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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Woman Caught On Camera Stealing $520 Worth of Jewelry Arrested By Police
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Woman Caught On Camera Stealing $520 Worth of Jewelry Arrested By Police

CHRISTIANSTED — A woman who was caught on video surveillance cameras stealing $520 worth of jewelry earlier this month was later arrested by police. Tashema Hutchinson, 40, of St. Croix,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 12, 2023
Social Security Embraces Same Sex Couples During Pride Month
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Social Security Embraces Same Sex Couples During Pride Month

June is Pride Month. It’s a time to acknowledge the LGBTQ+ community, and celebrate diversity, love, and respect. On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in…
Posted by John McCarthy June 12, 2023
16-Year-Old Found Shot Dead In Vehicle Near Queen Mary Gas Station
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16-Year-Old Found Shot Dead In Vehicle Near Queen Mary Gas Station

FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a teenager was found shot dead in a vehicle in Mount Pleasant on Saturday evening. Amon Walcott, 16, was positively identified by next of…
Posted by John McCarthy June 11, 2023
16-Year-Old Male Shot and Killed Inside Gottlieb’s Quickway In Contant
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16-Year-Old Male Shot and Killed Inside Gottlieb’s Quickway In Contant

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A teenaged male was fatally shot inside Gottlieb's Quickway Service Station in Contant on Friday night, authorities said. Leroy "Big Steelo" Cornelius, Jr. 16, was positively identified…
Posted by John McCarthy June 10, 2023
Territorial Turncoat Waltine Nauta Swirls To Center of Latest Trump Indictment Scandal
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Territorial Turncoat Waltine Nauta Swirls To Center of Latest Trump Indictment Scandal

Hagåtña, GUAM — U.S. territory citizen Waltine "Walt" Nauta, born in Guam, has been caught up in Donald Trump's tangled web of criminality — indicted alongside the formerly most powerful…
Posted by John McCarthy June 9, 2023
Puerto Rican Man With Cocaine Bricks In Duffle Bag At Hotel Gets 7 Years In Prison
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Puerto Rican Man With Cocaine Bricks In Duffle Bag At Hotel Gets 7 Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican man who checked into a St. Thomas hotel with a duffle bag filled with 30 bricks of cocaine was handed a sentence of seven years…
Posted by John McCarthy June 9, 2023
Dominican Who Paid $26,000 To Illegally Re-Enter United States Will Be Deported Again
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Dominican Who Paid $26,000 To Illegally Re-Enter United States Will Be Deported Again

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A native of the Dominican Republic who previously entered the United States as an illegal migrant was found guilty of the same crime again in a federal court.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 9, 2023
Joran van der Sloot, Chief Suspect In Natalee Holloway Disappearance, Transferred To U.S. Custody
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Joran van der Sloot, Chief Suspect In Natalee Holloway Disappearance, Transferred To U.S. Custody

LIMA, Peru — The Dutch man long suspected of playing a role the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway has been transferred to U.S. custody to face fraud allegations.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 8, 2023
VP Kamala Harris Announces $100M To Help Caribbean During Official Visit To Bahamas
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VP Kamala Harris Announces $100M To Help Caribbean During Official Visit To Bahamas

NASSAU (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced today that the U.S. is investing more than $100 million in the Caribbean region to crack down on weapons trafficking, help…
Posted by John McCarthy June 8, 2023
Driver Dies After Crash Near Hope Road Intersection and Melvin Evans Highway
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Driver Dies After Crash Near Hope Road Intersection and Melvin Evans Highway

KINGSHILL — A luxury vehicle crashed into a pickup truck just before rush hour on Tuesday, killing the driver of the truck on the Melvin Evans Highway. The two vehicle…
Posted by John McCarthy June 7, 2023

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