12-year-old charged for using indecent language, granted $3K bail
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has charged a 12-year-old boy with indecent language, setting his bail at $3,000.
According to the RVIPF, the boy was arrested on November 22 in the Greenland area after reportedly hurling profanities at police officers.
“During a routine patrol in the Greenland area on November 22, officers encountered a group of young men. Upon seeking information, a 12-year-old individual in the group began to behave in a disorderly manner towards the officers,” police told BVI News. “Despite efforts to de-escalate the situation, the individual continued to engage in inappropriate conduct. As a result, he was arrested and charged with indecent language.”
The RVIPF also reported that another member of the group, a 15-year-old from Greenland, had been arrested earlier on November 6 for unlawful possession of a controlled drug. He was also granted $3,000 bail.
Both juveniles are set to appear before the Magistrate’s Court on January 16, 2025.
Under the Police Act of 2019, using indecent, insulting, or abusive language toward police officers or auxiliary members during the execution of their duties is considered an offence. It carries penalties of up to $5,000 in fines, up to two years of imprisonment, or both.
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The next generation of our Country …. my God, how we have failed them on EVERY single level.
Our Country, our community, our families, our faith, our parenting, our ethics, our basic human decency and sense of honour just do not exist anymore..
12 years old, a gangster in the making.as a man, if he had open his mouth to me like that I would have punch every teeth out of his mouth and stomp his behind. To whoever he belongs to if I see your little bastard crawling on the side of the road I will step right over him and keep going.
This country gone to the dogs
His mother is a worthless piece of S. Honestly they need to start sterilizing some of these women and the men that lay down with them.
this is a first, add teachers and other public servants to that list.
on the loose , the youths are exposed to the drugs that are now manufactured and coming in from Santo in many disguised ways / and them prostitutes are slipping things in your drinks & food and a whole set of sweet talk to charm you and you will be hooked – so don’t say you wasn’t warned/ look at upper main street it’s a typical example of how those Spaniards operating their CLANDESTINE business
12 years old smh that child DOOMED aint going make it pass 20.