Police said they have recovered two illegal guns on the island of Tortola – one on a beach in Cane Garden Bay and the other on a vessel docked at Port Purcell. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said: […]
Category: Crime/Police
45-year-old charged for sex with child
BVI News Online has confirmed that police have charged a 45-year-old resident of Purcell Estate on Tortola after he allegedly had sex with a girl below the age of consent. The man is charged with two counts of unlawful sexual […]
UK specialists to assess BVI gun needs
It appears Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews is slightly softening his apparently hardline approach that more police officers should not carry guns. He, this week, told BVI News Online that the United Kingdom has agreed to assess the Royal Virgin […]
Commish: Tortola road bad for swift response
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said one of its goal is to get to the scene of a crime within 10 minutes of being called. However, it stated that the response time may be longer because it is […]
Foreign cops told: Don’t come for the lifestyle
Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews said his team will this year start rolling out police vehicles that are far more easily identifiable, adding that he also does not want police officers being recruited from overseas to think they are here […]
Crime declined by 4 percent – Premier
Premier Dr D Orlando Smith yesterday told the House of Assembly that crime decreased by 4 percent last year when compared to the year 2015, adding that plans are afoot to enhance the police firearms response mechanisms ‘in line with […]
Giving business owners guns won’t solve crime -Fraser
Leader of the Opposition Julian Fraser has reiterated his call for the police to carry guns, but he does not think the suggestion for business operators to more easily acquire licensed firearms would significantly help to curb the current spate […]
ARREST BLOTTER: January 1 to 7
The following is the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s list of people charged from January 1 to 7, 2017: Unlawful possession of a controlled drug 1. On 01-01-2017 at 0039hrs – Police arrested and charged Laren Turnbull, 47, resident of […]
Premier has ‘deep concern’ about violent crimes
Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has joined a growing list of persons raising concern about the latest spate of serious crimes in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). “I would like to express my deep concern about the state of violent […]
No charge yet in murder case
There was a tense calm yesterday around the bar where a gunman committed the British Virgin Islands’ first reported murder for 2017. When BVI News Online visited the area in the afternoon, no one was seen in and around the […]
