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20-Year-Old Bria Evans Shot To Death As An Innocent Bystander In Front of Krush Nightclub
BRIA EVANS ON TWITTER CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 20-year-old St. Thomas woman was shot to death as she stood outside a popular nightclub talking to friends in the early morning hours Saturday, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD). At about 3:10 a.m on Saturday police were doing normal

Wanted Al-Qaeda Terrorist Rachid Rafaa Escapes From Martinique And Could Be Near You
WANTED: Rachid Rafaa PHILIPSBURG – Police in Sint Maarten are warning that a wanted Al-Qaeda terrorist could be traveling in the waters of the Eastern Caribbean by boat. The Korps Politie Sint Maarten (KPSM) or Sint Maarten Police Force said people living in the Eastern Caribbean such as the U.S. Virgin

Police Need Your Help To Find Wanted Man Tres Abraham on St. Thomas
WANTED: Tres Abraham of St. Thomas CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) needs your help to find a 36-year-old St. Thomas man wanted on two arrest warrants dating back to 2012. The VIPD said that Tres Abraham is wanted for questioning in a case involving embezzlement and

Drive-Through Armed Robbery Performed At Bluebeard’s Hotel On St. Thomas
Bluebeard’s Castle Resort on St. Thomas CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A woman told police that when she drove up to pick up her husband at the Bluebeard’s Castle Resort she got a gun stuck in her face instead. On Wednesday, July 27 at 11:26 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched

NOAA Says Two Tropical Waves Have The Potential To Threaten The Territory
MIAMI — A tropical wave is expected to move into the eastern Caribbean Sea this weekend, bringing rain and gusty wind, the National Hurricane Center said today (July 29). Meanwhile, a second tropical wave in the Atlantic has become better organized. According to forecasters, the first wave is about 1,200 miles east of

Terminix Agrees To Pay $87 Million To Delaware Family Poisoned On Vacation In St. John
CRUZ BAY — Terminix has offered to pay $87 million to the Delaware family seriously sickened by a pesticide at a St. John resort last year, the company said in an earnings report on Thursday. About $3 million related to the family’s claims have already been paid, and a “tentative

Wayne ‘DMX’ Woodrup Shot Multiple Times At John F. Kennedy Terrace But Survives … Again
Spent shell casings at JFK Wednesday. CHRISTIANSTED — A man who was shot multiple times in an incident near Central High School in September 2015 — apparently survived a hail of 44 bullets on Wednesday. Although not officially named by police — who might not have been able to question

V.I. Government Won’t Pay It’s WAPA Bills, So Wall Street Downgrades WAPA Bonds To Junk Bond Status
WAPA’s facility on St. Thomas NEW YORK — The Virgin Islands is moving ever so much closer towards junk bond status, according to Bloomberg News. The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA), the territory’s only utility option, had the credit rating on its most secure debt cut

Hummingbird Air Flying From St. Croix Again After Six Month Layoff
FREDERIKSTED — St. Croix-based Hummingbird Air has wings again. The small commuter airline based at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport was forced to suspend flights in November following a string of incidents involving its fleet of Beech C-99s. Hummingbird Air president Samuel Raphael says that his airline will be flying from

20-Year-Old Marquise Benjamin Shot To Death In Estate Concordia
DEAD: Marquise Benjamin FREDERIKSTED — A 20-year-old St. Croix man was shot to death Tuesday night in Estate Concordia and police admit that they need your help to find out who might have done it. On July 26, about 8:52 p.m. concerned citizens in Concordia called the 911 Emergency Call