John McCarthy is primarily known for his investigative reporting on the U.S. Virgin Islands. A series of reports beginning in the 1990's revealed that there was everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling. Another report, following Hurricane Hugo in 1989, cited a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confidential overview that said that over 40 percent of the U.S. Virgin Islands public lives below the poverty line. The Virgin Islands Free Press is the only Caribbean news source to regularly incorporate the findings of U.S. Freedom of Information Act requests. John's articles have appeared in the BVI Beacon, St. Croix Avis, San Juan Star and Virgin Islands Daily News. He is the former news director of WSVI-TV Channel 8 on St. Croix.
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FREDERKSTED – A St. Croix mother was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of felony child abuse involving her minor child. Donnise Nicholas, 44, was arrested and charged with child abuse, second-degree…
CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man is facing domestic violence-related charges after he allegedly attacked a woman, authorities said. Erron Wallace, 32, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and…
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