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Magistrates Court

November 23, 2020

Assault over rented scooter brings $500 fine

On Monday, Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin fined Kvaughn Thomas, 21, of Greenland, $500 after he pleaded guilty to common assault and admitted to hitting a man in the face during an …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 23, 2020

Greenland man charged with gun possession

After executing a search warrant on Oct. 14 at a Greenland home, officers in the Major Crime Team charged Dajshon Benjamin with keeping an illegal firearm, police said. Besides Mr. …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 18, 2020

RDA gets funding for police, court facilities

New funding has been provided to facilitate repairs to the Road Town Police Station and the Magistrates’ Court from damage caused by the 2017 hurricanes, and three “deeds of contribution” …

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by Dana Kampa
May 1, 2020

United States Virgin Islands man gets prison for illegal entry

A United States Virgin Islands man was sentenced to spend eight months in prison and pay $2,000 in fines after being apprehended while trying to enter this territory recently during …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 6, 2020

Man charged with 2016 murder

On Feb. 19, detectives charged 29-year-old Ashan Westcott with the murder of Nickera Smith almost four years after her body was discovered beneath a blue tarpaulin in Hawks Nest, according …

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by Joey Waldinger
January 24, 2020

Man sentenced for cheating disabled woman

On June 13, Kelvin Lloyd allegedly met a woman in front of Simply Delicious restaurant to collect money for an apartment he falsely claimed he would rent to her, Magistrate …

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by Joey Waldinger
December 12, 2019

Man goes free after two-dollar theft case

While walking down Main Street last week, Matthew Hart needed two dollars, he said. So, he walked to Bamboushay and asked the assistant manager, who was working behind the bar, …

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by Joey Waldinger
November 15, 2019

Man accused of sex with underage relative

In 2012, a girl moved to the Virgin Islands. Her mother had recently fallen ill, so she was sent to live with her aunt and her aunt’s son, according to …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 14, 2019

EDITORIAL: Sentencing guidelines are huge, but more reforms should follow

Kudos to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court for introducing its first set of sentencing guidelines. The new system should help ensure that justice is administered fairly and consistently in the …

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by BVI Beacon
October 10, 2019

VG man fined for assaulting woman

A Virgin Gorda man was fined more than $1,000 last Thursday for assaulting his significant other and breaking her phone. Upon entering his home on Nov. 17, 2018, Theodore Wiclisle …

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by Joey Waldinger
September 30, 2019

Court using new sentencing guidelines

As Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo considered a minor drug offence on Tuesday, she applied new sentencing guidelines launched last week by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Ms. Baptiste-DaBreo then sentenced 21-year-old …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
March 20, 2018

Father, daughter plead guilty in visa case

A father and daughter from the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty on Friday after allegedly attempting to use fake visas to enter the territory. After admitting to uttering forged documents, Leonel …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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