RSVG Police Force

08/09/2026

07/09/2026

That traffic law everybody seems to interpret differently? Tomorrow, get the answer from the officers who enforce it.

With schools reopening and the roads becoming busier, SVG Law & Order puts the concerns of motorists, parents and commuters directly to the Traffic Branch.

Station Sergeant Wendell Corridon and WPC 1044 Thelia Jackson join Jillian to separate fact from roadside hearsay.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 8 | 9:00 a.m.
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07/09/2026

PRESS RELEASE

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CONSULTANT CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF DECEPTION

September 7, 2026 – Kingstown: On September 5, 2026, police arrested and charged Liane Jaxon-Defreitas, a 33-year-old consultant of Green Hill, with three counts of deception.

Investigations revealed that on January 1, 2026, the accused allegedly dishonestly obtained $500.00 ECC from a 48-year-old legal secretary of Richland Park, with the intent of permanently depriving her of it.

The accused was further charged with dishonestly obtaining $1,300.00 ECC from a 25-year-old massage therapist of Bequia on July 31, 2026, with the intent to permanently deprive her of it.

Lastly, the accused was charged with dishonestly obtaining $1,300.00 ECC from a massage therapist of Bequia on August 8, 2026, with the intent to permanently deprive her of it.
All offences were committed in Kingstown. Jaxon-Defreitas appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate Court on September 7, 2026, where she pleaded not guilty to the charges. She was granted composite bail in the sum of $4,000.00 ECC with one surety.

As part of her bail conditions, Jaxon-Defreitas was ordered not to have any contact with the complainants, surrender all travel documents, and report to the Calliaqua Police Station every Thursday between 6:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Stop notices were also placed at all ports of entry and exit.

Two trial dates were set in relation to the separate complainants. The first trial is scheduled for March 1, 2027, and the second for March 16, 2027.

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SANDY BAY RESIDENT CHARGED WITH WOUNDING

On September 4, 2026, police arrested and charged Collis Clarke, a 22-year-old resident of Sandy Bay, with the offence of wounding.

Investigations revealed that on August 13, 2026, the accused allegedly unlawfully and maliciously wounded a 34-year-old mason of the same address by striking him on the head with a piece of concrete block.

The offence was committed in London, Sandy Bay. Clarke appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate Court on September 7, 2026, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. The conditions of his station bail continue. The matter was adjourned to September 28, 2026.

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FARMER CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL ASSAULT

On September 4, 2026, police arrested and charged Juliet Patterson, a 20-year-old farmer of Fitz Hughes, with the offence of criminal assault.

According to investigations, the accused allegedly assaulted a 21-year-old farmer of the same address by pointing a black gun at him with the intent to cause bodily harm.

The offence was committed in Fitz Hughes on March 11, 2026. Patterson was granted station bail in the sum of $2,000.00 ECC with one surety. He is expected to appear before the Chateaubeliar Magistrate Court on September 16, 2026 to answer the charge.

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LABOURER CHARGED WITH TAKING A CONVEYANCE AND THEFT

On September 5, 2026, police arrested and charged Raheem Johnson, a 23-year-old labourer of Glen, with the offences of taking a conveyance and theft.

According to investigations, the accused allegedly took motor vehicle PN-270 without the consent of the owner or other lawful authority.

He was also charged with stealing one combination lock, valued at $125.00 ECC, the property of a 30-year-old medical student of the USA and presently residing in Prospect.
The offences were committed in Prospect between August 14 and August 17, 2026. Johnson appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate Court on September 7, 2026, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was granted composite bail in the sum of $2,800.00 ECC with one surety. He was ordered to report to the Calliaqua Police Station every Thursday between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., and was also ordered to seek the courts permission if he wishes to leave the state. The matter was adjourned and transferred to the Calliaqua Magistrate Court for September 14, 2026.

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LABOURER CHARGED WITH THREATENING LANGUAGE

On September 5, 2026, police arrested and charged Adolphus Hector, a 69-year-old labourer of Glen, with the offence of threatening language.

Investigations revealed that the accused allegedly used threatening language towards a 16-year-old student of the same address while in a public place, namely Glen Public Road, by saying, “Come out ah road, leh me chop off yuh neck.”

The offence was committed on September 5, 2026. Hector appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate Court on September 7, 2026, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was granted bail in the sum of $2,000.00 ECC. He was ordered not to have any contact with the complainant and was ordered to report to the Calliaqua Police Station between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. The matter was adjourned and transferred to the Calliaqua Magistrate Court for September 14, 2026.

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FARMER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, THREATENING LANGUAGE, AND THROWING MISSILES

On September 5, 2026, police arrested and charged Ronald James, a 58-year-old Farmer of New Grounds, with the offences of assault, threatening language, and throwing missiles.

According to investigations, the accused allegedly assaulted a 62-year-old retiree of the same address by beating her about her body with his hands, causing actual bodily harm.

Furthermore, he was charged with, while in a public place, namely New Grounds public road, making use of threatening language towards the said complainant by stating, “Me go kill you cause you kill my brother.”

Lastly, he was charged with allegedly throwing missiles in a public place, namely New Grounds, at a 60-year-old Farmer of the same address.

The offences were committed on July 7, 2026. James was granted station bail in the sum of $2,000.00 ECC with one surety. He is expected to appear before the Colonaire Magistrate Court on September 10, 2026, to answer the charges.

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LANDSCAPER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT

On September 5, 2026, police arrested and charged Marvin Fergus, a 45-year-old Landscaper of Diamond Village, with the offence of assault.

According to investigations, the accused allegedly assaulted a 34-year-old Security Guard of Chapman by beating her about her body with his hands, causing actual bodily harm.

The offence was committed in New Grounds on August 23, 2026. Fergus was granted station bail in the sum of $2,000.00 ECC with one surety. He is expected to appear before the Colonaire Magistrate Court on September 10, 2026, to answer the charge.

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ELECTRICIAN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS

On September 5, 2026, police arrested and charged Kadeem Findley, a 20-year-old Electrician of South Rivers, with the offence of criminal trespass.

According to investigations, the accused allegedly entered the dwelling house of a 56-year-old Taxi Operator of the same address with the intent to commit an offence, namely theft.

The offence was committed at South Rivers. Findley was granted station bail in the sum of $1,000.00 ECC with one surety. He is expected to appear before the Colonaire Magistrate Court on September 10, 2026, to answer the charge.

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LABOURER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT

On September 6, 2026, police arrested and charged Daren Richardson, a 43-year-old Labourer of Glen, with the offence of assault.

According to investigations, the accused allegedly assaulted a 62-year-old Farmer of Mesopotamia/Glen by boxing and slapping him in the face with his hands, causing actual bodily harm.

The offence was committed in Glen on September 5, 2026. Richardson appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate Court on September 7, 2026, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was granted bail in the sum of $2,500.00 ECC with one surety. He was ordered not to have any contact with the complainant and was also ordered to report to the Calliaqua Police Station every Thursdays between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. The matter was adjourned and transferred to the Calliaqua Magistrate Court for September 14, 2026.

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MASON CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY

On September 6, 2026, police arrested and charged Neville Edwards, a 43-year-old Mason of Greiggs, with the offences of assault and damage to property.

According to investigations, the accused allegedly assaulted an 18-year-old Seamstress of the same address by slapping her on the right side of her face with his hands, causing actual bodily harm.
He was charged with damaging a black iPhone valued at $2,000.00 ECC by striking it on the ground.

The offences were committed in Greiggs on June 21, 2026. Edwards was granted station bail in the sum of $2,000.00 ECC with one surety. He is expected to appear before the Biabou Magistrate Court on September 9, 2026, to answer the charges.

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FARMER CHARGED WITH WOUNDING

On September 6, 2026, police arrested and charged Tyrique Spencer, a 19-year-old Farmer of Greiggs, with the offence of wounding.

According to investigations, the accused allegedly wounded a 21-year-old Labourer of the same address by chopping him on the right hand and the right side of his head with a cutlass.

The offence was committed in Greiggs on July 14, 2026. Spencer was granted station bail in the sum of $1,000.00 ECC with one surety. He is expected to appear before the Biabou Magistrate Court on September 9, 2026, to answer the charge.

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07/09/2026

QUESTELLES POLICE YOUTH CLUB BACK-TO-SCHOOL GIVEAWAY

The Questelles Police Youth Club, in collaboration with South Leeward PowerHub, was proud to host our Back-to-School Giveaway, supporting and encouraging our young people as they prepare for the new school year.

A heartfelt thank you to our generous sponsors Sole Addiction, Mr. King, WeFM, Keke, and MJI’S Mini Mart, as well as South Leeward PowerHub, for your support and contributions.

We also appreciate our co-workers, Youth Club members, volunteers, parents, and everyone who assisted in making this initiative a success.

Together, we continue to support, inspire, and empower our youth!

07/09/2026

WANTED: PERSON OF INTEREST

The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) is seeking the assistance of the public in locating Micheal Richards of Murray Village/ Spring Village.

Micheal is wanted in relation to Attempted Murder and Robbery.

If you see him or know where he is, please contact the authorities immediately at Police Control: 457-1211, Criminal Investigation Department: 456-1810 Or visit your nearest police station. See less

07/09/2026

HAPPENING NOW | At the Executive Table | Shaping the Future of the RSVGPF

The Executive High Command of the Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force is currently engaged in a high-level strategic meeting aimed at strengthening the organisation and positioning the Force to respond more effectively to the policing and national security needs of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The meeting brings together the Acting Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioners of Police and Assistant Commissioners of Police to examine the operational and organisational barriers affecting crime-fighting and service delivery. It is also focused on aligning priorities, strengthening accountability and ensuring that decisions taken at the executive level are clearly communicated and understood throughout the entire rank and file.

Effective policing cannot be built on isolated directives. It requires careful planning, shared ownership, coordinated action and the commitment of every member of the organisation. The High Command is therefore working to ensure that the Force’s strategic initiatives are properly developed, thoroughly examined and supported by the systems necessary for effective implementation.

Today’s meeting also marks a significant moment in the leadership of the RSVGPF, with Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr Frankie Joseph and Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr Junior O. Simmons serving concurrently within the High Command. This milestone was acknowledged during the meeting as the Force continues to strengthen its leadership capacity.

The message emerging from this executive engagement is clear: challenges are being confronted, internal systems are being strengthened, and the RSVGPF is preparing to move forward with greater coordination, professionalism and unity of purpose.

The work taking place at the executive level will guide action throughout the Force, with one overriding objective… to provide professional, effective and accountable policing in the national security interests of the people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The RSVGPF remains resolute in its duty to serve, protect and build public confidence.

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06/09/2026

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06/09/2026

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04/09/2026

It’s Not About You: ASP Lyndon Oliver’s 30-Year standard at Police Headquarters

Thirty-one years after a friend talked him out of banking and into the police force, ASP Lyndon Oliver is still the man who keeps Police Headquarters running like clockwork.

Lyndon Oliver wanted to work in a bank. He loved numbers, loved the clean logic of a ledger that either balances or it doesn't: no arguments, no excuses, just figures settling into place. That was the life he had planned for himself.

Then Sergeant #624 Lewis got in his ear. The two grew up together in the same village and walked the same land as boys, and when Lewis decided to apply for the police force, he wasn't going alone. "Man, application out for police. Let we go and join," Oliver remembers him saying. So they went. Both were selected. On September 1, 1995, the young man who'd planned on a career balancing accounts at a bank signed on instead with the Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force.

Thirty-one years later, he's Assistant Superintendent of Police. It turns out the force needed the very mind he'd been saving for a bank.

After training school, Oliver spent a month with the Special Service Unit and was good enough with a firearm that they asked him to stay on. He'd barely settled in before an SSU officer showed up on a Monday morning and told him to hand back his gear. Headquarters wanted him instead. It was his computer training, the old MS-DOS and Lotus 1-2-3 kind, paired with his head for accounts, that marked him for different work. On September 4, 1996, he reported to Police Headquarters. In every way that matters, he has never really left.

His first memory of the place has stayed with him for thirty years: walking through the doors and seeing nothing but tunics. "It was all police there, no civilian," he says. He arrived inexperienced and willing to learn, and from day one he moved at a pace that never really slowed down.

The early years were a grind, and Oliver worked most of the jobs a headquarters needs done. He was the records clerk, the filing clerk, the man who logged what came in and what went out. He learned a thick reference book the office called the Guide X, which told him exactly which cabinet and which file held whatever document someone needed. He carried papers to divisional commanders and to government ministries around town. He helped clean the compound, from the Commissioner's office to the conference room, so the building would be ready for whoever walked in the next morning. None of it was the kind of work anyone stops to notice. All of it had to be right.

From records, he moved into accounts. From accounts, he took over payroll for the entire police force: writing out, by hand, the name and salary figures of every officer, every month, in a book that punished a slow hand or a bad memory. Later, he took on drafting documents and helping make decisions that once sat above his rank. Somewhere in that climb, he became a gazetted officer, and he says the title mattered less for what it added to his name than for what it opened up: rooms and forums he couldn't have reached before, where he could speak and be heard on behalf of people who needed the help.

Ask him what he's proudest of after three decades, and he doesn't point to a rank or a title. He points to people. Strangers still stop him to say thank you for something he did years ago, and half the time he can't place the specific favor. There have simply been too many of them. "That is something that stood out," he says. "Just their appreciation."

Every stage of the climb, he says, was memorable, and more than a few were hard enough that he still credits getting through them to something beyond himself. "With the help of God," he says, "I made it through." Pressed for the toughest specific stretch, he lands on Commissioner Miller's tenure, when he often left the office close to midnight and had to be back at his post by eight the next morning, some nights catching a ride home with Special Branch just to make it happen. He never gave up. He doesn't dress that period up with anything more dramatic than the plain fact of it.

He credits the officers who shaped him along the way: Superintendent Ellsworth Hackshaw, Retired Station Sergeant Charles Chunki Frederick, ACP Carlisle Ryan, ACP Randolph Rogers, SOP Artis Davis, ACP Carlos Sampson and ACP Leonard Fergus, among others. It was Rogers, in fact, who arrived at headquarters as a staff officer and finally moved the payroll off paper and onto computer, a change Oliver still calls, simply, "really welcome."

That's the headquarters the public never sees: thousands of pieces of correspondence moving through the building every month, faster now than it used to be and still enormous in volume. Officers retire and their pension money shows up, seemingly on its own, and most never learn what it took on the other end to get it there. "They don't know the challenges faced in order for them to get their money," Oliver says. For years, he was part of that machinery.

What has carried him through all of it, he says, is a rule he repeats to the officers under him: "It's not about you. It's about the people you serve." Walk through the doors of headquarters in a torn shirt or a jacket and tie, and you get treated exactly the same. That's the whole rule. Ask his colleagues what would surprise them about him and the answer is almost funny in how small it sounds: his calmness. The man who moves faster than nearly anyone in the building, who puts whatever's urgent on the front burner and deals with it now rather than later, is underneath all that speed one of the steadiest people in it.

Away from the uniform, Oliver is a family man, an Adventist Christian, and a hiker. He credits his wife, his friends, and his church with carrying him through the parts of the job no file ever records. Asked what the work has cost him personally, he doesn't reach for anything poetic. "My time," he says. "A lot of it."

Looking at the officers coming up behind him, what worries him isn't training or technology. It's commitment. "They have to want what they are getting into," he says, "because if this is not something that they want to do, they shouldn't be in it." His advice to a young constable walking through those same doors today is the advice of a man who already paid that toll himself: know yourself first, know what you're actually signing up for, be ready for long hours and missed time with family, and understand that the job asks you to set yourself aside. "You haffi forget self," he says, "and then you move forward."

Asked to finish the sentence, "to me, service means," he doesn't reach for anything complicated either. "Serving people with a wholehearted, selfless pride."

Thirty-one years after a friend from his village talked him into an application he never planned to fill out, and thirty years to the day since he first walked through the doors at headquarters, Lyndon Oliver says he never expected to still be here. There were real challenges along the way, plenty of them. But there is real joy in it too, he says: knowing how many lives he has quietly touched over three decades behind that desk, even the ones he can't quite place until somebody reminds him.

He put his mind to something once. Thirty years on, that's still the whole story.

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04/09/2026

PRESS RELEASE

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LABOURER CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE OFFENCES

September 4, 2026 – Kingstown: On September 3, 2026, police arrested and charged Quincy Boyde, a 30-year-old Labourer of Rillan Hill/Pole Yard, with the offences of theft, illegal possession of a firearm, and illegal possession of ammunition.

According to investigations, the accused allegedly entered the dwelling house of a 73-year-old Retired Army Veteran of Arnos Vale/USA as a trespasser and stole a quantity of items.

The stolen property included twenty-five (25) bottles of cologne valued at US$2,000.00, alcoholic beverages valued at US$1,000.00, a blue travel bag valued at US$15.00, a U.S. Army retired hat valued at US$15.00, an Autogen portable jump starter kit valued at US$140.00, an Optima battery charger valued at US$200.00Dove and Dial soaps valued at US$75.00, a Wonderboom portable Bluetooth speaker valued at US$60.00, an iTouch watch valued at US$100.00, a portable earbud valued at US$10.00, a pack of Vanwin toenail clippers valued at US$16.00, and a Tiger King heavy-duty safe box valued at US$600.00.

The safe box contained one (1) black G***k 19 pistol valued at US$550.00, thirteen (13) rounds of 9mm ammunition valued at $13.00 ECC, one (1) Samsung Galaxy A71 cellular phone valued at US$400.00, with the items having a combined value of US$5,194.00. The safe also contained US$800.00 in cash, $1,500.00 ECC in cash, two (2) spare motor vehicle keys of unknown value, and property deeds of unknown value.

Furthermore, on October 13, 2025, he was charged with having in his possession one (1) G***k 19 Pistol without a licence issued under the Fi****ms Act.

Lastly, he was charged with having in his possession one (1) round of 9mm ammunition without a license issued under the Fi****ms Act.

The offences were committed in Arnos Vale between September 28, 2025, and October 11,2025. Boyde appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate Court on September 4, 2026, where he pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was granted bail in the sum of $10,000.00 ECC with one surety. As part of his bail conditions, Boyde was ordered to report to the Central Police Station every Monday and Thursday between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. He was also ordered to surrender all travel documents, and stop notices were placed at all ports of entry and exit. The matter was adjourned and transferred to the Serious Offences Court for September 22, 2026.

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STUDENT CHARGED WITH WOUNDING

On September 3, 2026, police arrested and charged Nigel Jack, a 19-year-old Student of Questelles, with the offence of wounding.
According to investigations, the accused allegedly unlawfully and maliciously wounded an 18-year-old Sales Agent of Clare Valley by beating him about the body with his hand and striking him about the body with glass bottles.

The offence was committed at Stoney Ground, Kingstown. Jack appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate Court on September 4, 2026, where he pleaded not guilty to the offence. He was granted bail in the sum of $3,500.00 ECC with one surety. He was ordered not to have any contact with the virtual complainant. As part of his bail conditions, Jack was ordered to report to the Questelles Police Station every Monday between 6am and 6pm. He was also ordered to surrender all travel documents, and stop notices were placed at all ports of entry and exit. The matter was adjourned to December 8, 2026.

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TRIO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF ARTICLES FOR USE IN THE COMMISSION OF AN OFFENCE

On September 3, 2026, police arrested and charged Anthony Williams, a 23-year-old Labourer of Rose Place, Tevin Robinson, a 32-year-old Painter of Green Hill, and Quincy Boyde, a 30-year-old Labourer of Rillan Hill/Pole Yard, with possession of articles for use in the commission of an offence.

According to investigations, on September 3, 2026, at Little Tokyo, Kingstown, the men, while not at their respective places of abode, were allegedly found in possession of articles intended for use in the commission of an offence.

The articles included one (1) bolt cutter, one (1) pig foot, one (1) black hoodie, one (1) grey and blue hoodie, one (1) pair of blue pants, one (1) pair of black pants, one (1) bed sheet, one (1) mask, one (1) black North Face bookbag, and two (2) black ski masks.

The trio appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate Court on September 4, 2026, where they pleaded not guilty to the offence. They were each granted bail in the sum of $2,500.00 ECC each with one surety. As part of their bail conditions, they were placed under curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and was ordered to report to the Central Police Station every Monday and Thursday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. They were also ordered to surrender all travel documents, and stop notices were placed at all ports of entry and exit. The matter was adjourned to March 3, 2027.

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