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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Second St. Thomas Man Pleads Guilty To Robbing A St. Thomas Jewelry Store With A Gun
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Second St. Thomas Man Pleads Guilty To Robbing A St. Thomas Jewelry Store With A Gun

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man pleaded guilty for his role in the armed robbery of a jewelry store in 2020. Shemar Gianni Webster appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge…
Posted by John McCarthy March 3, 2022
Coast Guard Takes 43 Dominicans And 23 Haitians Back To Hispaniola
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Coast Guard Takes 43 Dominicans And 23 Haitians Back To Hispaniola

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard repatriated 43 Dominicans and returned 23 Haitians to the Dominican Republic Wednesday, following the interdiction of two illegal voyages near Puerto Rico. The interdictions…
Posted by John McCarthy March 3, 2022
VIDOJ Reaches $3 Million Settlement In Methyl Bromide Poisoning Of Tourists In St. John
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VIDOJ Reaches $3 Million Settlement In Methyl Bromide Poisoning Of Tourists In St. John

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George said Thursday that a $3Msettlement had been reached with the Terminix pest control company. The settlement stems from a 2017 lawsuit…
Posted by John McCarthy March 3, 2022
Woman Tells Police She Was Robbed At Gunpoint Of Her Car, Purse At Mill Harbor Condos: VIPD
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Woman Tells Police She Was Robbed At Gunpoint Of Her Car, Purse At Mill Harbor Condos: VIPD

CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating after a woman said she was robbed of her car and her purse in the parking lot of a Golden Rock condominium complex on Monday…
Posted by John McCarthy March 2, 2022
Minor Has Gun Put To His Head By Men Wearing Ski Masks Inside St. Thomas Movie Theater: VIPD
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Minor Has Gun Put To His Head By Men Wearing Ski Masks Inside St. Thomas Movie Theater: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a minor male said a male wearing a ski mask put a gun to his head and robbed him of a gold chain…
Posted by John McCarthy March 2, 2022
California Suspect Returned To St. Thomas To Face Murder Charges In Death Of Roommate
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California Suspect Returned To St. Thomas To Face Murder Charges In Death Of Roommate

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A suspect in a Smith Bay murder was returned to St. Thomas Sunday to face murder charges in the death of his roommate last year. At 4:28p.m.,…
Posted by John McCarthy March 1, 2022
Senate Committee Advances Bill To Provide Automatic License Plate Reader Data System
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Senate Committee Advances Bill To Provide Automatic License Plate Reader Data System

FREDERIKSTED — Members of the Committee on Homeland Security, Justice, and Public Safety chaired by Senator Steven D. Payne, Sr., convened in a meeting at the Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative…
Posted by John McCarthy March 1, 2022
United States and Colombia Conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise in Caribbean Sea
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United States and Colombia Conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise in Caribbean Sea

BOGATA — The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) and the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) conducted a bilateral anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training exercise in…
Posted by John McCarthy March 1, 2022
Mutton Snapper Season Closes In Designated Spawning Area Tomorrow, DPNR Says
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Mutton Snapper Season Closes In Designated Spawning Area Tomorrow, DPNR Says

FREDERIKSTED — The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) said fishing in the St. Croix Mutton Snapper Spawning Aggregation Area is closed starting tomorrow. No harvest of any species is…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2022
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

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