ARRESTED ON ST. CROIX FOR ALLEGEDLY FIRING A GUN: JOSE MANUEL RIVERA, 18. FREDERIKSTED — Police said a St. Croix man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon for allegedly discharging gunshots in a residential neighborhood. Jose Manuel Rivera, 18, was arrested and charged with third-degree assault, the Virgin Islands Police Department

MUGSHOT: Jahraun Malachi Brodhurst, 26, got 1.75 years in prison from a federal judge. CHRISTIANSTED – A federal judge sentenced a St. Croix man to 1.75 years in jail for admitting to illegal gun and drug crimes on Friday. Jahraun Malachi Brodhurst, 26, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Chief

AFTERMATH OF A SHOOTOUT: Bethlehem Village (Harvey Project) in Estate Profit, St. Croix today. FREDERIKSTED — About one hour after high noon one St. Croix man was killed and another man injured in a shootout near Harvey Project in Estate Profit this afternoon. Concerned citizens called 911 Emergency Call Center

A .223 RIFLE CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man has been sentenced to time served for his role in a 2015 police chase and shooting. Maurice Doyle, 27, was given 19 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said today. U.S.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Virgin Islands Police Department officer was charged with first-degree rape today. Mikhail Woodley, 30, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree rape-domestic violence, the VIPD said. A St. Thomas woman told police that she was sexually assaulted by the police officer at her residence last

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man was given five years in prison by a federal judge today for possessing about 2.3 ounces of cocaine base. Winston DeCastro, 45, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Golden Rock on the charge of aiding and abetting the distribution of “crack cocaine,”

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Three men were sentenced for their roles in a jewelry store heist in St. Thomas in 2013. Ron Delano Kuntz, 44, of St. Thomas, and Shawn McIntosh, 25, and Keon Wilson, 23, of St. Croix, were sentenced today for their roles in the armed robbery of the

BEEF ISLAND — The body of a pilot was pulled from the waters off Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Wednesday afternoon after his plane crashed in the sea during takeoff. The pilot was the only person on board when the plane took off from the runway at the airport

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Natural Resources committee told Fox News host Tucker Carlson last night that he and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee want answers from Governor Kenneth Mapp about his gun seizure orders. They have given Mapp until August 1 to respond to a

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man was found unresponsive, face down in a swimming pool near Hull Bay, dead of an apparent drowning on Tuesday. A neighbor of the dead man identified the victim as longtime St. Thomas resident Glenn Higgins. The public became aware of the disturbance when