Scene of a Saturday morning accident on East End Road near the Seaside Market & Deli By. REEMY-REEMZ PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY
Welcome to the ninth edition of the Monday Digest, where we gather snippets of stories that occurred over the weekend to help you start your Monday informed.
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Below, the top weekend stories:
Police Sergeant Arrested on Domestic Violence Charge
Police Sergeant Jamale Griffin was arrested Saturday night for allegedly assaulting a female family member. The V.I.P.D. did not provide much details, but Mr. Griffin was released into the custody of a third-party pending his advisement hearing.
Territory Records 42nd Homicide for 2020
A 28-year-old man named Olson Tyson became the 42nd homicide for 2020 in the USVI after being shot to death in Williams Delight Friday night. The 41st homicide occurred in Frederiksted on Oct. 9, where a 21-year-old woman was caught in the crossfire of a shootout resulting in multiple gunshot wounds and her eventual death at JFL.
Future of Limetree Bay Refining in Question as BP Mulls Exiting Agreement — Reuters Report
The future of Limetree Bay Refining could come into question as the facility's largest supplier of oil, BP, has said it could pull out of the agreement if Limetree fails to start refining by December, according to a Reuters report which cited two people familiar with the matter.
Limetree Bay Ventures, which owns the refinery, has spent roughly $2.7 billion in restoration efforts. The initial bet was to take advantage of the rise in demand for low-sulfur fuels with markets in the Caribbean and Latin America as the targets. Limetree Bay's goal was to refine up to 210,000 barrels daily, but those plans were shattered by the coronavirus pandemic.
Virgin Islander Stands Out at Ghana Film Festival After Winning Animation Award
Virgin Islander Verna M. Corbin was recently awarded the excellence in animation award by the Black Star International Film Festival in Ghana for her animated short film “Jumbie Kids”. Corbin intends to expand the “Jumbie Kids” film into a web-series in conjunction with other ongoing animated film and illustrated projects she is currently pursuing.
In other news, two men initially thought to be victims of an armed robbery attempt at the Emerald Beach Resort in St. Thomas on Friday, were arrested Saturday after police found them to be in possession of a stolen firearm; senators are working on a bill that requires owners of shoreline properties to provide suitable access to the territory's beaches; Dept. of Health finally pays employees after these employees had worked up to four months without compensation; WICO expecting cruise ships as early as January; and a drunk driver during the early hours of Saturday morning crashed into a Ford Explorer, causing a three-way vehicular accident. At least one victim had to be airlifted for medical attention, and the drunk driver was arrested, though he was released on $1,000 bond.
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