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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Burglary suspect caught on surveillance camera under investigation in St. Thomas
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Burglary suspect caught on surveillance camera under investigation in St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating a burglary at a hookah lounge on Curacao Gade in St. Thomas that was caught on camera.  Rasheen St. Juste, 45, was arrested at 12:20…
Posted by John McCarthy December 3, 2023
Traffic stop for tinted windows ends in man’s arrest on illegal gun, ammunition charges
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

Traffic stop for tinted windows ends in man’s arrest on illegal gun, ammunition charges

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested on illegal gun and ammunition charges after being pulled over for excessively tinted windows while driving near Sunny Isle Shopping Center on Friday…
Posted by John McCarthy December 2, 2023
Authorities in Haiti hold former rebel leader Guy Philippe after the US repatriated him
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Authorities in Haiti hold former rebel leader Guy Philippe after the US repatriated him

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Authorities in Haiti held former rebel leader Guy Philippe on Friday at a police station where he remained a day after the the United States repatriated him to…
Posted by John McCarthy December 2, 2023
Social Security Benefits To Increase In 2024
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Social Security Benefits To Increase In 2024

More than 71 million Americans will see a 3.2% increase in their Social Security benefits in 2024. This number includes about 22,288 beneficiaries of different ages and socioeconomic backgrounds in…
Posted by John McCarthy December 2, 2023
Costa Rican Man Who Smuggled 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana Gets 3 Years In Prison
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Costa Rican Man Who Smuggled 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana Gets 3 Years In Prison

CHRISTIANSTED — A Costa Rican man who smuggled over 4,000 pounds of marijuana into U.S. territorial waters got just over three years in prison from a federal judge. Luis Orellana-Orellana,…
Posted by John McCarthy December 1, 2023
Former Cape Air employee and his drug mule given 1.6 years in prison for cocaine trafficking
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Former Cape Air employee and his drug mule given 1.6 years in prison for cocaine trafficking

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A former Cape Air employee and his drug mule were given just over a year and a half in prison for trying to move five pounds of cocaine…
Posted by John McCarthy December 1, 2023
Two men caught in cocaine trafficking sting operation get 3.5 years in prison
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Two men caught in cocaine trafficking sting operation get 3.5 years in prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two men busted in a cocaine trafficking operation at Havensight Mall have been given 3.5 years in prison by a federal judge. Jose Solano, 53, and Andrew…
Posted by John McCarthy December 1, 2023
Traffic Stop Leads To Woman’s Arrest On Gun, Ammunition Charge
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Traffic Stop Leads To Woman’s Arrest On Gun, Ammunition Charge

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix woman was arrested on a gun and ammunition charges after allegedly driving a vehicle without a front license plate on Thursday afternoon. Shabukah Bannis, 27,…
Posted by John McCarthy December 1, 2023
Puerto Rican woman, alleged girlfriend of Texas shooter, indicted for making threats
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Puerto Rican woman, alleged girlfriend of Texas shooter, indicted for making threats

SAN JUAN — A 19-year-old woman in Puerto Rico was indicted this week by a grand jury for making thirteen interstate threats between May and October 2023 in violation of 18…
Posted by John McCarthy December 1, 2023
Indicted Republican lawmaker George Santos expelled from U.S. House
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Indicted Republican lawmaker George Santos expelled from U.S. House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Indicted Republican George Santos' brief career in the U.S. House of Representatives came to an end on Friday, when fellow lawmakers voted to expel him over criminal…
Posted by John McCarthy December 1, 2023

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