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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
St. Thomas Man Wanted For Rape Since October Arrested On Warrant: VIPD
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St. Thomas Man Wanted For Rape Since October Arrested On Warrant: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man wanted on rape charges since last month has been arrested by police, authorities said. Carl Gumbs, 30, of Oswald Harris Court, was arrested…
Posted by John McCarthy November 16, 2021
VITRAN To Shut Down Bus Service Temporarily In St. Thomas On Thursday
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VITRAN To Shut Down Bus Service Temporarily In St. Thomas On Thursday

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — VITRAN will temporarily discontinue its 9 and 11 a.m. fixed route service in St. Thomas on Thursday, the Department of Public Works said today. The suspension will…
Posted by John McCarthy November 16, 2021
Coast Guard Rescues 2 People In Distress From Condado Area Beach in San Juan
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Coast Guard Rescues 2 People In Distress From Condado Area Beach in San Juan

SAN JUAN — A Coast Guard Boat Station San Juan crew rescued two persons Sunday, who were caught in the currents just off a Condado area beach in Puerto Rico.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 16, 2021
Masked Man Who Heisted Gems and Gold Corner Faces 20 Years In Prison: USAO
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Masked Man Who Heisted Gems and Gold Corner Faces 20 Years In Prison: USAO

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Despite a guilty plea, a St. Thomas man faces 20 years in prison for knocking over a jewelry store near Drake's Passage on the downtown waterfront, authorities…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2021
St. Croix Woman Who Chose Jury Trial Over Plea Deal Gets 4 Years For Tax Fraud
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St. Croix Woman Who Chose Jury Trial Over Plea Deal Gets 4 Years For Tax Fraud

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix woman convicted in a jury trial for her part in a complex tax fraud scheme was given 3.75 years in prison by a federal judge,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2021
VIPA Shows Off Newly Renovated Vendor’s Plaza At Crown Bay Center In St. Thomas
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VIPA Shows Off Newly Renovated Vendor’s Plaza At Crown Bay Center In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) was touting its new vendor’s plaza at the Austin "Babe" Monsanto Marine Terminal in St. Thomas on social media today. VIPA…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2021
Earthquakes Shake Up Haiti and Puerto Rico; No Tsunami Threat
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Earthquakes Shake Up Haiti and Puerto Rico; No Tsunami Threat

PORT-AU-PRINCE — A series of earthquakes has rattled the Caribbean this week, including a moderate 4.6 which struck along western Haiti overnight Thursday night. Fortunately, none of the fifteen earthquakes…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2021
Crucian Security Guard Arrested On Fugitive Child Abuse Charges At Hotel
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Crucian Security Guard Arrested On Fugitive Child Abuse Charges At Hotel

CHRISTIANSTED — V.I. Attorney General Denise N. George announced that Adan Garza Jr. of St. Croix was arrested this evening at the King Christian Hotel by Special Agents of the…
Posted by John McCarthy November 12, 2021
Puerto Rican Man Who Smuggled $316,930 Into St. Thomas Faces 5 Years In Prison
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Puerto Rican Man Who Smuggled $316,930 Into St. Thomas Faces 5 Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican man who falsely claimed that hundreds of thousands of dollars he was smuggling on a boat to St. Thomas were legitimately earned "giving tourists…
Posted by John McCarthy November 12, 2021
AG George Revokes Bail For St. Croix Man Accused Of Multiple Crimes: VIDOJ
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AG George Revokes Bail For St. Croix Man Accused Of Multiple Crimes: VIDOJ

KINGSHILL — V.I. Attorney General Denise George announced the filing of a motion to revoke the release of 26-year-old Dasha Graham who was arrested while on release for other violent…
Posted by John McCarthy November 12, 2021

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