The man who escaped from the Road Town Police Station this afternoon (June 2) has been recaptured. Information Officer at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Diane Drayton made the disclosure this evening while she confirmed an earlier BVI News […]
Category: Crime/Police
Prison officer released from hospital
Superintendent of Prisons David Foot said the prison officer who suffered a ‘minor’ head injury during an attack on the job yesterday has been released from hospital. He added that the prisoner who allegedly inflicted the wound is likely to […]
Gun case: Terry Smith shocked cousin visited him
Firearm accused Terry Smith has told the Magistrate’s Court that, minutes before police raided his Butu Mountain home and found a loaded handgun, his cousin Kareem Durante had been close to the very area where the weapon was discovered. Police […]
ARREST BLOTTER – May 14 to 20
Eight persons were charged with various offences within the period May 14 to 20. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, in its weekly Arrest Blotter, listed those persons and charges as follows: Unlawful possession of cannabis On 14-05-2017 at 1800hrs […]
Update: Man injured; shot fired at club
In a multi-pronged incident in which sources said a firearm was discharged, a young man was taken to Peebles Hospital this morning. But, contrary to earlier reports, no one was wounded as a result of the shooting. One man was […]
POLICE: Who is this man?
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) today released photos of a suspected gunman as it tries to make a breakthrough in its investigation of an armed robbery at Dawson’s Superette in Long Bush, Tortola, on March 30. The photos […]
Deceased found floating on water -Coroner Involved
The police force said the death of James Leonard Snr had been reported to the Coroner – an official who holds inquests into violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths in the British Virgin Islands. Leonard, who was found afloat in water […]
Two women charged with malicious wounding
The two women who allegedly wounded a female native of Jamaican at Pearla’s Bar in Baugher’s Bay this month have been arrested and charged with unlawful and malicious wounding. They are Jelissa Malone from Baugher’s Bay and Melicia Bodkin of […]
Leonard has wound; VISAR helped getting him to hospital
Police are trying to ascertain how the late James Leonard ended up with a wound to the back of the head. The Cooper Island resident was pronounced dead at Peebles Hospital last evening, May 17. The cause of death is […]
Leonard found dead on Cooper Island
A young man has been found dead on Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands. He has been identified as James Leonard. Leonard was discovered on a beach late this evening and taken to Peebles Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The […]
