Crime News

VIPD: St. Thomas’ Richard ‘Frankie’ Ireland Arrested For Vicious Attack On Woman Who Was Shot Five Times And Stabbed Six Times At Smart Mart … But Lived
ARRESTED: Richard Ireland CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who police said shot and stabbed his ex-girlfriend when he saw her at a local gas station was arrested on Thursday after he turned himself to authorities. Richard “Frankie” Ireland, 52, of Altona, faces charges of first-degree assault, third-degree assault,

VIPD: Shot Fired During Armed Robbery Attempt of Bank of St. Croix Allegedly By Adam Mason
CHRISTIANSTED — As first reported in the Virgin Islands Free Press, the Bank of St. Croix in Peter’s Rest was held up by a lone gunman early Thursday morning who was captured by police less than a mile away from the site of the robbery about 11 minutes later. Official

Bank of St. Croix Held Up At Gunpoint This Morning … VIPD Captures Suspect 11 Minutes Later
CHRISTIANSTED — Police on St. Croix arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with a bank robbery in Peter’s Rest this morning. Adam Mason was arrested on a charge of first-degree robbery. According to a press release, officers took Mason into custody approximately 11 minutes after the robbery was first reported

Santo Domingo’s Minister For Women Breaks The Silence On The ‘Terrifying’ Number of Femicides In The Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO — The discovery of a dismembered body of a woman this week in the Dominican Republic has put the spotlight on high levels of femicides in a country where one woman has been killed every two days in June alone. The victim was Dominga Bautista Lora, 35, whose

CRIMINAL MASTERMIND? Syed Gilani Allegedly Skimmed $2 Million In Real ID Funds In A 5-Year Period
ARRESTED: Syed Zain Gilani at the Boston offices of Safr in Massachusetts on Friday afternoon. BOSTON — The attorney for the man accused of being the mastermind of a five-year $2 million scam that allegedly defrauded the Virgin Islands government of Real ID funds says that his arrests on territorial

V.I. Attorney General Claude Walker Accuses Three Men of Misappropriating $2 Million In Real ID Funds
ACCUSED OF OFFICIAL CORRUPTION BY V.I. ATTORNEY GENERAL WALKER: Jerris Browne CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Justice said Monday that it has filed public corruption charges against two former Bureau of Motor Vehicles officials and a local business owner, in relation to issues connected to the implementation

OPINION BY SORAYA DIASE COFFELT: $2 Million In Missing Federal Funds From Real ID Program Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg When It Comes To Corruption In The Territory
The Virgin Islands public has been informed that there were recent arrests of three individuals on corruption charges involving the alleged misuse of over $2 million in federal funds associated with the REAL ID program. The individuals arrested, of course, will have their day in court and are entitled to

Wanted Man Hubert Lee Jr. Taken Into Custody By U.S. Marshals And Facing Extradition Back To St. Croix For His Alleged Role In East End Carjacking Rape
ARRESTED IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA: Hubert “Blackest” Lee, Jr. FAYETTEVILLE — Federal authorities successfully closed in on East End carjacking-rape suspect Hubert Lee Jr. on Monday. Lee, 22, was captured by U.S. Marshals in North Carolina and taken into custody based on a bench warrant issued by the Superior Court

UNITED NATIONS: Child Sex Tourism Knows No Boundaries In The Lawless, Impoverished Dominican Republic
DIRTY BUSINESS: A 2015 Newsweek article told the detailed account of an undercover sting operation in the Dominican Republic; a former CIA agent and United States diplomat, posed with an undercover team as tourists looking to buy sex with children in the northern beach town of Sosúa. SANTO DOMINGO —

VIPD: St. Thomas’ Jahkima Moore Killed In Drive-By Shooting On Scot Free Road On Saturday Afternoon
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police said a St. Thomas man was shot to death in his car on Saturday afternoon. Jahkima Moore, 32, was killed Saturday afternoon in a fatal drive-by shooting on Scott Free Road, the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) said. According to the police, at 5:54 p.m. Saturday