By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff A Haitian man accused of recently smuggling 21 illegal immigrants onto British Virgin Island (BVI) shores has be placed on remand. Luc Eloi is charged with smuggling immigrants, possession of proceeds of criminal […]
Category: Court
VG woman pleads guilty to several counts of theft
A Virgin Gorda resident who appeared before the High Court on four counts of theft and four counts of false accounting has been remanded at Her Majesty’s Prison. Threacha Berry was remanded after she pleaded guilty to the offences when […]
Scooter rider sentenced after hit and run
A scooter rider who struck a pedestrian in Road Town last month then fled the scene has been hauled before the Magistrate’s Court on several charges. East End resident Cory Prince was fined a total of $1,775 after he pleaded […]
Man who threatens business owner sentenced
A 42-year-old man who threatened a businessman with a machete over $10 has been put on a two-year bond to keep the peace. Steadwin Coakley was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespass, using threatening language, disorderly conduct, and […]
Man allegedly robs former schoolmate at gunpoint
A man is now facing a charge of robbery after he allegedly armed himself with a gun and robbed his former schoolmate of a motor scooter, which was later being re-sprayed. Charged for the offence is Kiover Hatchett of Long […]
Mother, daughter busted with marijuana at home
A 56-year-old woman and her adult daughter have been brought before the Magistrate’s Court on Tortola following a police raid, which uncovered marijuana at their White Bay home on the island of Jost Van Dyke. Cecilia Callwood and her daughter […]
Two face court for scooter stolen at gunpoint
Two men accused of stealing a motor scooter at gun-point have been granted $50,000 bail each in the Magistrate’s Court. Charged with theft are 26-year-old Rafael Harrigan and his 23-year-old co-accused Akeem Forbes. They pleaded not guilty to the charges […]
Walters ordered to stay away from complainant
The court has ordered Fat Hogs Bay resident Deron Walters to stay away from Sherman Sebastian, the man he allegedly beat in a remote area of Tortola last year. Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-Dabreo gave the order during Walters’ recent appearance in […]
‘I don’t have a job; I drink everyday’
Jeremy Nibbs, who racked up multiple charges after he reportedly kicked a police officer in face, has been ordered to pay $1,950 in fines and compensation in the Magistrate’s Court. Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-Dabreo fined the East End resident for disorderly […]
Gov’t gets more than $300K amid guilty verdict
More than $300,000 will be added to the BVI Government’s coffers following an order by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards this month. She made the order after she convicted Puerto Rican native Felix Melendez-Colon on charges of acquisition, possession, or use […]
