July 2021 – Page 4 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Police Investigating Death In Lindbergh Bay On Saturday Morning: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a dead body was found in the road near the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas on Saturday morning, authorities said. Joseph…

John McCarthy July 25, 2021

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Oswald Harris Court Man Arrested on Illegal Gun Charge: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man has been arrested on an illegal weapons charge, authorities said. E’Jaiey Grant, 23, of Oswald Harris Court, charging him with possession of an…

John McCarthy July 25, 2021

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Haiti’s History of Violence and Rebellion

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean's first independent state of the colonial era and the first Black-led republic when it threw off French rule in the 19th…

Bro Bot July 24, 2021

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V.I. National Guard Association Announces 2021 Scholarship Award Winner

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands National Guard Association presented a $1,000 scholarship award to McKayla Collins recently. The ceremony was held in a conference room named after the late Canegata.…

John McCarthy July 24, 2021

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Skylarker Escapes Jail By Promising Judge He’ll Smoke All The Weed He Smuggled

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Texas man who told federal officials he wasn't a drug dealer because he planned to smoke nearly 10 pounds of marijuana all by himself was given…

John McCarthy July 23, 2021

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Dominican Man Who Took 2,500 Pounds Of Cocaine To Puerto Rico Gets 11 Years

CHARLOTTE AMAKIE — A Dominican Republic man who thought he would make $200,000 by taking 2,500 pounds of cocaine from Venezuela to Puerto Rico — instead got 11 years in…

John McCarthy July 23, 2021

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St. Thomas Man Shot Coming Out Door Of Business Near Frenchtown: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man told police he was shot coming out of a business near Frenchtown just before midnight on Tuesday, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call…

John McCarthy July 23, 2021

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St. Thomas Man Killed When Pickup Crashes Into Him Near Nisky Center: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas man was killed when a pickup truck crashed into him as he was trying to cross the road near Nisky Center on Thursday afternoon,…

John McCarthy July 23, 2021

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Police Need Your Help To Find 16-Year-Old Arjanae Frett On St. Thomas: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a teenager who is missing on St. Thomas tonight. Arjanae Frett. 16, of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, has been reported missing…

John McCarthy July 23, 2021

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VIDOJ Opens New Medical Examiner’s Office In St. Thomas With Feds Funds

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Attorney General Denise George announced Tuesday the opening of the V.I. Department of Justice’s (VIDOJ) new Medical Examiner’s (ME) Office at 10A & 11A Bjerge Gade, St.…

John McCarthy July 22, 2021