U.S. District Court Judges In The U.S. Virgin Islands Are Greenlighting Marijuana Smugglers CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Federal judges in the U.S. Virgin Islands are making it crystal clear to defendants — whether you bring three pounds or 40 pounds of marijuana in your checked luggage — you will get no prison time for smuggling the […]
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Man Who Used Credit Card Info From Dark Web To Buy $21K In Jewelry Arrested @ Airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An Atlanta man who used a platinum credit card he bought on the Dark Web for $15 to buy nearly $21,000 in watches and jewelry on Main Street appeared in federal court on illegal use of a credit card charges. Demonn Chadwick Jenkins II, 27, of Georgia, heard that he was charged […]
Florida Woman Admits To Bringing 24 Pounds Of Marijuana To STX
CHRISTIANSTED — A Florida woman admitted to bringing 24 pounds of marijuana in her checked luggage to St. Croix. Cynthia Ines Fernandes, 33, of St. Augustine, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Emile A. Henderson III to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith said. Fernandes faces a maximum sentence […]
Girlfriend of Prisoner Who Died In STT Jail Wants ‘Justice For Craig’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The girlfriend of a hemophiliac man who died in the St. Thomas jail has started a GoFundMe page for his funeral expenses in California. Taylor Hayes, said her boyfriend Craig Vanausdal, needed life-sustaining medication “multiple times per week” which he was not given at the Charlotte Amalie facility. Vanausdal, 36, a native […]
Jamaican National Charged With Illegal Re-Entry By A Felon
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Veron Venita Goulbourne, 60, a Jamaican national, has been charged with being present in the United States after removal and conviction for an aggravated felony. If convicted, Goulbourne faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. According to court documents, Goulbourne was […]
St. Croix Man Faces 5 Years If Convicted On Gun Charge
CHRISTIANSTED — United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Friday that an information was filed charging Rionel Allembert, 21, of St. Croix, with possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of a firearm with a school zone. If convicted, Allembert faces up to five years in prison. According to court documents, on September 28, 2021, […]
Colorado Fugitive Once Wanted For Extortion Detained At St. Thomas Airport By Feds
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Colorado man accused of extortion was detained by federal agents after he landed at Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas on Thursday night, authorities said. Brett Kimelman of Trinidad, Colorado was taken into custody at 6:53 p.m. Thursday by the VIPD’s Criminal Investigation Bureau after an investigation revealed that Kimelman was wanted […]
South Carolina Man Arrested At CEK Airport Based On Outstanding Warrant
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A South Carolina man made his initial appearance in St. Thomas before a federal judge after his arrest based on fugitive-from-justice charges from the U.S. mainland, authorities said. Maurice Eugene Tucker, 35, of Columbia, heard from U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller that he is currently wanted for illegal weapon possession […]
Coast Guard Returns 24 Dominicans After Illegal Voyage Northwest of Aguadilla
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley repatriated 24 Dominican Republic nationals Monday, following the interdiction of an illegal voyage Wednesday in Atlantic Ocean waters northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This interdiction is the result of ongoing local and federal multi-agency efforts in support of the Caribbean Border Interagency Group CBIG. “The Coast […]
Pennsylvania Fugitive Detained at Cyril E. King Airport: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A fugitive wanted on a Pennsylvania warrant was arrested after arriving at Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas on May 4, the Virgin Islands Police Department said today. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) contacted police at about 5:41 p.m., and detectives went to the airport and were presented with a […]