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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Man Wanted In Red Brick Stabbing Arrested By Police On Thursday Night: VIPD
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Man Wanted In Red Brick Stabbing Arrested By Police On Thursday Night: VIPD

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man wanted in connection to a harbor-area stabbing incident that left one man injured last month was taken into custody yesterday, authorities said. Lafayette Artis,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 18, 2022
Help Police Find Attempted Murder Suspect Lafayette Artis On St. Croix
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Help Police Find Attempted Murder Suspect Lafayette Artis On St. Croix

KINGSHILL — Police are asking for your help to find an attempted murder suspect on St. Croix Lafayette Artis, 29, is wanted for first-degree attempted murder and related crimes, the…
Posted by John McCarthy November 17, 2022
Why The Crypto Collapse Matters
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Why The Crypto Collapse Matters

How could a $32 billion company vaporize overnight? That’s what anyone watching the sudden collapse of FTX, a hot cryptocurrency start-up that plunged into bankruptcy last week, might be puzzling…
Posted by John McCarthy November 17, 2022
US Rescues 12 Haitians From Tiny Island Near Puerto Rico
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US Rescues 12 Haitians From Tiny Island Near Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — A dozen Haitian migrants who spent five days on a tiny, uninhabited island near Puerto Rico where human smugglers abandoned them were rescued, the U.S. Coast Guard…
Posted by John McCarthy November 17, 2022
Man Covered In Blood and In Handcuffs Tells Police He Was Kidnapped, Beaten By 2 Men
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Man Covered In Blood and In Handcuffs Tells Police He Was Kidnapped, Beaten By 2 Men

CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating after a man covered in blood and in handcuffs told police that he was kidnapped and beaten by two men on St. Croix one year…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2022
Rising Caribbean Sea Pushes Indigenous Group Off Island: Wall Street Journal
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Rising Caribbean Sea Pushes Indigenous Group Off Island: Wall Street Journal

GARDI SUGDUB, Panama—From this tiny, hot and overcrowded island, some 1,200 indigenous Guna people will soon embark on a short but historic exodus. Next year, most inhabitants of Gardi Sugdub—the…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2022
Man Breaks Into Home Armed With Knife And Attacks Family Members Inside: VIPD
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Man Breaks Into Home Armed With Knife And Attacks Family Members Inside: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a man armed with a knife broke into a home and attacked family members inside, injuring one person, authorities said. Nazari J. Hazel, 23,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 13, 2022
SEPARATED @ BIRTH? Social Media Mavens Claim Suspects Are Dead Ringers 4 Each Other
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SEPARATED @ BIRTH? Social Media Mavens Claim Suspects Are Dead Ringers 4 Each Other

FREDERIKSTED — There are some scurrilous online news outfits out there who are claiming that Wendy Roberts and Kareem Edwards are the same person. But the Virgin Islands Free Press…
Posted by John McCarthy November 10, 2022
Tami Navarro To Put Race, Gender Under The Microscope In UVI Lecture On St. Croix  
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Tami Navarro To Put Race, Gender Under The Microscope In UVI Lecture On St. Croix  

KINGSHILL — Race and gender are two of the topics to be placed under the microscope of cultural anthropologist Tami Navarro, PhD. at a highly anticipated lecture at the University…
Posted by John McCarthy November 10, 2022
St. Thomas Woman Extradited From Kentucky After Allegedly Forging $9,000 In Checks
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St. Thomas Woman Extradited From Kentucky After Allegedly Forging $9,000 In Checks

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas woman was extradited from Kentucky after authorities said she worked with an accomplice to steal a checkbook and write nearly $9,000 in forged checks…
Posted by John McCarthy November 10, 2022

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