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Texas Drug Mule Faces 5 Years In Prison For Bringing 20 Pounds of Weed To St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED – A Texas drug mule who was to be paid only $1,500 for smuggling 20 pounds of marijuana from Dallas to St. Croix now faces five years in prison…

John McCarthy June 25, 2019

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VIPD: 2-Car Accident On Estate Hope Road Claims 5-Year-Old Girl’s Life … 4 Others Injured

CHRISTIANSTED — A five-year-old girl died and four other people were injured during a two-car accident that occurred Sunday night on Estate Hope Road, authorities said. Two of the surviving…

John McCarthy June 24, 2019

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VIPD: ‘Mexican Standoff’ Ends In Two Men And One Boy Shot At Rainbow Beach This Afternoon

FREDERIKSTED — A heated argument escalated into shootings that left two men and one boy injured near Rainbow Beach this afternoon, authorities said. Police say two men in their 20s…

John McCarthy June 23, 2019

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Golden Rock Traffic Stop Sends Mitchell Hanley Jr. To Golden Grove Prison On Illegal Gun Charges

CHRISTIANSTED — A routine traffic stop near Five Corners yielded the arrest of a St. Croix man allegedly with an illegal gun and drugs in his car. Mitchell P. Hanley…

John McCarthy June 23, 2019

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UVI Board Of Trustees Approves MA in Social Work and MOUs with Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — In the regular session of its quarterly meeting on Saturday in the Administration and Conference Center Building on the St. Thomas Campus, the Board of Trustees unanimously…

VI Free Press June 23, 2019

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USVI Airports Pass Muster With Federal Aviation Administration Friday

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The two airports in the territory have passed FAA inspections, the Virgin Islands Port Authority reports. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed its annual inspections of the Cyril…

VI Free Press June 22, 2019

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Minnesota Timberwolves Name Virgin Islander David Vanterpool Assistant Head Coach

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves named David Vanterpool as Associate Head Coach. Vanterpool, with family from St. Thomas, had spent the previous seven seasons as an assistant coach with the…

VI Free Press June 21, 2019

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Bold Daylight Carjacking-Robbery Of Taxi Van Near Carambola Beach Resort

FREDERIKSTED — Three St. Croix men commandeered a taxi van at gunpoint in broad daylight within proximity of the Carambola Beach Resort golf course on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Quasheen…

John McCarthy June 21, 2019

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Police Investigating Shooting Of Two Dogs In Estate Jealousy On Sunday

MID-ISLAND, ST. CROIX — Police said two dogs were shot on Midland Road in Estate Jealousy about 8 a.m. on Sunday. The VIPD Animal Cruelty Unit is investigating a report…

John McCarthy June 21, 2019

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FEMA Officials Have High Praise For Government’s Hurricane Prep Efforts

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A number of high-ranking officials from Region II of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had high praise for the Virgin Islands government's hurricane readiness efforts during…

VI Free Press June 20, 2019