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Kingshill Drunk Driver Who Caused Accident In Two Williams Released After Posting $1,000 Bail: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — A Kingshill-area drunk driver who caused an accident in Two Williams on Saturday night has been released after posting $1,000.00 bail, authorities said. Luis A. Perez-Soler, 42 of…

VI Free Press January 31, 2021

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Paradise Woman Sends Threatening Text Messages To Female Co-Worker Forcing Her To Resign: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — For the second time in two months, a St. Croix woman has been charged with cyberstalking after threatening text messages forced a co-worker to resign, authorities said. In…

VI Free Press January 30, 2021

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Coast Guard Nabs 2 Drug Smugglers With $8.5 Million In Cocaine On Boat At Sea

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutters Mohawk and Charles David Jr. transferred custody of two suspected smugglers and $8.5 million in seized cocaine to federal agents at a Coast Guard…

VI Free Press January 30, 2021

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Jealous St. Croix Hair Dresser Breaks Into Boyfriend’s Home, Beats Him, Smashes Cell Phone

CHRISTIANSTED — A jealous St. Croix hair dresser who allegedly broke into her boyfriend's home, beat him and then smashed his cell phone has been arrested on domestic violence-related charges,…

VI Free Press January 29, 2021

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Is MAGA A Death Cult? If Trump’s Jonestown-Like Followers Drink The Kool-Aid, Who Gets Hurt?

Fittingly, it was the CBS comedian Stephen Colbert who first suggested that MAGA is a death cult. And Colbert made that fateful prediction seven full days before election day in…

John McCarthy January 28, 2021

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Coast Guard, U.S. Border Patrol Seize $1.9 Million In Cocaine, Detain 2 Smugglers In Isabela, Puerto Rico

AGUADILLA — A Coast Guard aircrew combined efforts with U.S. Border Patrol agents during a drug smuggling event Saturday that resulted in the seizure of 157 pounds (71 Kilos) of…

VI Free Press January 27, 2021

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Jamaican Immigrant Identified As Florida Beer Bandit Arrested After Latest Booze Binge

FORT LAUDERDALE — A Jamaican immigrant who authorities described as a beer bandit for his role in seven thefts of booze at Florida stores has been arrested. Damian St. Aubyn…

VI Free Press January 26, 2021

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USAO And IRS Warn Of New Wave of COVID-19 Scams Related To 2nd Round Of Stimulus Check Payments

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands, and Tyler R. Hatcher, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation…

VI Free Press January 25, 2021

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Hannah’s Rest Traffic Stop Nets St. Croix Man On Illegal Gun Possession Charge: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested Tuesday on illegal gun possession charges after a routine traffic stop, authorities said. James Rock, Jr. of Estate Grove Place was arrested…

VI Free Press January 21, 2021

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St. Croix Man Arrested After Police Said He Choked His Girlfriend In An Act Of Domestic Violence: VIPD

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested Monday after police said he choked his girlfriend in an act of domestic violence. Vernon Sackey, Jr., 21, of Golden Rock, was…

VI Free Press January 21, 2021