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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Person In The Water Near Culebra
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Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Person In The Water Near Culebra

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing male boater Wednesday night near the island of Culebra off Puerto Rico. “Suspending a search is never easy, our…
Posted by John McCarthy July 8, 2021
St. Croix Man Who Turned Out His 17-Year-Old Girlfriend For Beeston Hill Man Pleads
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St. Croix Man Who Turned Out His 17-Year-Old Girlfriend For Beeston Hill Man Pleads

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix who physically forced his 17-year old girlfriend to have sex with a much older Beeston Hill man in exchange for money admitted to his guilt…
Posted by John McCarthy July 8, 2021
Dominican Man Could Get 20 Years In Prison For Selling Cocaine In St. Thomas
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Dominican Man Could Get 20 Years In Prison For Selling Cocaine In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican man who sold cocaine in St. Thomas faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug conspiracy charges, authorities said. Tommy Ramirez, 32, of…
Posted by John McCarthy July 7, 2021
Puerto Rico Man With $3.76 Million In Cash On His Boat Pleads Guilty To Smuggling
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Puerto Rico Man With $3.76 Million In Cash On His Boat Pleads Guilty To Smuggling

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rico man faces 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to trying to smuggle 3.76 million in cash by boat into the…
Posted by John McCarthy July 7, 2021
Constitution Hill Man Dies In Car Crash Near St. Dunstan’s School: VIPD
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Constitution Hill Man Dies In Car Crash Near St. Dunstan’s School: VIPD

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man died after a pickup track slammed head-on into his small SUV in Orange Grove early this morning, authorities said. Sito Martin, 35, of Constitution…
Posted by John McCarthy July 7, 2021
DPW Issues Stop Work Order To Liberty Mobile Over ‘Unsafe Road Work’
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DPW Issues Stop Work Order To Liberty Mobile Over ‘Unsafe Road Work’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Public Works Department has issued a stop work order on a project being performed on behalf of Liberty Communications USVI by construction contractor Bermudez, Longo, Diaz-Masso,…
Posted by John McCarthy July 6, 2021
Tourist From Florida Drowns At Sapphire Beach On Friday Afternoon, Witnesses Say
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Tourist From Florida Drowns At Sapphire Beach On Friday Afternoon, Witnesses Say

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating a possible drowning at Sapphire Beach in St. Thomas on Friday afternoon. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to Sapphire Beach in reference…
Posted by John McCarthy July 6, 2021
Health Department Says Territory Recorded Its 31st COVID-19 Death
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Health Department Says Territory Recorded Its 31st COVID-19 Death

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Health confirmed Monday that a 73-year-old woman on St. Thomas was the 31st person to die of the COVID-19 virus in the…
Posted by John McCarthy July 6, 2021
2 Tourists Robbed At Gunpoint, Rental Car Stolen As They Return To Hotel Room
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2 Tourists Robbed At Gunpoint, Rental Car Stolen As They Return To Hotel Room

FREDERIKSTED — Police are looking for two masked men who robbed two tourists at gunpoint and stole their rental car as they were returned to their hotel room on Strand…
Posted by John McCarthy July 5, 2021
Foul Play Suspected In Death Of St. Croix Man Found Decomposed In Apartment
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Foul Play Suspected In Death Of St. Croix Man Found Decomposed In Apartment

CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating the cause of death of a man found dead at an apartment in Peter's Rest on the Fourth of July. The 911 Emergency Call Center…
Posted by John McCarthy July 5, 2021

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