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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Tropical Storm Cindy Moves West; Bret’s Gone, Gone, Gone
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Tropical Storm Cindy Moves West; Bret’s Gone, Gone, Gone

SAN JUAN (Reuters) — Tropical Storm Bret dissipated as of the 5:00 p.m. advisory on Saturday, after first passing Aruba. The remnants of Bret were 160 miles west-northwest of the northern…
Posted by John McCarthy June 25, 2023
Help Police Find Missing Person Jeffrey Coleman On St. Thomas
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Help Police Find Missing Person Jeffrey Coleman On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help tonight to find a man who has been missing on St. Thomas for four days. Jeffrey Coleman, age 50 to 54, was reported…
Posted by John McCarthy June 24, 2023
Fire Services Extinguishes Tire Fire At Concordia Bin Site
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Fire Services Extinguishes Tire Fire At Concordia Bin Site

FREDERIKSTED — Virgin Islands Fire Services safely extinguished a tire fire at the Concordia West Bin Site in the early morning hours. At approximately 12:38 a.m., VIFEMS and the Virgin…
Posted by John McCarthy June 24, 2023
Man Accused of Repeatedly Stabbing Victim At St. Carnival Arrested This Week
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Man Accused of Repeatedly Stabbing Victim At St. Carnival Arrested This Week

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man accused of repeatedly stabbing another man at St. Thomas carnival after a heated argument was arrested this week. Craig Connell, 56, was arrested at 12:43…
Posted by John McCarthy June 24, 2023
Man Who Used Sledgehammer, Gun To Threaten Bartender Charged With Assault
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Man Who Used Sledgehammer, Gun To Threaten Bartender Charged With Assault

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who took the beach bar fight to the bartender with a gun, sledgehammer and his fists — was charged with assault this week.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 24, 2023
Rebel Russian Mercenaries Barrel Towards Moscow
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Rebel Russian Mercenaries Barrel Towards Moscow

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) — Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters barrelled towards Moscow on Saturday after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia's military firing on them from the air but seemingly…
Posted by John McCarthy June 24, 2023
Help Police Find Malik Webster Wanted For Assault In St. Thomas
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Help Police Find Malik Webster Wanted For Assault In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a man being sought on St. Thomas. Malik Webster, 29, of West Caret Bay, is wanted in connection to an assault…
Posted by John McCarthy June 24, 2023
Tropical Storm Bret Swirled Near St. Vincent; Tropical Storm Cindy Sweeps North
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Tropical Storm Bret Swirled Near St. Vincent; Tropical Storm Cindy Sweeps North

SAN JUAN (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret swirled close to St. Vincent late Thursday as it began pushing into the eastern Caribbean, where islands were shut down to brace for…
Posted by John McCarthy June 24, 2023
Cops Arrest St. Croix Man For Forging Check of $1,425 and Trying To Cash It At Drive-Thru
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Cops Arrest St. Croix Man For Forging Check of $1,425 and Trying To Cash It At Drive-Thru

CHRISTIANSTED — Police arrested a St. Croix man after they said he forged a check for $1,425.00 and tried to cash it in the drive-through of a local bank. Gabriel…
Posted by John McCarthy June 23, 2023
Tropical Storm Bret Could Still Bring Needed Rain To U.S. Virgin Islands
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Tropical Storm Bret Could Still Bring Needed Rain To U.S. Virgin Islands

SAN JUAN — Despite Tropical Storm Bret's current center distance well south of local islands, indirect impacts from Bret are affecting or are expected to affect the region today into…
Posted by John McCarthy June 23, 2023

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