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Tuesday, May 15 – The quick work of officers of the Virgin Gorda Police Station led to the recovery of well over $5,000 worth of jewelry and the arrest of three ...

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UPDATE: Suspect charged

Tuesday, May 15 – Police officially charged Keno Allen, 31 years, of Great Mountain with the robbery committed outside a restaurant on Lower Main Street last ...

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Although he was not at the public meeting organized by the Road Town Anti-Crime Group (RTACG) at the St. George’s Church Hall on May 1, At-large Representative ...

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Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives on St. Thomas are investigating an Assault First Degree and Attempted Suicide that apparently resulted from a domestic ...

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UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CANNABIS On 01-05-2012 at 1215hrs, Police was formally arrested and charged Kasim Benti for the offences of (1) Unlawful possession of ...

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Police on St. Thomas are investigating a Burglary that occurred on Friday, May 4 in Estate Lindberg.  A homeowner told police that two unknown people were inside ...

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Over 170 plants, ranging from four to 11 feet in height, were uprooted and seized by the police in the Hope Hill area late Friday afternoon. Head of Tactical Unit ...

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Police on St. Thomas arrested Denielle Arthur and charged her with Grand Larceny. Police said Arthur took jewelry that was not hers and traded it for cash at a cash ...

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Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives on St. Thomas arrested Sherry-Ann Hughes, 46 and charged her with Obtaining Money Under False Pretense and Fraudulent Claims ...

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ST THOMAS, US Virgin Islands, Friday May 04, 2012 – The apparent murder-suicide of an Antiguan couple living in St Thomas has left relatives grieving and questions ...

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Complaints about noise makers that converge in the vicinity of Ceto’s restaurant, screeching scooters blasting loud music zooming through Road Town, and drag ...

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ARREST BLOTTER: April 22-28, 2012

ASSAULT OCCASIONING ACTUAL BODILY HARM On 24-04-2012 at 2020hrs, Police arrested and charged 34-year-old Odinga Thomas of Vanterpool Estate for Assault Occasioning ...

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BVI likened to the “wild west̶...

The absence of  certain key legislation and poor or little enforcement has caused a Road Town Anti-Crime Group member to liken the territory to the ‘wild ...

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It was announced at a Road Town Anti-Crime Group meeting on May 1 that police officers might be hesitant to charge legislators who are committing traffic violations. ...

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Police on St. Thomas were notified of the stabbing death of a 64 year-old female and 12 hours later, 22-year-old Kareem Mulraine was arrested and charged with the ...

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ARREST BLOTTER

CONSPIRACY OF IMPORT CANNABIS On 15-04-2012 at 2128hrs, Police arrested and charged 26-year-old Mustafa Claxton of Free Bottom, 28-year-old Jose Miguel Christopher ...

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Swabs from the firearm in the Neal Dabreo matter will be sent overseas this month for testing, Senior Magistrate Valerie Stephens heard when the matter came up ...

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Serial burglar on the loose in East End?

Tuesday, April 24 – Police are seeing a trend of multiple burglaries on single apartment buildings in Greenland, Old Plantation and in the Vanterpool Estate areas ...

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Monday, April 23 – Police are investigating a reported robbery of a patron at Fat Hogs Bay bar early Saturday morning. The male victim was in the company of some ...

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Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives on St. Croix arrested 28-year-old Christian Rojas and charged him with Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm and Child ...

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While it is alarming that crime in areas such as burglaries, thefts, domestic violence, sexual molestation, and youth-related incidents are increasing in the ...

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Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives on St. Thomas arrested 41-year-old Rochelle Blyden and charged her in the death of a four month old baby boy. Police said ...

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Elroy OKeiffe, the 26-year-old Johnson Ghut resident in whose home some 1,000 grammes of cocaine was found on April 18,pleaded not guilty to the charges of unlawful ...

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Wednesday, April 18 – Another 14 police officers received completion certificates as the final of six, three-week intensive courses in investigative skills for ...

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ARREST BLOTTER: April 8-14, 2012

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CANNABIS On 08-04-2012 at 2105hrs, Police arrested and charged Dale Davis for the offence of Unlawful Possession of Cannabis. BURGLARY On ...

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The four men who were arrested on April 15 for drug and gun possession were granted bail when they appeared in the Magistrate’s Court today. Mustafa Claxton, 26, ...

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Police on St. Croix recovered a large stash of drugs that washed up on a South Shore beach on Saturday, April 14. St. Croix Police Chief Christopher Howell said the ...

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There are no licensed strip clubs in the British Virgin Islands, neither are there brothels, but residents were still concerned about why there are known strip clubs ...

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Monday, April 16 – Police are investigating a report that a couple from the cruise ship Costa Luminosa is missing. The Port agent for the M/V Costa Luminosa stated ...

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GANGS REVEALED

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force knows of at least 10 gangs that operated in the territory, four of those were noted as being functional from as far back as ...

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“From our records we have where many women who are from elsewhere, especially from the Caribbean islands, are being abused from perpetrators who are from the ...

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On June 29, 2010 Jah’Mari Industrious was arrested by Virgin Islands police officers on St. Thomas and charged with Murder in the First Degree, among other ...

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UPDATE: Illegal immigrants sent home

Thursday, April 12 – The Immigration Department has confirmed that the three Haitian nationals, who were taken into custody for entering the Territory illegally, ...

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ARREST BLOTTER: April 1-7, 2012

ASSAULT OCCASIONING ACTUAL BOIDLY HARM 1.    On 02-04-2012 at 0920hrs, Police arrested and charged Michael Butler of Meyers for the offence of Assault Occasioning ...

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Marcus Lloyd, one of the two men who was arrested and charged on April 7 for carrying an unlicensed firearm and possession of explosives, was today, April 10 ...

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ST. CROIX: Hit-and-run driver caught

Traffic Investigation Unit officers arrested a suspect and charged him with negligent homicide in connection to a vehicular fatality that occurred in February 2012. ...

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Thursday, April 4 – Police apprehended yet another person attempting to transport marijuana to Virgin Gorda ahead its Easter Festival. Andres Arturo Bailey, 31 ...

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ARREST BLOTTER: March 25-31, 2012

BURGLARY 1.    On 27-03-2012 at 0602hrs, Police arrested and charged a 16-year-old male of Ballast Bay for the offence of Burglary. 2.    On 27-03-2012, Police ...

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Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives on St. Thomas are investigating an Assault and Robbery that occurred at about 1 a.m. on Wednesday, April 4 on Back Street. ...

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Joycelyn Searles aka Sistah Joyce, a local calypsonian, was granted $60,000 signed bail and ordered to report to the Virgin Gorda Police Station every Monday, ...

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Baby discovered in purse

Police on St. Croix made a routine traffic stop that turned out to be anything but routine. The female driver happened to have a newborn baby travelling with her in ...

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Monday, April 2 – The public now has access to any Royal Virgin Islands Police Department through its three digit access number 311. The Royal Virgin Islands ...

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Events continue for commissioner’s...

Friday, March 30 – As part of events to conclude Commissioner of Police Reynell Frazer tenure in office, His Excellency the Governor Boyd McCleary hosted a ...

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RVIPF hosts parade for commissioner̵...

Thursday, March 29 – In tribute to retiring Commissioner of Police Reynell Frazer, officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, at all ranks, marched and ...

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The Road Town Anti-Crime Group submitted recommendations earlier this week in a letter to Premier, Dr. the Hon. D. Orlando Smith, calling for mandatory sentences for ...

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Wednesday, March 28 – In a joint operation between the Traffic Department and the Tactical Unit, five motor scooters were seized in Road Town area, one in Cane ...

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High Court Judge, Justice Rita Olivetti, will be announcing whether or not Lynn Mervin Weekes is eligible for parole on April 3. The case, which is provided for ...

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At least one legislator has questioned why the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force was not able to purchase the six vehicles it had requested. Third District ...

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Monday, March 12 – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force will officially launch its long awaited ‘311’ Control Room number on Sunday, April 1. The new ...

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The consideration of serious mandatory sentences for illegal guns was thrown on the table by Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith during the March 19 edition of NDP radio. ...

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Alcedo Tyson, the 23-year-old man accused of murdering Kwanna Todd-Rhymer, reportedly pumped a second bullet into the victim after she fell from a shot to the neck, ...

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Is your community’s design an adva...

The Town and Country Planning Department is working with the community to ensure that the environment in which they live is not designed in a way to encourage crime. ...

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Deputy Police Commissioner David Morris said the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) remains committed to improving relations between the police and the ...

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President of the Road Town Anti Crime Group Eugenia O’Neal has said the group will be submitting a number of recommendations to Premier and Minister responsible ...

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Abdel the Stabber caught

Police on St. John arrested Abdel Mohammed Mustafa based on an arrest warrant charging him with Assault Third Degree and Carrying or Using a Dangerous Weapon in ...

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A 39-year-old man on St. Thomas was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault and Battery Domestic Violence after police were told he spat on and struck his ...

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Criminal investigation Bureau detectives on St. Croix arrested two suspects after they executed a search and arrest warrant at about 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 ...

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A man who used a machete to threaten to kill a bar patron was offered $6,000 bail when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Valerie Stephens on March 13. Jonathan ...

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UPDATED: Bomb scare was an “idle t...

Police said there is “no credible evidence or intelligence” to suggest that yesterday’s bomb threat at the Water and Sewerage Department “was ...

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“We are not the community we used ...

President of the Road Town Anti Crime Group Eugenia O’Neal has called on everyone in the community regardless of where they are from to come together to solve ...

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ARREST BLOTTER: February 26-29, 2012

FORGERY On 27-02-2012 at 1950hrs, Police arrested and charged Elretha Jeffers, a native of Nevis for the offences of (1) Forgery, (2) Uttering Forged Documents. ...

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Noise pollution concerns police

Noise pollution is still an issue of concern to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and the BVI community in general, Deputy Commissioner of Police David ...

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Police on St. Thomas arrested Alejandro D. Lima, 25, and charged him with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Gilberto Parrilla who died a few days after being ...

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“Together we will make it, trouble...

Chairman of Crime Stoppers in the BVI Kevin Smith has called on all in the BVI to join hands and forces and fight crime in the territory. Smith was speaking at a ...

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GUARANTEED ANONYMITY

Deputy Police Commissioner David Morris is encouraging people in the BVI to join Crimestoppers because it’s an international organisation that absolutely has ...

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