fahie sentencing delayed to June

Former premier Andrew Fahie’s sentencing on drug-conspiracy charges was initially scheduled for this month in Miami, but it has been delayed until June 25 after his lawyer requested more time …

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by Jason Smith
March 7, 2024

Lawyers still at odds over Fahie jurors

United States attorneys who led the recent prosecution of former premier Andrew Fahie on drug-conspiracy charges are open to the idea of an inquiry into last month’s contested guilty verdict, …

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by Jason Smith
Andrew Fahie leaving courthouse in Miami
January 11, 2024

Fahie defence still under wraps as lawyers wrangle

Former premier Andrew Fahie’s lawyer is opposing four motions from United States prosecutors that could shape his upcoming drug conspiracy trial in Miami, which was scheduled to start Monday but …

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by Jason Smith
November 23, 2023

Kadeem Maynard gets almost five years

Virgin Islander Kadeem Maynard was sentenced to nearly five years in a United States prison on Monday after pleading guilty to participating in an alleged conspiracy to traffic large amounts …

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by Jason Smith
Maynards photo
November 2, 2023

Two hit with gun and drug charges after vehicle search

After stopping a “suspicious vehicle” on Saturday night in the Fat Hogs Bay area, police arrested two men for drug and firearm offences, they said. Keanus Smart, 18, of Free …

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by The BVI Beacon
September 29, 2023

Erickson accused of helping run 2021 drug ring from HM Prison

After United States prosecutors decided to drop their four-year-old money-laundering case against Virgin Islander Nyron Erickson last month, he was released from house arrest on St. Thomas last week and …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Nyron Erickson
April 29, 2022

Criminal complaint details claims against premier, port boss [FULL COMPLAINT]

Premier Andrew Fahie and BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard have been accused of agreeing to allow cocaine to pass through Tortola ports in exchange for a percentage of …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
October 16, 2020

Venezuelan pleads guilty to 124 kilograms of coke charge

Four Venezuelans appeared in Magistrates’ Court Monday to face multiple charges stemming from a Sept. 27 raid at Anderson Hill, where police confiscated a loaded gun and 124 kilograms of …

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by Joey Waldinger

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