A 20-year-old man was shot to death shortly before 2 a.m. yesterday morning near his Purcell Estate residence amid a series of violent incidents across Tortola over 24 hours, police …
January 16, 2025
August 1, 2024
Cops tight-lipped on weekend shootings
One man was killed and another seriously wounded in separate weekend shootings that officials described as unrelated. Police, however, have provided few details. Jareem Todman, 34, was shot multiple times …
July 18, 2024
Rohan Williams found guilty of 2019 rape and murder of Lenia Lettsome-Green
On a rainy night on May 26, 2019, Jamila Stevens was driving home from the Leverick Bay Poker Run when she spotted a woman lying in the road in the …
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July 11, 2024
Long-time inmate charged in 2023 killing
A long-time inmate at His Majesty’s Prison has become the third man charged with murdering Kemo Lettsome, who was shot to death during a family gathering in Long Look on …
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 …
November 10, 2023
Sixth killing of 2023
A 25-year-old Purcell Estate man was fatally shot shortly after 2 a.m. Monday in central Road Town, police said. The body of Julio Rivera was found with multiple gunshot wounds …
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 …
March 2, 2023
Cops appeal for information on 2022 killing
A year after Virgin Islands businessman Le’ Shaughn Smith was fatally shot on Feb. 24, 2022, police issued a new appeal last Thursday for the public to help identify anyone …
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February 17, 2023
Man charged with murder in Road Town killing
Greenland resident Hasani Frett, 37, was charged with the murder of an unidentified man who succumbed to gunshot wounds following a shooting near the House of Assembly building in Road …
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February 10, 2023
Murder suspect shot dead in East End
A 42-year-old man facing a murder charge for a 2011 killing succumbed to gunshot wounds he sustained in a shooting at Parham Town in East End on Monday, police …
July 8, 2022
Resident wanted for questioning in killing
Police yesterday asked for the public’s help in locating Arien Fahie, 26, who they said is wanted for questioning in the June 21 shooting death of Corey Butler near Scatliffe …
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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 3, 2022
Man shot and killed in Little Apple Bay
Jaquan Thomas, 29, was shot and killed Sunday morning outside a residential area in Little Apple Bay, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton stated on Sunday. Police responding to the scene …
May 6, 2021
Two charged in the murder of Catherine Pickering and the robbery of her daughter
Catherine Pickering was fatally shot as two men robbed her daughter on April 18, police continue to arrest people they say took part in the crime or assisted the perpetrators. …
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November 13, 2020
Man killed in broad daylight
Everton McMaster, 47, of Baughers Bay, was shot and killed last Friday afternoon in broad daylight, according to police, who have been tight-lipped on details surrounding the incident. Police Information …
October 22, 2020
Man charged with Purcell Estate murder
Free Bottom resident Royden Sebastian was charged with murder last Thursday in Magistrates’ Court, where Director of Public Prosecutions Tiffany Scatliffe-Esprit alleged that he fatally shot George Burrows last month …
October 15, 2020
Man charged with Purcell Estate murder
Royden Sebastian, 37, of Free Bottom, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with the Sept. 2 murder of George Burrows, police said on Tuesday. Mr. Burrows was shot to death …
October 3, 2020
Police seek help on unsolved murders
With September marking the anniversary of the unsolved killings of four Virgin Islands residents, police are asking the public to help them bring justice to the aggrieved families. As part of an ongoing campaign to …
September 17, 2020
Footballer killed in Spring Ghut
Upon receiving reports of gunshots in Spring Ghut shortly after 1:30 p.m. last Thursday, police responded to the scene and found 55-year-old Matthew “Shorty” Daly dead with apparent gunshot wounds, …
June 8, 2020
Police promise confidentiality in requesting help for unsolved murders
Police renewed calls last week for the public’s assistance in identifying the perpetrators in the 2011 murder of Cardinal Roberto Fahie and the 2017 murder of Jefferson Mark Joseph, according …
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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 …
July 18, 2019
Man gets 6.5 years for killing his wife
On Friday a police messenger was sentenced to four years in prison for looting a television after Hurricane Irma, another man got eight years for raping his juvenile stepdaughter, and …
May 30, 2019
Crown: Woman named killer before dying
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 …
March 15, 2018
Police arrest two suspects in double murder
Two men were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of murder in relation to the February killing of Clevaughn Sweeney and Michael Stevens, police said. Though police did not release much …
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