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Crime

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 16, 2022 (SKNIS) – In his first meeting with the rank and file of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) today (Tuesday, August 16) at the NEMA Conference Room, Prime Minister...
The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force is offering a reward in the sum of EC$35,000 for information that leads to the arrest and successful prosecution of the person(s) responsible for the fire at the Joshua Obadiah Williams Primary School.
A statement from the police issued on Thursday 11th November 2021 spoke about a meeting held with parents and students concerning an incident at the Charlestown Secondary School said not to have involved any firearms thus correcting rumours and unofficial media reports which claimed otherwise.
A 50-year-old escapee inmate of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) was recently on the run for over 24 hours hours before he eventually turned himself back into police custody.
Members of the public have been criticizing why the police have not stated exactly what the offense is while those who claim to be in the know have indicated what category of crime the individual is accused of.
Three young people have lost their lives hours apart following two separate incidents in St.Kitts-Nevis, and their deaths are being investigated by police.
Stanley Knight, 57, an immediate past Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sports, Youth and Culture has been charged with the offence of Indecent Assault, weeks shy of the two-year time period when the incident took place.
A young man was recently shot dead while walking about his home community of Newtown in the company of another individual.
Police say a juvenile is in custody assisting with the investigation into an incident in which 34-year-old Kishaun Ritchen of Newtown was fatally shot. 
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 8th October 2021)–Romnage ‘Shaq’ Benjamin of Shadwell, a well-known social media video blogger who is former police officer, has publicly reported that his live recorded Facebook video about an incident involving him, which is before the court, has “mysteriously disappeared.”