COLUMBUS, Ohio — Civil rights and FBI investigators will help look into the fatal shooting by an Ohio sheriff’s deputy of a Black man whose family says that he was holding not a gun, but a sandwich, and that he was shot in front of two toddlers and his grandmother while inside his home, not […]
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2nd St. Thomas Man Charged In Gems And Gold Corner Jewelry Store Robbery
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A second St. Thomas man was arrested Friday and charged in connection to a shotgun robbery of Gems and Gold Corner on September 19 — but one other wanted suspect still remains at large. Tashawn T.A. Warner of Charlotte Amalie is charged with carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, aiding and abetting, and […]
Houston Man Concocted Spoofing Scheme To Siphon Money From Unsuspecting U.S. Virgin Islanders To Nigeria
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A multinational criminal conspiracy used bogus email addresses to siphon money from unsuspecting businesses in the U.S. Virgin Islands and other jurisdictions into a Nigerian bank account, authorities said. One of the individuals involved, Marvellous Eghaghe, was indicted by a grand jury on November 19 and charged with wire fraud and money […]
Dominican Woman Faces 55 Years In Prison For Running Sex Ring That Used Illegal Aliens As Prostitutes
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican Republic woman faces up to 55 years in prison after admitting to running a human trafficking sex ring that pulled illegal women from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela to St. Thomas to perform commercial sex acts on customers, authorities said. Yohanna Gonzalez-McFarlane, 39, of Santo Domingo, appeared before U.S. Magistrate […]
2 Dominican Men Arrested For Kidnapping St. Thomas Man From His Home: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two of three men who allegedly kidnapped a St. Thomas man from his home and took him to another location seven months ago were arrested last month, authorities said. Eduardo Delli and Alejandro Santana of the Dominican Republic were each arrested and charged with kidnapping, unauthorized possession of a firearm, “and other […]
Columbian Man Arrested In Aruba Charged With Murder Of Transgender Sex Worker In Australia
ORANJESTAD — A 21-year-old Colombian man has been extradited from the Netherlands Antilles to Sydney and charged with the murder of an Australian woman. The body of 69-year-old Kimberley McRae was found in a Mount Street unit, in the beachside suburb of Coogee, on January 14. McRae had last been seen in Sydney’s eastern suburbs […]
Machuchal Man Admits To Carjacking, Beating Couple At Gunpoint To Steal $200 Cash From Them
CHRISTIANSTED — A home invader owned up to a carjacking and weapons violation in federal court saying that he beat and robbed a couple at gunpoint on St. Croix’s south shore three years ago, authorities said. Chriss Cepeda, 24, of Estate Profit, pled guilty on Friday in U.S. District Court to one count of using […]
United States Get Ready To Carry Out 8th Federal Execution of 2020 Today
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — The United States government is set to carry out its eighth execution this year today, putting to death a man convicted of murdering a 16-year-old St. Croix girl in 1994. Orlando Hall of Arkansas is set to die by lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, after 25 […]
Precious Hours Left To Live For Lisa Rene’s Arkansas Killer, Orlando Hall
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — The latest inmate set to be put to death as part of the Trump administration’s resumption of federal executions was condemned for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old St. Croix girl, then bludgeoning her with a shovel before burying her alive. Orlando Hall is scheduled to die by injection today at the federal prison […]
St. Thomas’ Gumbs Gets 15 Years After Wiretaps Catch Cop Bragging About Being Street Gang’s Hit Man
ATLANTA — A former Georgia police officer was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Monday after a racketeering conviction. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Vancito Gumbs, 28, of Stone Mountain, claimed to be a hitman and member of a gang, while at the same time serving as a police officer. Gumbs, a native […]