October 2020 – Page 5 – Virgin Islands Free Press

St. Croix Child Pornography Collector Gets 6.5 Years In Prison

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who collected thousands of pictures and videos of babies being subjected to violent sex acts was sentenced on Wednesday to spend 6.5 years in…

VI Free Press October 23, 2020

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U.S. Coast Guard Intercepts 2 Illegal Voyages And 38 Illegal Dominican Migrants At Sea

SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 36 of 38 migrants to the Dominican Republic Wednesday afternoon, following the interdiction of two illegal voyages just off Cabo Rojo and…

VI Free Press October 22, 2020

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ECLAC Will Hold Biennial Meeting Virtually Next Week

SAN JOSE — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 26-28 its thirty-eighth session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting. There,…

Alicia Bárcena October 22, 2020

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Forecasters Are Tracking New Tropical Wave In The Caribbean

MIAMI — A new tropical wave has developed in the Caribbean Sea and has a 20 percent chance of development into a tropical cyclone over the next five days. This…

VI Free Press October 22, 2020

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1 Shooter At Attempted $1 Million Bank Heist That Left Ranger American Guard Shot In Leg Pleads Guilty

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — One of the two shooters in the attempted holdup of security guards trying to pick up nearly one million dollars in cash at a bank in St.…

VI Free Press October 21, 2020

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Missouri Sex Offender Caught In Online Net Pleads Guilty To 2 Federal Charges

CHRISTIANSTED — A Missouri man who used gay porn app Grindr to try to prey on underage boys in St. Croix pleaded guilty to two federal charges in Golden Rock…

John McCarthy October 21, 2020

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St. Croix Paramedic Loses 3-Year Battle With Colon Cancer, Dies At Age 42

CHRISTIANSTED — St. Croix paramedic Nowel Garcia sadly lost his battle with cancer at the age of 42. The Virgin Islands Department of Health issued a statement Thursday extending condolences to Garcia's family…

VI Free Press October 21, 2020

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UVI Student Nurses Get Gift of Needed PPE From Sorority

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Mu Eta Chapter — Chi Eta Phi Sorority donated "much needed" personal protective equipment (PPE) to nursing students attending the University of the Virgin Islands’ School…

VI Free Press October 21, 2020

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Finance Commissioner Fired For Issuing $109,500 In Unauthorized Bonuses To Department Employees

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Finance Commissioner Kirk Callwood, Sr. was abruptly fired this week after issuing more than $100,000 in unauthorized stipends to employees in his department. Government House…

VI Free Press October 21, 2020

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Forecasters Tracking 2 Disturbances In Caribbean And Atlantic, Including Tropical Storm Epsilon

MIAMI — Forecasters say a disturbance in the Caribbean has a 10 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression within five days. As of 7 a.m. today, the disturbance…

VI Free Press October 20, 2020