CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A 22-year-old British Virgin Islands native made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges that he encouraged illegal migrants to enter the territory. Ashemba Frett of Tortola, BVI made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller in U.S. District Court in St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A 24-year-old Florida man was sentenced in federal court today to five months in prison for trying to smuggle nearly five kilos of marijuana into the territory. T’Koi Lee Bryan was given five months imprisonment and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Curtis

The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) released the latest arrest information for the St. Thomas-St. John district today. CHARLOTTE AMALIE — On Monday, February 15 – the 911 Emergency Call Center received report of a first-degree robbery that took place at the Petrus Gas Station located on Veterans Drive in

WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says an American had been arrested and charged with defrauding Caribbean and other immigrants. The DOJ said Helaman Hansen, 63, was arrested after a US federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and

FAJARDO, Puerto Rico – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says its Air and Marine Operations (AMO) seized 93 pounds (42 kilos) of cocaine after intercepting a 25 foot-vessel about six nautical miles in Caribbean waters and arresting two men onboard. CBP estimated the street value of

CHRISTIANSTED – A man broke into a woman’s apartment at LBJ Gardens in Estate Richmond and tried to rape her early Saturday morning, according to police. The 911 Emergency Call Center received a report of a break-in and attempted sexual assault at 4:31 a.m. Saturday in the LBJ Gardens housing

LIFE IN PRISON: Craig Muller of St. Croix CHRISTIANSTED – A 31-year-old St. Croix man was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for his role in the shooting death of a man near an Estate La Grande Princesse car wash in 2012. Craig Muller was given five years in

 U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A 45-year-old St. Thomas man pleaded guilty in federal court today to bribing an undercover government official to clear undocumented Brazilians through the Cyril E. King International Airport. Miguel Rodriguez Ramirez pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on St. Thomas Friday

U.S. Attorney Ronald Sharpe CHRISTIANSTED – A 25-year-old St. Croix man was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to 1.75 years in prison for having a homemade knife in his prison cell, authorities said. Delroy Woods of Mutual Homes was given 21 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Court

              Beach in Rincon, Puerto Rico SAN JUAN — Authorities in the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico say a man drove a dead passenger to a police station and confessed to killing him. Police in the popular tourist town of Rincon said Wednesday that