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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
POLICE STATE: U.S. Attorney Says Local Cops Must Wear A Body Camera From Now On
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POLICE STATE: U.S. Attorney Says Local Cops Must Wear A Body Camera From Now On

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said today that the Virgin Islands Police Department is the recipient of $300,000 as part of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Body-Worn…
Posted by John McCarthy November 23, 2018
WAPA Cuts Off Water Supply From Kingshill to Frederiksted To Do ‘Emergency’ Repairs
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WAPA Cuts Off Water Supply From Kingshill to Frederiksted To Do ‘Emergency’ Repairs

CHRISTIANSTED -- The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said it cut off the water supply to its potable water customers from Kingshill at mid-island to the western end of…
Posted by John McCarthy November 23, 2018
WITHHELD BY VIPD! St. Thomas Man Murdered At Bovoni Early on Election Day
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WITHHELD BY VIPD! St. Thomas Man Murdered At Bovoni Early on Election Day

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Police on St. Thomas say they are investigating a report of shots fired and a man down in the Bovoni housing project early on Tuesday. Harim Prince,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2018
St. Thomas Man Allegedly Punches Pregnant Woman In Face, Sits On Her Belly
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St. Thomas Man Allegedly Punches Pregnant Woman In Face, Sits On Her Belly

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Police arrested a St. Thomas man after they said he punched a pregnant woman in the face and sat on her belly. Reynaldo Williams, 27, of Frenchman's Bay…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2018
Polls Close At 7 p.m. Tonight, Fawkes Encourages Everyone To Vote In Runoff Election
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Polls Close At 7 p.m. Tonight, Fawkes Encourages Everyone To Vote In Runoff Election

VIRGIN ISLANDS ELECTIONS OFFICIALS ON ST. THOMAS TODAY CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The supervisor of elections said that she "is happy" to report "the steady rise" in voters with the 3…
Posted by John McCarthy November 20, 2018
North Carolina Man Thought Armed Hold-Up Was A Hoax … Never Left Bar Stool Until Shot
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North Carolina Man Thought Armed Hold-Up Was A Hoax … Never Left Bar Stool Until Shot

CHRISTIANSTED -- The North Carolina man who was killed at Castaway's Bar thought that the armed holdup was a put-on when it was happening in real time -- and he…
Posted by John McCarthy November 20, 2018
Puerto Rico Man Gets 10 Year Prison Term For Bringing 500 Pounds of Cocaine Here
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Puerto Rico Man Gets 10 Year Prison Term For Bringing 500 Pounds of Cocaine Here

CHRISTIANSTED – A Puerto Rico man was handed a 10-year prison term on Friday for his involvement in a cocaine smuggling operation that brought about 500 pounds of cocaine here.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 20, 2018
Police Release Photos of Suspects Who Executed EHRVI Employee At Castaway’s
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Police Release Photos of Suspects Who Executed EHRVI Employee At Castaway’s

CHRISTIANSTED -- Police released photos taken from surveillance footage at an East End bar during the armed robbery that led to a visiting relief worker being shot multiple times. Eyewitnesses…
Posted by John McCarthy November 18, 2018
St. Croix’s Carlyle Ham Fooled Into Thinking Federal Agents Were 14-Year-Old Boy
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St. Croix’s Carlyle Ham Fooled Into Thinking Federal Agents Were 14-Year-Old Boy

CHRISTIANSTED – Federal agents posing as a fictional 14-year-old boy stung a 63-year-old St. Croix man as a would-be pedophile. United States Attorney Gretchen C. F. Shappert said today that…
Posted by John McCarthy November 16, 2018
Dominicans Who Smuggled 2,000 Pounds of Cocaine Here Get Slap On The Wrist From Visiting Federal Judge
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Dominicans Who Smuggled 2,000 Pounds of Cocaine Here Get Slap On The Wrist From Visiting Federal Judge

CHRISTIANSTED – Two natives of the Dominican Republic who brought 2,000 pounds of cocaine by boat near Puerto Rico were given prison terms of four and nearly eight years in…
Posted by John McCarthy November 16, 2018

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