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 …
August 29, 2024
July 4, 2024
Cops seize high-powered firearms
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 …
May 30, 2024
Botched robbery doesn’t slow poker run
The 20th Leverick Bay Poker Run on Sunday was the second after the Covid-19 pandemic forced the event to take a three-year hiatus, and organisers dubbed it a success despite …
May 23, 2024
Two dead after Huntums Ghut shooting
Two Dominican Republic men were fatally shot outside Ramon Bar in Huntums Ghut on Friday morning shortly after midnight, police said. The deceased are 44-year-old Alix Montero Hernandez, who resided …
May 3, 2024
Pair charged for 2023 murder
Two men were charged last week in connection with the killing of Kemo Lettsome on April 30, 2023, in Long Look, police said. Members of the police Major Incident Team …
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 …
January 25, 2024
Two arrested for guns and pot on Virgin Gorda
Two men were arrested and another fled during a stop-and-search operation last Thursday on Virgin Gorda, police said. After police stopped a vehicle with three men inside, they found a …
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October 23, 2023
EDITORIAL: Is crime at a tipping point?
Crime in the Virgin Islands appears to be approaching a dangerous tipping point where the rule of law and the institutions that ensure it are at risk of being overwhelmed. …
October 13, 2023
Four charged after searches net guns, drugs – Two kilos of coke seized on VG
Four men face charges after police carried out separate searches on Friday and seized two assault rifles, a “significant amount” of ammunition, and cocaine, police said. Omari Roberts, 27, was …
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October 13, 2023
Crabbe Lot shooting leads to charges, Baronville ‘promptly apprehended’
A 34-year-old Carrot Bay resident was arrested and charged with multiple offences after police responded to reports of gunfire shortly after 9 p.m. on Oct. 3 in the Crabbe Lot …
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October 13, 2023
Parents rush to Elmore Stoutt High School after gun scare, officials blame panic on ‘misinformation’
An arrest and a gun scare on Monday at Elmore Stoutt High School alarmed parents and students alike, leaving some residents questioning the school’s security measures and ability to respond …
September 28, 2023
Gun-toting trio elude cops near prison
Three men in hoodies dropped a bag of guns as they fled police near His Majesty’s Prison on Sept. 21, according to the Police Information Office. No related arrests have …
July 6, 2023
Shots fired in daylight pier park robbery
Shots were fired but no injuries were reported following an armed robbery at about 2 p.m. July 1 at the House of Luxury at the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier …
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June 8, 2023
Fourth suspect charged in Spooners gun finds
A fourth suspect has been charged in connection with four firearms seized during a May 25 search of two residences in Spooners Estate, police said. Akiba Joseph, a Trinidad native …
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June 8, 2023
Two men wounded in separate shootings
Two men were wounded in separate shootings over the past eight days, police said. The first shooting occurred in the Harrigan Estate area on May 31, police announced the same …
June 1, 2023
Trio charged for guns after Spooners searches
Police arrested five people on May 25 after searching two homes in Spooners Estate and allegedly finding four guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Three of the five detainees …
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June 1, 2023
‘Scar’ dead following Manchester shooting
Two shootings over the weekend left one man dead and another wounded, police said. Vicardo “Scar” Farrell, a 33-year-old resident of Major Bay, was shot early Saturday morning in the …
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September 18, 2020
Trio charged with robbery
Three men have been arrested in connection to a robbery at Ogan barbershop in Long Bush at about 10:45 a.m. on Aug. 10, according to a Tuesday police press release. …