ROYAL VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE FORCE CHARGES 3 WITH HARBORING ESCAPED USVI PRISONER

ROAD TOWN, Tortoa — BVI police arrested three people for their suspected roles in helping a U.S. Virgin Islands native who escaped from prison after Hurricane Irma.

The two women and one man face up to 14 years in prison for hiding 33-year-old Jose Almestica following his escape from prison, according to a statement by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force.

Almestica, 33, a native of the U.S. Virgin Islands was recaptured on December 7, after being on the lam in the British Virgin Islands for four years after escaping from Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut when it was breached during Hurricane Irma in 2017.