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St. Thomas Man Tomolah Foy Pleads Guilty to Selling Crack Cocaine Near High School
Red Hook port area of St. Thomas CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas man admitted in federal court today that he sold crack cocaine near a local high school. Tomolah Foy, 23, of St. Thomas pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine, U.S.

St. Thomas Man Selmo Watts Pleads Guilty to Burglarizing a Federal Post Office
GUILTY PLEA: Selmo Watts CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas man admitted in federal court today that he broke into a U.S. Post Office and stole mail. Selmo Watts, 34, of St. Thomas pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to breaking into a Post Office, U.S. Attorney Ronald Sharpe said.

Feds Name Texas Fugitive Spencer Wayne Allen As Firebomber Who Destroyed Navy Recruiting Office In St. Thomas
CHARGED: Spencer Wayne Allen, a Texas fugitive from justice. CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A 25-year-old native of the U.S. mainland has been charged in the firebombing of federal buildings in St. Thomas that has rocked this tiny American territory. Spencer Wayne Allen, 25, of Texas was arrested on Tuesday on a

RECORD SEIZURE! Coast Guard Takes 4.2 Tons of Cocaine Worth An Estimated $125M … Four Guyanese Men Detained
SAN JUAN — Authorities have made the largest maritime seizure of cocaine in the Atlantic region since 1999 from a boat off South America’s northeastern coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. About 4.2 tons of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $125 million, was confiscated from a fishing

CHECK KITING: St. Croix Man Accused Of Passing Restaurant’s Business Checks Without Its Permission
DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN? If so, police said that they would like to talk to him about checks stolen from the Eat At Cane Bay Restaurant and passed without permission of the business. NORTH SHORE — A St. Croix man who police said used checks from an established restaurant

FBI: ‘Stateside’ Man Firebombs Federal Offices In St. Thomas … Man Driving Truck With Gasoline Containers Detained
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Fires were deliberately set at three buildings associated with the U.S. federal government in the territory early Tuesday, including one that destroyed a Navy recruiting office, the FBI said. Firefighters in St. Thomas were putting out the fires at the Ron de Lugo Federal Building and a

VIPD: Melissa Luz Ponce Arrested For Making Credit Card Purchases On Another Person’s Card
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man told police that his credit card was being used by someone who does not have his permission to do so. On January 8, 2017, a man reported to the desk officer at the Ancilmo D. Marshall Police Command that he had lost his wallet

Airport Worker Who Strapped Cocaine To His Leg Pleads Guilty In Federal Court To Drug Smuggling
Dimitrous Jefferson CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix airport worker who strapped cocaine to his leg in an unsuccessful attempt to get it past security officials pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges in federal court today. Dimitrous Jefferson, 27, admitted to a charge of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with

VIPD: One Man Shot, Two Men Robbed At Morena’s Bar in Water Gut Near The Bus Shanty
MORENA’S BAR IN C’STED CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man told police that he was sitting outside of a Water Gut bar when he was hit by gunfire near the bus shanty after midnight today. On February 27, 2017 at approximately 12:22 a.m., 911 Emergency Call Center reported a gunshot

USVI Men’s Beach Soccer Team Gets Whaled On In Regional Tournament
NASSAU — The U.S. Virgin Islands’ men’s beach soccer team did about as poorly as a team could do — embarrassing the territory by going 0-6 in the 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships. On Sunday in consolation-round play, the USVI Team lost to Barbados 3-1, meaning that it finished 16th