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Coast Guard Airlifts Cadet From Mexican Navy Training Ship Near Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard air and surface units combined efforts to medevac an injured cadet from the Mexican Navy training vessel ARM Cuauhtémoc Wednesday morning, approximately 36 nautical miles…

John McCarthy July 21, 2022

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Puerto Rico and USVI Can Expect Showers and Thunderstorms By Tonight, NWS Says

SAN JUAN — A tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea will bring showers and thunderstorms, with most impact over the eastern third of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands by…

John McCarthy July 20, 2022

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Security Guard Smoking Marijuana While Driving Without License Plate Arrested On Illegal Gun Charge

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Driving without a license plate while smoking marijuana left one St. Thomas motorist vulnerable to "Operation Gridlock" this weekend. Alexander Milton Petersen, 30, was arrested Sunday for…

John McCarthy July 20, 2022

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2 Males Wearing Ski Masks Rob Man In Frederiksted Town

FREDERIKSTED — Two males wearing ski masks beat and robbed a man in town near the pier late Monday night. A male adult victim walked in at the Wilbur Francis Command…

John McCarthy July 19, 2022

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Woman Captured On Camera Stealing Cell Phone Wanted By Police On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help locating a St. Thomas woman who is wanted for stealing a person’s mobile device. Virgin Islands Police are searching for the female suspect…

John McCarthy July 19, 2022

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Man Wanted On Vehicular Homicide Charge In Georgia Detained By CIB

CHARLOTTE AMALIE —- A man wanted in Georgia on a vehicular homicide in Georgia is in official custody and facing extradition, authorities said. Terelle Malik Ross, 36, was detained at 9:00…

John McCarthy July 18, 2022

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Tropical Wave Expected To Bring Heavy Rains To USVI and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The best chance for flooding rains in the next five-days may result from the passage of a tropical wave, now centered around 45ºW longitude, by Wednesday evening…

John McCarthy July 18, 2022

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Help Police Find Suspect Wanted For Grand Larceny on St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a female suspect on St. Thomas wanted for possession of stolen property and grand larceny. The Virgin Islands Police Department posted…

John McCarthy July 18, 2022

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Coast Guard Rescues 3 Men, 2 Women After Boat Capsizes Near Green Cay Marina

GREEN CAY — A Coast Guard boat crew and two Good Samaritan vessels rescued five persons following a vessel capsizing offshore from Green Cay Marina in St. Croix on Sunday.…

John McCarthy July 18, 2022

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1 Woman, 1 Man Shot At ‘Tsunami’ Dance Party In La Reine

KINGSHILL — At least two people were injured early Sunday when gunfire broke out at a "Tsunami" dance party being held in a parking lot at mid-island St. Croix. The 911 emergency…

John McCarthy July 17, 2022