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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Police Need Your Help To Find Buckwheat Samuel, Wanted In Burglary On St. Thomas
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Police Need Your Help To Find Buckwheat Samuel, Wanted In Burglary On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help tonight to find a St. Thomas man wanted in connection to a burglary that occurred last month. Allen "Buckwheat" Samuel, 47, is wanted…
Posted by John McCarthy October 6, 2021
Dominican Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty To Illegally Re-Entering The U.S. Virgin Islands
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Dominican Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty To Illegally Re-Entering The U.S. Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican Republic man previously deported after being convicted of heroin possession pleaded guilty this week to illegally re-entering the territory, authorities said. Timoteo Upia-Frias, 74, of…
Posted by John McCarthy October 6, 2021
DPNR And Friends Of East End Marine Park To Host Astronomy By The Sea Saturday
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DPNR And Friends Of East End Marine Park To Host Astronomy By The Sea Saturday

TEAGUE BAY — Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources announces that the Division of Coastal Zone Management in collaboration with Friends of the St. Croix…
Posted by John McCarthy October 6, 2021
Utah Sex Offender With 5 Skulls Tattoo On Chest Arrested By VIDOJ At STT Airport
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Utah Sex Offender With 5 Skulls Tattoo On Chest Arrested By VIDOJ At STT Airport

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Attorney General Denise George has announced that that 41-year-old Dustin Bue Messerly, a registered sex offender, was arrested by Virgin Islands Department of Justice (VIDOJ) Special Agents…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2021
St. Thomas Man Who Takes Bat And Knife To Victim Near Cruise Ship Dock Arrested
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St. Thomas Man Who Takes Bat And Knife To Victim Near Cruise Ship Dock Arrested

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who allegedly hit a person with a bat and threatened them with a knife near the cruise ship dock was arrested Tuesday, authorities…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2021
Police Need Your Help To Find 2 Missing Teenagers On St. Thomas: VIPD
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Police Need Your Help To Find 2 Missing Teenagers On St. Thomas: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The VIPD is asking for the St. Thomas community's assistance in locating 17-year-old Constance Brathwaite Phipps and 16-year-old K’Vante Brathwaite Phipps, who were last seen in Estate…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2021
Police Need Your Help To Find Missing Teenager Solimar Barnes On St. Thomas
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Police Need Your Help To Find Missing Teenager Solimar Barnes On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help this evening to find a missing teenager on St. Thomas, authorities said. Solimar Barnes, 15, has been missing for three days, family members…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2021
Small Business Administration District Director Makes Annual Visit To Territory
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Small Business Administration District Director Makes Annual Visit To Territory

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands District Director Josué Rivera made his first official visit to the U.S. Virgin Islands last week, meeting government…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2021
Feds Give $125,520 For Substance Abuse Treatment For USVI Prisoners
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Feds Give $125,520 For Substance Abuse Treatment For USVI Prisoners

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that the Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission (LEPC) has received a $125,520 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2021
Hundreds Flee Honduran Resort Island After Fire At Caribbean’s Guanaja
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Hundreds Flee Honduran Resort Island After Fire At Caribbean’s Guanaja

TEGUCIGALPA — A huge fire destroyed or damaged at least 200 houses and businesses on the Honduran island of Guanaja on Saturday, forcing hundreds of residents to flee for safety…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2021

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