PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gangs launched a new attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen clashed with residents who fought side
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Coast Guard seizes 35 ‘bales’ of cocaine and charges 2 crew members aboard Mexican go-fast boat
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two crew members of a go-fast boat were arrested after a Royal Canadian Naval ship recovered 35 bales of cocaine while patrolling
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Woman pleads guilty to embezzling $372,000 from her employer
CHRISTIANSTED — Nicole Morales, 48, of Altadena, California, has pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud, United States Attorney Delia L. Smith said Monday.
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Grenada native gets just 3 months for trafficking 70 pounds of cocaine
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Rodney Dennis de Roche, 39, of Grenada, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Wilma A. Lewis to 37 months imprisonment following his
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St. Croix man accused of strangling woman
FREDERIKSTED — Alvin Kentish Jr., 46, is facing second-degree assault charges in a domestic violence case on St. Croix. Kentish recently turned himself in at
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St. Croix man pleads guilty to threatening federal agents
CHRISTIANSTED — Jamoi Weekes, 30, of St. Croix, has pleaded guilty to threatening federal officials, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith said Monday. Weekes’ sentencing is
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Woman arrested for using stolen credit card to go on $6,000 shopping spree in St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 36-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday, accused of using a female friend’s credit card to go on a $6,000 shopping spree on St.
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Routine traffic stop yields cache of illegal gun and ammunition
FREDERIKSTED — A man was arrested on St. Croix after police pulled him over during a traffic stop on the Melvin Evans Highway and discovered
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Venezuelan suspect in attempted murder case captured at Texas border; extradited to USVI
FREDERIKSTED — A Venezuelan native was escorted back to the territory by Virgin Islands Police officers on Saturday to face attempted murder charges after being
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St. Croix shooting leaves man seriously wounded; no suspects as of yet
CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating after a man was shot in the head and seriously injured on St. Croix early this morning. Gunfire erupted about
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