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Mason charged $5,000 for cannabis cultivation
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August 18, 2017
A mason of Vermont could see himself spending the next four months behind bars. Wesley Simon, on Monday, was charged that on August 13, 2017 in the Ve...
More charges laid against former police officer
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August 15, 2017
Elron Lewis may very well have counted his chickens before they were hatched. Last Tuesday, shortly after prosecutors withdrew 25 charges of deception...
Union Island man wants justice for slain father
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August 11, 2017
Jason Alexander wants justice for his slain father. Jason’s father, Lawrence Alexander, 72, died at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Milton Cato...
Murder accused to stand trial at High Court
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August 11, 2017
“I am innocent of this crime, I did not kill nobody. Evidence is being fabricated against me.” These are the words from Danneke Billingy, as the p...
Magistrate gives teen a chance to do good
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July 28, 2017
Magistrate Rickie Burnett has placed a 16-year-old Fancy resident on a one-year bond in an attempt to keep him out of trouble. Mocasa Bowman was charg...
Case against Jarvis put back to September 12
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July 28, 2017
Murder accused Junior Jarvis will return to court on September 12, 2017. Jarvis, 44, is charged that on February 14, 2017, at Arnos Vale, he did with ...
Man ordered to pay $350 to elderly neighbour
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July 25, 2017
A Langley Park man says he was confused when he pushed an elderly man, causing him to bruise his elbow. Yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Cou...
Rum thief fined $300
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July 25, 2017
Allison Edeavour was yesterday ordered to pay EC$300 by the court after he was caught stealing two 6 oz bottles of Sunset Very Strong Rum from Massy S...
Man nabbed with 105 lbs of marijuana
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July 25, 2017
A Rilland Hill man was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $60,000, after being charged with having 105 pounds of cannabis in his possession. Asordo ...
Police officer slapped with another charge
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July 21, 2017
The police officer charged with theft of $75,000 from the St Vincent and the Grenadines Postal Corporation has been slapped with another charge and re...
Wife charged with husband’s murder
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July 18, 2017
Hermina Jackson is expected to spend the next two months behind bars, pending the outcome of a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of her husband ...
Biabou man  remanded on wounding charge
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July 18, 2017
A Biabou man was remanded in police custody yesterday after being charged with hitting his fellow villager with a bottle. When Jamesy Harry appeared b...
Magistrate warns teen about smoking marijuana
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July 7, 2017
A teenager of Byera has been warned that marijuana is not good for him. On Monday, July 3, shortly after 17-year-old Javon Thomas pleaded guilty to po...
Six charges against  police officer withdrawn
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July 7, 2017
A police officer who had been charged with 22 counts of deception has had six of those charges withdrawn. The charges against Elron Lewis, who is alle...
NDP’s election petitions to proceed to trial
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July 4, 2017
Although the recognizances provided in the New Democratic Party (NDP) election petitions were insufficient, the petitions themselves are not invalid; ...
Vincentian among four on drug charges
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June 30, 2017
Rose Place resident Sydney Norville has been charged with drug trafficking and possession of over 100 pounds of marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda. On T...
PSU takes PSC to court over unfair promotions
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June 27, 2017
The Public Service Union (PSU) has taken the Public Service Commission (PSC) to court, over what they consider to be unfair promotions within the publ...
Long Wall man jailed for theft
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June 23, 2017
Two years and five months was the prison sentence handed down to a Long Wall man who admitted to stealing over $62,000 in cash and goods from two busi...
Grenadian remanded
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June 23, 2017
A Grenadian national was on Monday remanded in police custody after being slapped with three immigration charges. When Dwayne Sylvester appeared befor...
Three charges dismissed
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June 23, 2017
Arnos Vale resident Carlos Lewis no longer has to worry about the robbery, kidnapping and attempted murder charges laid against him on March 2, 2017. ...
‘Jacket’ faces additional charge
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June 23, 2017
As if being slapped with three murder charges were not enough, Schemel “Jacket” Dunbar now faces an additional charge. The Rillan Hill man is char...
Union Island man charged with wounding villager
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June 23, 2017
A Union Island man has found himself back before a court law, 14 months after a murder charge against him was dismessed. On Monday, Kemroy Craigg appe...
Something came over me, says alleged wife killer
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June 16, 2017
British Virgin Islands (BVI) Director of Public Prosecutions Kim Hollis has told the court that, during a police interview, Lennox Da Silva ‘clearly...
Vermont woman slapped with four drug charges
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June 13, 2017
A Vermont woman was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $3,500 after being slapped with four drug possession charges. Jolette Indirah Laborde, 31, st...
Accused armed robber granted bail
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June 9, 2017
A Fitz-Hughes man has been granted bail in the sum of $15,000, while he faces four charges in relation to armed robbery of Euro 3,490 that occurred ea...