CHRISTIANSTED – A man once called the “kingpin” of drugs in the U.S. Virgin Islands has admitted to his role in a federal crack cocaine case. Robert Klyvert, 47, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Cannon, Jr. to distribution of crack cocaine on January 18, according to U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert. Yesterday, Nolly […]
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U.S. Coast Guard Seizes $10 Million Worth of Cocaine Off Puerto Rico’s North Coast
SAN JUAN — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol and Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) Joint Forces for Rapid Action (FURA) agents seized 884 pounds (401 kilos) of cocaine found inside an abandoned vessel on the coast of the town of Loiza on Monday. The estimated value of the seized narcotics is $10 […]
Florida Man Charged With Taking Kickbacks From $1.7 Million Federal Contract
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Florida man was charged today with fraud in connection with a kickback scheme involving federal government contracts. David Wikel, 65, of West Palm Beach, was charged with providing kickbacks in connection with the $1.7 million dollar federal government subcontract to retrofit the roof of the Ron de Lugo Federal Building in […]
Feds Say Paul ‘Bogus’ Girard Heads Up Organized Crime in Territory … Is Indicted
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Paul “Bogus” Girard and ten members of his criminal organization on St. Croix were indicted Thursday under the provisions of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by a federal grand jury sitting in St. Thomas. A new 47-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District […]
Puerto Rico Police Officer Takes 30 People Hostage In Credit Union
GUAYNABO — The Puerto Rico Police Department said Wednesday that a hostage situation at noon Wednesday at the Caribbean Federal Credit Union Cooperative in Guaynabo ended without any injuries. According to preliminary information, a Puerto Rico Police Department officer, Gabriel Hernández Jiménez, who is assigned to the Bayamón Highway Patrol Division, held a maintenance employee […]
U.S. Attorney’s Office Sponsors Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Training for VI and PR
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F Shappert said today that the Virgin Islands U.S.Attorney’s Office is sponsoring training this week for prosecutors from the USVI and Puerto Rico and federal agents here in the territory who are dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of large-scale narcotics and organized crime targets. “The Organized Crime Drug […]
St. Thomas’ Michael Hendrickson Found Guilty of Possessing A Cell Phone In Prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – United States Attorney Gretchen C. F. Shappert said that a federal jury handed down a guilty verdict against Michael Hendrickson 28, for possession of prison contraband on Wednesday, following a one-day trial. “Contraband cell phones in correctional facilities create a security threat for correctional officers, others prisoners, and potential witnesses,” Shappert said. […]
St. Croix’s Ajani ‘Jahno’ Plante Gets 15 Years In Prison For 2013 Jewelry Store Robbery
CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man who admitted to an armed jewelry store robbery, gun-butting a jewelry store guard in the head and illegal gun charges over a two year period was given 15 years in prison by a federal judge. Visiting Judge Anne Thompson sentenced Ajani “Jahno” Plante, 28, to a total of 180 […]
Man Who Brandished Gun, Duct Taped Employees In Jewelry Store Robbery Faces 40 Years In Prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas man who allegedly brandished a firearm during a jewelry store robbery and duct taped employees to threaten and intimidate them faces 40 years in prison if convicted and sentenced to the maximum. On November 1, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a six count superseding indictment against Wayne Bellille, […]
Armed Robber Paul ‘Bogus’ Girard Captured By Federal Agents ‘Without Incident’
CAPTURED! PAUL “BOGUS” GIRARD ON ST. CROIX “WITHOUT INCIDENT.” CHRISTIANSTED –Accused armed robber Paul Girard was apprehended early on Sunday morning on St. Croix by federal and local law enforcement officers. A team comprised of Deputy United States Marshals, DEA, FBI, ATF, and VIPD agents and officers located and arrested Girard without incident. Girard, who […]