The Virgin Islands is being “terrorised” by youths with semi-automatic weapons, Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said last week as he pledged a crackdown on the gun crime that has been …
March 27, 2025
March 7, 2024
3 charged after cops find guns, drugs
Three men were arrested and charged after police found firearms, ammunition and drugs on Friday in Purcell Estate, police said Monday. Seantroy Hanley, 36, and Jahkeema Charles, 32, both of …
April 8, 2022
3 accused of Daway murder walk free
Three defendants couldn’t hold in their elation the morning of April 4, hugging and whispering excitedly as Justice Richard Floyd announced in High Court that four years after they were …
February 12, 2021
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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August 13, 2018
Four charged with firearm offences over Festival
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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May 29, 2018
Virgin Gorda men charged in armed robbery
Two Virgin Gorda residents were charged with firearm-related offences in relation to a robbery over the weekend, police reported on Tuesday. Richard Creque, 44, of North Sound, was charged with …
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