Motorist charged for resisting arrest, injuring female police
Road Town Police Station.
A Baugher’s Bay man who was initially stopped by police over suspected illegal tint on his vehicle later picked up additional charges after he allegedly resisted arrest and assaulted the police officers who tried to detain him.
BVI News understands that the incident unfolded in Road Town last week while officers were conducting traffic operations. The officers reportedly stopped the man after noticing what appeared to be illegal tint on an area of his vehicle.
After police explained the suspected traffic violation, the man allegedly became agitated and began using indecent language. It’s understood that the police then attempted to arrest him, but he resisted, and a scuffle followed as officers attempted to subdue him.
BVI News understands that a female officer sustained injuries during the incident. However, it’s unclear whether she had to seek medical attention.
The man was later arrested and charged with illegal tint, resisting arrest and assaulting police.
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Some of the born here believe that the laws don’t apply to them they will break the law and go free but the moment it is an expart will be issueing tickets for example you stop for a minute to pick up something and slap with a ticket but take a drive in town there’s rentals company park on both sides of the street pedestrian ♂️ can’t pass, big trucks park on the street, boats on trailers on sidewalk and nothing is being done Mr commissioner your officers are only out for the small ones.
women shouldn’t be cops, they don’t have the physical strength to take on men
Men shouldn’t be cops. They lack the moral compass.
you are right
Alway this demonizing of locals. The Virgin Islands is a melting pot, one cannot make this determination by accent alone. There are a large number of people in the vi born here but their parent might be from elsewhere, which can sometimes influence certain behavior patterns. I can also testify that expats break the law very often, and seeing that they are their brothers keeper. They often get a pass from their fellow country men. I’ve been targetted before just because where i am from, but as the saying goes. “Majority Rules”. Let’s stop the senless division, while all of our melenated people are being put of jobs….
so now we got the full story…lets see if the fb warriors gonna defend him still. let them pay his lawyer fees lol
Wow! No one talks about how the Police Officers behaved and the way they approached the guy in the vehicle and yanked him by the neck trying to get him to come out of the vehicle. Anyone would get agitated by the way some of these police officers behave, almost inhumane behaviour. There are many witnesses to the scene when this happened and lawyers were around. He just needs to get one of the lawyers and the DPP will lose another case again because of the Police inadequacies. The Commissioner of Police turned up after they had already hand cuff the guy and the guy was talking to them calmly but the Police was parading him around like if he was some criminal. And you ask why the members of public should trust Police, ask why the Police have to behave in this manner for a routine police stop.
I agree women shouldn’t be cops, not just because of the strength difference, many of them are too emotional for a high pressure job like a cop. I have seen them abandon their male counterparts in combat situations.