August 2018 – Virgin Islands Free Press

St. Croix Transfer Station and Anguilla Landfill Temporarily Closed By Lightning Strike, Rain

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said this afternoon that the St. Croix Transfer Station and the Anguilla landfill are temporarily closed…

John McCarthy August 31, 2018

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VIPD: St. Thomas’ Derrick Johnson Allegedly Stole Business Owner’s Laptop Computer

ARRESTED ON ST. THOMAS: DERRICK JOHNSON, 26, FOR AN ALLEGED GRAND LARCENY [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A crime of opportunity led to a St. Thomas suspect…

John McCarthy August 31, 2018

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POLICE: St. Croix’s Misaela Melendez Arrested For Second Slashing Attack in Two Years

FREDERIKSTED -- A St. Croix woman who was accused of slashing another woman's face in a local bar in 2017 has been arrested in another cutting incident this year. Misaela Melendez,…

John McCarthy August 31, 2018

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St. Croix’s Josue Navarro Faces 20 Years In Prison After Pleading Guilty To Cyber Crime

CHRISTIANSTED – A federal sting operation on St. Croix has netted two sexual predators on the Big Island. Josue Navarro, 36, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty on Thursday…

John McCarthy August 31, 2018

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Oral Christopher Smith Arrested After Link To Woman’s Bludgeoning Death In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man has been arrested and charged in the bludgeoning death of 35-year-old Regina Powell at a north side home on St. Thomas, according to police Oral…

John McCarthy August 31, 2018

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U.S. DOT Gives $8.2 Million in Infrastructure Grants for Virgin Islands Airports

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said today that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $616.9 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third…

John McCarthy August 29, 2018

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Robert Godfrey of UVI’s Agricultural Experiment Station Awarded for Senepol Cattle Research

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- Robert Godfrey, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor of Animal Science, received the Fritz E. Lawaetz Award at the 2018 Senepol Cattle…

John McCarthy August 28, 2018

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St. Croix’s Janet Santiago Allegedly Attacks 14-Year-Old Girl With Hot Water

ARRESTED ON SUNDAY: JANET SANTIAGO OF ST. CROIX [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- A disturbed person was arrested on Sunday after she allegedly attacked a 14-year-old girl with…

John McCarthy August 28, 2018

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Was Naji Jarvis’ Dead Body Found In Burnt Out Car in William’s Delight Last Night? VIPD Says: Me No No

FREDERIKSTED -- Police have confirmed that a car that was discovered before midnight on fire in William's Delight last night was missing U.S. military man Naji Jarvis' own. Police Commissioner…

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Police Need Your Help To Find Missing U.S. Military Man Naji Jarvis on St. Croix

MISSING MILITARY MAN: NAJI JARVIS, 21, IS MISSING ON ST. CROIX [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Police said they need your help to locate a missing St. Croix…

John McCarthy August 28, 2018