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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Private Facebook Group Removes Reporter After V.I. Free Press Headline About Botany Bay Helicopter Crash
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Private Facebook Group Removes Reporter After V.I. Free Press Headline About Botany Bay Helicopter Crash

Forgive me if I'm not willing to sanitize Monday's crash of a private aircraft at Botany Bay in St. Thomas. You see, I survived a private airplane crash at Isla…
Posted by John McCarthy February 17, 2021
Is MAGA A Death Cult? If Trump’s Jonestown-Like Followers Drink The Kool-Aid, Who Gets Hurt?
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Is MAGA A Death Cult? If Trump’s Jonestown-Like Followers Drink The Kool-Aid, Who Gets Hurt?

Fittingly, it was the CBS comedian Stephen Colbert who first suggested that MAGA is a death cult. And Colbert made that fateful prediction seven full days before election day in…
Posted by John McCarthy January 28, 2021
Carnivorous Mushrooms? Leaching Septic Tank? Trade Winds? Barking Dogs? What Killed Rich Doumeng’s Flamboyant Tree? The Final Mystery of the Year 2020
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Carnivorous Mushrooms? Leaching Septic Tank? Trade Winds? Barking Dogs? What Killed Rich Doumeng’s Flamboyant Tree? The Final Mystery of the Year 2020

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any weirder. The last day of the year of coronavirus — the dreaded COVID-19 — I mean what could go…
Posted by John McCarthy December 31, 2020
Outgoing Lame Duck President Donald Trump Kowtows To China, COVID-19, On Tibet Issue
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Outgoing Lame Duck President Donald Trump Kowtows To China, COVID-19, On Tibet Issue

Ever wonder why you see those “Free Tibet” bumper stickers on peoples’ cars? We have a few of them here — in St. Croix, the U.S. Virgin Islands — where…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2020
Police Issue BOLO Notice On Jarius Penn, Wanted For Murder In Enighed: If Spotted, Call The VIPD
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Police Issue BOLO Notice On Jarius Penn, Wanted For Murder In Enighed: If Spotted, Call The VIPD

CRUZ BAY — Police issued a BOLO notice for a St. John man wanted for questioning in a murder that took place last night. Three men were shot in Estate Enighed…
Posted by John McCarthy November 18, 2020
U.S. Coast Guard Works To Contain Oil Spill From Sunken Tugboat In Krause Lagoon On St. Croix
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U.S. Coast Guard Works To Contain Oil Spill From Sunken Tugboat In Krause Lagoon On St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — The U.S. Coast Guard is working to clean up oil leaking from an abandoned tugboat in Krause Lagoon on St. Croix’s south shore. The owner of St. Croix Renaissance…
Posted by John McCarthy November 18, 2020
Mount Pleasant Man Arrested After Assaulting Pregnant Girlfriend: VIPD
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Mount Pleasant Man Arrested After Assaulting Pregnant Girlfriend: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested on domestic violence charges after he allegedly assaulted his pregnant girlfriend, authorities said. Rhasanie Hendrickson, 18, of Mount Pleasant West, was arrested…
Posted by John McCarthy November 7, 2020
Missouri Sex Offender Caught In Online Net Pleads Guilty To 2 Federal Charges
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Missouri Sex Offender Caught In Online Net Pleads Guilty To 2 Federal Charges

CHRISTIANSTED — A Missouri man who used gay porn app Grindr to try to prey on underage boys in St. Croix pleaded guilty to two federal charges in Golden Rock…
Posted by John McCarthy October 21, 2020
Police Were Searching For Missing New York Bartender Because He Was Wanted On Domestic Violence Charge
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Police Were Searching For Missing New York Bartender Because He Was Wanted On Domestic Violence Charge

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — New York bartender Lubens Besse was described by the Virgin Islands Police Department as a "missing person" on Twitter Friday. The VIPD said on Saturday that his…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2020
Arkansas Killer of 16-Year-Old St. Croix Student Lisa Rene Has Execution Date Set
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Arkansas Killer of 16-Year-Old St. Croix Student Lisa Rene Has Execution Date Set

ARLINGTON — A Texas death-row inmate convicted of kidnapping and killing a St. Croix teenager in 1994 has received a federal execution date in November, authorities said. If the state-sanctioned killing of…
Posted by John McCarthy October 14, 2020

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