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Masked Man Enters Silke Gade Home After Midnight Puts A Gun To A Woman’s Head And Robs Her of $300
MASKED MAN ROBBERY: Police said the armed intruder on Silke Gade put a gun to the woman’s head and robbed her of $300. CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Silke Gade woman told police a man entered her home just after midnight, put a gun to her head and stole $300 from

V.I. GOP Offers $5,000 Reward For Information Leading To Arrest Of Carjacking-Rapist On St. Croix’s East End
WINNING TEAM: John Canegata, his wife and daughter pose for a photo with Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke. (Photo courtesy of the VIGOP.) CHRISTIANSTED — Virgin Islands Republican Party chairman John Canegata said that the G.O.P. is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for any credible information leading to the arrest and

Habitual Offender Melvin Petersen Of St. Thomas Gets Only 2.5 Years In Prison For Being A Coke Dealer In STT
LIFE IS A PARTY! Only the venue will be shifting to a prison cell for Mr. Melvin Marvin Petersen of St. Thomas — an habitual criminal offender, according to court documents. CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas man was ordered in federal court to serve at least two and a

IT’S OFFICIAL: NFL’s Aaron Hernandez’s Murder Conviction of St. Croix’s Odin Lloyd Will Be Vacated
GARSH TOO HARSH? Massachusetts state judge E. Susan Garsh has ensured that the family of St. Croix’s Odin Lloyd will have a harder time collecting money from the estate of Aaron Hernandez. FALL RIVER, Mass. — A former NFL star’s 2013 murder conviction of a St. Croix native can be erased

St. Croix Thugs Use ‘Bump And Run’ To Separate Women In Car … Kidnap One And Take Her To Remote Location To Be Brutally Raped
EAST END ROAD: St. Croix thugs followed this road East (here shown near Canegata Ballpark) and purposely collided with another vehicle, in the confusion that resulted — one woman was snatched from the vehicle, taken away from the accident scene and brutally raped. CHRISTIANSTED — On Saturday, May 6, 2017

GOVERNMENT HOUSE: Inmate Commits Suicide At Golden Grove Prison … Family To Be Notified
GOLDEN GROVE ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY: The site of the possible suicide at the territory’s only prison. FREDERIKSTED — An inmate at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility has committed suicide in his prison cell, authorities here said tonight. Bureau of Corrections, Assistant Director Everett Hansen, reported the possible suicide at the

VIPD: Armed St. Thomas Bar Owner Able To Fend Off Attacker Holding A Machete And Hand Saw To His Neck
ARRESTED: Brian E. Steele CHARLOTTE AMALIE — On Friday, May 5, 2017 at about 6:30 p.m. the complainant who is the owner of “1-800 Sports Bar” was interviewed and stated that he was called to his business by his employees relative to a male with erratic behavior

VIPD: Shooting At Contant Knolls In St. Thomas Leaves Male Minor Bleeding From His Head
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — On May 7, 2017, at approximately 9:55 p.m., officers responded to a call in reference to a gunshot victim being brought in by a private vehicle at the Roy Lester Schneider Regional Medical Center Emergency Room and requested the Investigation Bureau. Police met with a black man

ABUSE OF POWER? VIPD Officers Flout The Law … Parking In Handicapped Spot and Refusing To Move SUV Even When ‘Mistake’ Is Pointed Out
$1,000 FINE SHOULD BE PAID TO CHARITY: The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officer who was driving patrol unit #207 should own up to his mistake voluntarily and donate whatever the fine would be if he had been willing to write himself a ticket and give the money to the

VIPD: We Are Investigating How Jeremy Kelly of Georgia Died Near Frenchman’s Bay in St. Thomas
FOUND DEAD: Jeremy Kelly CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police today said that they are investigating the death of a Georgia native who was discovered by police after he was reported Dead on Arrival (DOA) by hospital officials early this morning. The Major Crime Unit was dispatched to Roy Schneider Regional Medical