Operation Rewind Finds Habitual Offender At Red Hook Plying Illegal Drug Trade

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Crime News, Police News, St. Thomas News

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a St. Thomas man was arrested for packaging and selling drugs near Red Hook this weekend, authorities said.

Niah Henry, 33, was arrested Friday and charged with possession of illegal narcotics with intent to
distribute, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

VIPD mugshot of Niah Henry, 33, of St. Thomas.

Police observed “selling and bagging” illegal narcotics in that area near American Yacht Harbor in the Red Hook area Friday night, according to the VIPD.

Henry was arrested just over one month before for the same illegal activity, police said.

Members of the Special Operations Bureau were in Red Hook about 8:20 p.m. Friday after receiving reports of illegal drug activity in the Red Hook area.

No bail set for Henry. He was remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections pending an advice-of-rights hearing in Superior Court.

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John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.