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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Puerto Rico Man Gets 6 Months In Prison After Bringing $316,930 By Sea To St. Thomas
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Puerto Rico Man Gets 6 Months In Prison After Bringing $316,930 By Sea To St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican man who came to St. Thomas with more than $300,000 in cold cash stuffed into the cooler on his boat got less than one…
Posted by John McCarthy January 28, 2022
Lottery Office Employee Struck Down By Stray Bullet As She Prepared To Leave For Work
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Lottery Office Employee Struck Down By Stray Bullet As She Prepared To Leave For Work

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix woman getting ready to leave for work was struck by a stray bullet inside her home as warring drug factions shot at each other early…
Posted by John McCarthy January 27, 2022
Armored Truck CEO Admits Fraud In Multimillion Dollar Dirty Gold Money Laundering Conspiracy
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Armored Truck CEO Admits Fraud In Multimillion Dollar Dirty Gold Money Laundering Conspiracy

MIAMI — Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, former CEO of Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported gold, cash, and other valuables by armored truck, pled guilty yesterday to submitting…
Posted by John McCarthy January 27, 2022
Colombian Who Used Fake ID To Bring Ecstasy To St. Croix Admits To Not Being A U.S. Citizen
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Colombian Who Used Fake ID To Bring Ecstasy To St. Croix Admits To Not Being A U.S. Citizen

CHRISTIANSTED — A Colombian national who brought ecstasy, ketamine and a fake ID to the St. Croix airport last December has admitted to entering the United States illegally. Andres Bejarano,…
Posted by John McCarthy January 26, 2022
Venezuelan Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 108 Pounds of Cocaine Into St. Croix By Sea
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Venezuelan Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 108 Pounds of Cocaine Into St. Croix By Sea

CHRISTIANSTED — A Venezuelan national today admitted in federal court to smuggling 108 pounds of cocaine into the territory. Johan Garcia Suarez, 33, of Caracas, one of eleven Venezuelan nationals…
Posted by John McCarthy January 26, 2022
St. Thomas Gets $99M To Complete Turpentine Run Project And Savan Gut Phase II: Plaskett
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St. Thomas Gets $99M To Complete Turpentine Run Project And Savan Gut Phase II: Plaskett

WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, said $99 million in new funding is available for vital projects in the Virgin Islands through the…
Posted by John McCarthy January 26, 2022
Police Investigating After Motorist Struck By Stray Bullet When Driving By JFK Project
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Police Investigating After Motorist Struck By Stray Bullet When Driving By JFK Project

CHRISTIANSTED — A motorist driving by a Richmond housing project was struck by a stray bullet minutes late Saturday night, authorities said. Personnel from the Juan F. Luis Hospital &…
Posted by John McCarthy January 25, 2022
Coast Guard Crews Rescue 1 Russian, 1 Kazakh, 4 Uzbeks From Distressed Sailboat
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Coast Guard Crews Rescue 1 Russian, 1 Kazakh, 4 Uzbeks From Distressed Sailboat

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard air and surface crews rescued a Russian, a Kazakh and four Uzbek men Thursday night from a distressed sailing vessel near Mona Island off Puerto…
Posted by John McCarthy January 25, 2022
Anguilla Culinary Experience Will Debut In May 2022
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Anguilla Culinary Experience Will Debut In May 2022

Anguilla To Host New Epicurean Festival Featuring Local And International Chefs THE VALLEY — Anguilla will present a new epicurean festival, Anguilla Culinary Experience (ACE), from Wednesday, May 11 through…
Posted by John McCarthy January 25, 2022
Health Department Confirms Territory’s 97th COVID-19 Related Death
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Health Department Confirms Territory’s 97th COVID-19 Related Death

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health has confirmed another COVID-19 related death, bringing the territory’s toll to 97. After notifying next of kin, Health announced that the deceased…
Posted by John McCarthy January 25, 2022

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