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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Costa Rican Man Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana To St. Croix
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Costa Rican Man Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana To St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — A native of Costa Rica admitted to drug smuggling charges in federal court in Golden Rock today. Luis Antonio Orellana- Orellano, 69, of San Jose, pled guilty in…
Posted by John McCarthy June 16, 2023
Laws In Some Caribbean Countries Still Criminalize Gay Sex
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Laws In Some Caribbean Countries Still Criminalize Gay Sex

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — In recent years, several Caribbean nations have struck down laws criminalizing same-sex relations. Courts in Belize in 2016 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2018 found…
Posted by John McCarthy June 16, 2023
Help Police Find Raheem Wyre Wanted For Cyber Stalking
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Help Police Find Raheem Wyre Wanted For Cyber Stalking

KINGSHILL — Police need your help to find a man wanted for cyber stalking and other charges on St. Croix. Raheem Wyre, 30, is wanted for cyber stalking and harassment,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2023
Cops pick up Florida ‘fugitive from justice’ at Cyril E. King Airport
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Cops pick up Florida ‘fugitive from justice’ at Cyril E. King Airport

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a man was detained Wednesday morning at the St. Thomas airport for being a fugitive from justice. Brandon C. Shaw, 32, is currently…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2023
30,000 Haitian Kids Live in Private Orphanages; Officials Want to Close Them and Reunite Families
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30,000 Haitian Kids Live in Private Orphanages; Officials Want to Close Them and Reunite Families

SAINT-LOUIS-DU-SUD, Haiti (AP) — Mylouise Veillard was 10 when her mother dropped her off at an orphanage in southern Haiti and promised her a better life. For three years, Mylouise slept on…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2023
Meet the LGBTQ+ Activist Who Challenged Antigua’s Anti-Sodomy Law and Won
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Meet the LGBTQ+ Activist Who Challenged Antigua’s Anti-Sodomy Law and Won

ST. JOHN’S (AP) — For years, Orden David was persecuted in his native Antigua and Barbuda — a frequent complaint by many LGBTQ people who fear for their safety across…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2023
NWS Monitoring Tropical System Expected To Bring Rain To The USVI Next Week
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NWS Monitoring Tropical System Expected To Bring Rain To The USVI Next Week

MIAMI — A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa later today and early Friday, the National Weather Service said. Environmental conditions are expected to…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2023
Trump Pleads Not Guilty In Federal Documents Case
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Trump Pleads Not Guilty In Federal Documents Case

MIAMI (Reuters) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2023
Woman Dies of Injuries Sustained In Two-Vehicle Crash On Christiansted Bypass
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Woman Dies of Injuries Sustained In Two-Vehicle Crash On Christiansted Bypass

CHRISTIANSTED — Three people were seriously injured in a two-car crash on the Christiansted Bypass on Saturday afternoon — and one woman died from her injuries at the scene,  Deborah Long,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 13, 2023
Police Seeking To Identify Human Remains Found Near Orange Grove School
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Police Seeking To Identify Human Remains Found Near Orange Grove School

CHRISTIANSTED — Virgin Islands Police are seeking to identify the body of a person whose remains were found near a shuttered school in St. Croix on Monday morning,.  Officers were…
Posted by John McCarthy June 13, 2023

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