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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Students Go Back To Haitian School 3 Years After Gang Attack
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Students Go Back To Haitian School 3 Years After Gang Attack

Students have returned to the Lycée National de La Saline after it was closed due to gang violence PORT-AU-PRINCE — Students in the Haitian capital are getting used to being…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2022
Rip Currents Drag 12-Year-Old Boy Out To Sea, Where He Drowned Just Off Condado Beach
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Rip Currents Drag 12-Year-Old Boy Out To Sea, Where He Drowned Just Off Condado Beach

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard and local response agencies search efforts for a 12-year-old boy ended when a San Juan Police dive team recovered the boy’s body in the water…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2022
Should A Sex Trafficking Defense Apply In A Homicide Case?
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Should A Sex Trafficking Defense Apply In A Homicide Case?

MADISON, Wisconsin — On a June night in 2018, 17-year-old Chrystul Kizer put a .38-caliber pistol in her book bag and took an Uber from Milwaukee to Kenosha. She walked…
Posted by John McCarthy February 27, 2022
U.S. Virgin Islands Under 14 Junior Tennis Team Posts Best International Results In 7 Years
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U.S. Virgin Islands Under 14 Junior Tennis Team Posts Best International Results In 7 Years

SAN SALVADOR — The USVI U-14 boys finished in 6th place at the 2022 North Central America & Caribbean Pre-Qualifying World Junior Tennis U-14 tournament after losing to El Salvador…
Posted by John McCarthy February 27, 2022
Australian Government Goes Extra Mile To Help Its Citizens In ‘Times Of Need’ When In USVI
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Australian Government Goes Extra Mile To Help Its Citizens In ‘Times Of Need’ When In USVI

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police Commissioner Ray Martinez participated in a meeting led by the VITEMA Director Daryl Joschen at VITEMA headquarters in St. Thomas on Friday. The meeting was with…
Posted by John McCarthy February 27, 2022
Police Need Your Help To Find 17-Year-Old Missing Minor Naydalize Burgos Of St. Croix
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Police Need Your Help To Find 17-Year-Old Missing Minor Naydalize Burgos Of St. Croix

KINGSHILL — Police need your help today to find a missing minor on St. Croix, authorities said. Naydalize Burgos, 17, of Clifton Hill was last seen at her home on…
Posted by John McCarthy February 26, 2022
3RD TIME’S NOT A CHARM: Twice Deported Trinidadian Shows Up In St. Thomas Again
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3RD TIME’S NOT A CHARM: Twice Deported Trinidadian Shows Up In St. Thomas Again

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a Trinidad and Tobago national was sentenced today to 17 months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after…
Posted by John McCarthy February 26, 2022
Habitual Gun Offender Cuts Deal With Feds To Get A Lighter Sentence
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Habitual Gun Offender Cuts Deal With Feds To Get A Lighter Sentence

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix repeat gun offender got a lighter sentence after pleading guilty to a lesser included charge — even though a traffic stop found illegal drugs and…
Posted by John McCarthy February 25, 2022
Health Department Notes 8 Deaths In 8 Days As COVID-19 Claims Another Victim In Territory
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Health Department Notes 8 Deaths In 8 Days As COVID-19 Claims Another Victim In Territory

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — With eight COVID-19 related deaths in eight days, the Virgin Islands Department of Health announced that yet another person has died from coronavirus. VIDOH confirmed that the…
Posted by John McCarthy February 24, 2022
St. Croix Man Gets 5 Years In Prison For Moving 4 Pounds of Cocaine Through Airport Bathroom
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St. Croix Man Gets 5 Years In Prison For Moving 4 Pounds of Cocaine Through Airport Bathroom

CHRISTIANSTED — A man was given five years in prison for trying to engineer the movement of 4.4 pounds of cocaine through the St. Croix airport bathroom last year. Keithley…
Posted by John McCarthy February 23, 2022

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