CHARLOTTE AMALIE — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Marvin Forbes, 49, from Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court just prior to the beginning of jury selection for his trial on the charge of possession with Intent to distribute 12.61 kilograms of marijuana. According to court

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A former supermarket cashier who brought 167 pounds of marijuana to the airport in seven suitcases pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges today, authorities said. Idesha Patricia Sterrod pled in U.S. District Court in St. Thomas to possession with intent to distribute marijuana, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who is awaiting trial for an armed jewelry store robbery has been arrested on domestic violence-related charges, authorities said. Shemelle Isaac, 29, of Hospital Ground was arrested and charged with simple assault-domestic violence and damage to property-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police Department

CHRISTIANSTED — A woman who used fake IDs and filed multiple tax returns faces 10 years in prison after a guilty plea in federal court on Friday, authorities said. Nicolette Alexander, 29, from the U.S. Virgin Islands pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Golden Rock to conspiracy to defraud

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CRUZ BAY — Police need your help to find a Massachusetts native who is wanted for torching an auto parts business in St. John just over a week ago, authorities said. Steven Allan Haluszka, 66, of Quacco and Zimmerman in St. John is wanted for starting a fire at a Pine

NORFOLK, Virginia — Morgan State scored three runs in the fifth and added another four runs in the sixth to clinch the program’s first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) softball championship with a 10-5 win over North Carolina Central on Saturday afternoon at the NSU Softball Filed on the campus of

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Ten people were arrested in one day on St. Thomas for fudging their COVID-19 tests prior to boarding a flight to the territory, authorities said. Savonne Hunter, 38, of Lindenhood, New Jersey; Chalayaa Downing, 29, of New Jersey; Sashay Clegg, 36, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania; Laurie Downing, 60

OCEANA, Virginia — St. Croix native Jon F. Megahy was recently sworn in as commander in the U.S. Navy at the Naval Air Station. Megahy is also an Atlanta-based First Officer flying the Airbus A320 with Delta Air Lines. Megahy’s parents are Leonard and Laureen Megahy. After graduation from Country

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Parole Board advises the public that the Board will convene on June 7-10, 2021, to hear testimony from victims, family members of victims, or other interested persons for and against the application for parole by inmates incarcerated at various penal institutions.  Anyone who wishes to share