The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force has arrested and charged one male in connection with an assault involving a minor, which has generated significant public concern following the circulation of a video of the incident on social media.Police investigations confirm that the matter was reported on January 15, and was treated with urgency by officers. As a result, Mr. Vidal Farrington, 30 of The Valley, Virgin Gorda was arrested and charged with Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm. He was...

The RVIPF issued a ‘Wanted’ poster to the public yesterday Wednesday January 7, 2026 in relation to one Jazz Freeman. Freeman is wanted for questioning in relation to the possession of illegal firearm, explosives and controlled drugs. The poster noted that Freeman is known to frequent Purcell Estate, Free Bottom, Baugher’s Bay, Road Town and surrounding areas.Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is kindly asked to contact the RVIPF Intelligence Unit at 368-933...

Information reaching our newsroom is that both Honourables Ronnie Skelton and Marlon Penn met with Honourable Mitch Turnbull, in an effort to attract him back to the NDP, offering him the Leader of the Opposition position. We’re told the meeting went down at a popular bar in Road Town, hours after the Honourable Stacy Mather made the announcement that he was joining the VIP Government. We are told both moves, Mather and Turnbull are aimed at ensuring Walwyn is unable to go to the UK w...

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has charged one male following an intelligence-led police operation conducted on Tuesday, 30 December 2025, in the Fahie Hill area.Alex Archibald, a native of St. Kitts and Nevis, who was arrested during the operation, has been formally charged with the following offences:• Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm• Unlawful Possession of Explosives• Possession of a Controlled DrugDuring the execution of a search warrant at a residential property,...

RVIPF investigating early morning murder in Purcell Estate.

A coordinated multi-agency operation conducted between 8th and 9th December 2025, involving His Majesty’s Customs, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), and external law enforcement partners from United States Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) and the Joint Regional Command Centre from the CARICM region, resulted in the arrest of six males and the seizure of 772.4 kilograms of cocaine.The joint operation was initiated after intelligence was received indicating suspicious marit...

House of Luxury robbed for a second time.

On 4 November, Governor Pruce announced that he had commissioned a full, independent external investigation into the circumstances that led to the escape of Jose Almestica and John Burgos from His Majesty’s Prison on 25 October.‘I can now confirm that the UK’s Ministry of Justice has identified an expert in prison security and risk management to undertake the investigation. ‘The expert has arrived in the Virgin Islands and has begun his investigation. Ag, Governor David A...