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 …
April 8, 2022
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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