CHARLOTTE AMALIE — “Reducing violent crime and enhancing public safety are primary goals of the U.S. Attorney’s Office here in the Virgin Islands”, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said today. “On the one-year anniversary of the re-energized Project Safe Neighborhoods, we are moving forward with renewed energy to investigate and prosecute violent crime, even as […]
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2nd Meeting of Project Safe Neighborhoods To Take Place at Contant Knolls Thursday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE –U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said that she and other federal law enforcement and members of the District’s Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force will participate in a community meeting at the Contant Knolls Community Center on Thursday, June 21st at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is […]
Mapp’s ‘Dignity Officer’ Gets Nearly Six Years In Prison For Running Cocaine On The Job
SECURITY OFFICE NEAL CHESTERFIELD: Sentenced to 5.83 years in prison today. CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A former “dignity officer” assigned to Gov. Kenneth Mapp was given nearly six years in prison today for admitting to a cocaine-smuggling operation that spanned five years. Neal Chesterfield, 41, of St. Thomas was sentenced to 70 months incarceration for his […]
Tortola Native Admits To Cocaine Conspiracy After Being Stopped With 39 Bricks of Coke
GUILTY PLEA: Khadin Fahie of Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A British Virgin Islands native admitted in federal court to a cocaine smuggling operation conducted in St. Thomas. Khadin Fahie, 23, of Road Town, Tortola pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at […]
U.S. Attorney’s Office Says It Will Participate in Town Hall Meeting At Kirwan Terrace
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said today that she and federal law enforcement partners, plus members of the District’s Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force, will participate in a Town Hall meeting at the Kirwan Terrace community on Thursday, June 14th at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of […]
St. Lucian Expelled For ‘Moral Turpitude’ in 2014 Comes Back To St. Thomas In April
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of St. Lucia expelled from the territory for “moral turpitude” in 2014 was charged in federal court for trying to enter the United States illegally in St. Thomas on Tuesday. Isidore Francis Isidore, 61, was detained pending further proceedings after his arrest on April 28, […]
Two Wanted St. Croix Fugitives Arrested In Ponce By U.S. Marshals Service on Saturday
CAPTURED: Nathaniel Thomas Jr. in Ponce, Puerto Rico [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PONCE — Two wanted St. Croix fugitives were arrested in Puerto Rico in back-to-back raids by the U.S. Marshals Service on Saturday. Ivan James, wanted for a double homicide by the Virgin Islands Police Department and Nathaniel Thomas Jr., wanted for escape […]
Cape Air Employee Faces 40 Years In Prison After Guilty Plea To Smuggling Nearly Nine Pounds of Cocaine At St. Thomas Airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Cape Air employee admitted in federal court on Monday to trying to move at least eight pounds of cocaine through the St. Thomas airport. Wayne Fahie, 31, of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty in U.S District Court to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and one count of […]
South Carolina Man Allegedly Mailed Guns To An Associate In St. Thomas: USAO
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A South Carolina man was arraigned Wednesday on federal charges that he allegedly sent guns to an associate here through the mail. Steven Baxter, 31, heard the charges against him in U.S. District Court on St. Thomas that he had sent firearms through the mail, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said. Baxter, who […]
Judge Gives Junior Felix Three Years In Prison For Planning Shotgun Robbery of McDonald’s … He’ll Be Out When He’s 25
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican Republic national was sentenced today to three years in prison for his role in the shotgun robbery of the McDonald’s restaurant at Lockhart Gardens last year. Junior Feliz, 22, was given 36 months in jail for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, U.S. Attorney Gretchen […]