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11 Injured, 4 Dead, After 3 Separate Shooting Incidents On St. Croix Last Night: VIPD
KINGSHILL — Eleven people were injured and four are dead after three separate shooting incidents on St. Croix between Saturday night and the early hours today. One man was killed Saturday night after being shot at the Corner Pocket Nightclub in Estate La Reine. Five others were injured, VIPD spokesman

VIPD’s Central Records Bureau In St. Thomas Resumes Accepting Credit Cards For Payments
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The VIPD’s Records Bureau on St. Thomas can once again accept payment by credit cards. The Virgin Islands Police Department said today that its “Central Records Bureau credit/debit card machines are now operable.” “Our Records Bureau team and Information Technology Bureau will continue to monitor the devices

Stanford Associate Leroy King Of Antigua Gets 10 Years In U.S. Prison For ‘Obstruction of Justice’
ST. JOHN’S — The former chief of Antigua’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for his role in connection to a $7 billion Ponzi scheme involving the Stanford International Bank (SIB). Leroy King, 74, of Dickerson Bay, Antigua, pleaded guilty on Jan. 30, 2020,

Police Investigate Man Shot In Head In Parked Car In Broad Daylight At Williams Delight This Morning: VIPD
CHRISTIANSTED — Police are looking for the gunman or gunmen who executed a St. Croix man sitting in his parked car in broad daylight on the central thoroughfare of Williams Delight this morning, authorities said. The deadly shooting happened before 9:57 a.m. today on Main Street in Williams Delight when a

St. Croix Woman Who Stole $108,382 In Income Tax Refunds Gets Less Than 1 Year In Prison: USAO
CHRISTIANSTED — The daughter involved in a mother-and-daughter tax fraud scheme was sentenced to less than a year in federal prison on Wednesday for her role in diverting more than one thousand dollars of income tax refunds intended for other people to her and her mother. Phiona Henry, 34, was

Thieves Make Off With 3 Horses From Carlton Farm After Midnight, Owner Says
FREDERIKSTED — Three horses are missing from a farm in Estate Carlton and are believed stolen, the owners said on social media today. Jennifer Olah, in a post to the St. Croix Sync Tank, a private Facebook group associated with the Virgin Islands Free Press, said the horses, “Moonshine,” “Sparrow”

Police Station Near St. Thomas Airport Gets A ‘Facelift’ To Perk Up Officer Morale: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A fresh coat of paint makes any real estate property look better — and that applies to government buildings as well. So now that a police station located near the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas got the DIY treatment — it is bound to have

VIPD Offers $3,200 Reward For Information About St. Lucia Native’s Whereabouts
FREDERIKSTED — The VIPD St. Croix District announced today that it is offering a $3.200 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of an octogenarian St. Lucian native. Michael “Dodor” Emmanuel, 80, a resident of Mars Hill in Frederiksted, was first reported missing on February 19. Emmanuel is a Black

St. Croix Homeless Man Arrested On Rape Charges After Brutal Sexual Assault, Beating Of Woman: VIPD
FREDERIKSTED — A homeless man has been arrested by police on rape charges after brutally beating and raping a woman on St. Croix, authorities said. Nicholas Greaves, 26, of no fixed address, was arrested at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday and charged with first-degree rape, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. “Greaves

Orlando Woman Tries To Smuggle Nearly 15 Pounds Of Marijuana In Checked Luggage Into St. Croix: USAO
CHRISTIANSTED — A Florida woman tried to smuggle 14.61 pounds of marijuana in her checked luggage at the St. Croix airport, federal authorities said. Yvette Simeina, 40, of Orlando, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute by