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About John McCarthy
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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Crew of ‘The Blessed Lion,” who smuggled cocaine to the US by sea, gets nearly 5 years
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Crew of ‘The Blessed Lion,” who smuggled cocaine to the US by sea, gets nearly 5 years

CHRISTIANSTED — A cocaine smuggler from Nicaragua got nearly five years in prison from a federal judge. Michael Nelson-Gaet, 36, of Managua, was sentenced to 57 months incarceration after pleading…
Posted by John McCarthy April 12, 2024
Hazardous marine, life-threatening beach conditions expected through tomorrow
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Hazardous marine, life-threatening beach conditions expected through tomorrow

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Small craft advisories and high rip current risk warnings continue to be in effect for the U.S. Virgin Islands through tomorrow, the National Weather Service said this…
Posted by John McCarthy April 12, 2024
Vietnamese tycoon sentenced to death for $44 billion bank fraud
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Vietnamese tycoon sentenced to death for $44 billion bank fraud

HO CHI MINH CITY — It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Behind the stately…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2024
Women used cue sticks and beer bottles in bar brawl, cops say
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Women used cue sticks and beer bottles in bar brawl, cops say

CHARLOTTE AMALIE —A woman suffered visible injuries after getting hit with a pool cue in the face following an argument at a St. Thomas bar on Wednesday night. The case…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2024
Cops sifting for clues to break-in at Home Depot
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Cops sifting for clues to break-in at Home Depot

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Officers are looking for suspects after the Home Depot reported a break-in at the store yesterday, Virgin Islands Police said. The case began when the Criminal Investigation…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2024
SOB sweeps up 6 in drug arrests on St. Thomas
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SOB sweeps up 6 in drug arrests on St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Local police teamed up with their federal counterparts to make six arrests at a notorious open-air drug market on St. Thomas recently, the Virgin Islands Police Department…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2024
Police investigating assault in Simmonds Alley
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Police investigating assault in Simmonds Alley

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a man was assaulted in Simmonds Alley in broad daylight Wednesday. Criminal Investigation Bureau units found a crime scene in Simmonds Alley where…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2024
Creation of transitional council that will select Haiti’s next prime minister is imminent, US says
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Creation of transitional council that will select Haiti’s next prime minister is imminent, US says

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The creation of a transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti’s next leaders is imminent, a U.S. diplomat said Wednesday during a heated forum about Haiti’s spiraling crisis. The…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2024
Small craft advisory, high rip current risk: NWS
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Small craft advisory, high rip current risk: NWS

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands will be under a high surf advisory starting this afternoon, NOAA's lead meteorologist Ian Carlos Colón-Pagán said this morning, St. Thomas, St. John…
Posted by John McCarthy April 11, 2024
Coast Guard takes 101 migrants back to the Dominican Republic
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Coast Guard takes 101 migrants back to the Dominican Republic

SAN JUAN — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos repatriated 101 migrants to Dominican Republic, Monday, following three interdictions of unlawful, irregular migration attempts during the weekend…
Posted by John McCarthy April 10, 2024

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