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Police Searching For Lubens Besse, Missing Since Sunday on St. John: VIPD

CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in locating 33-year-old Lubens Besse, who was reported missing by his girlfriend. Besse is a Black…

VI Free Press October 17, 2020

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2 Masked Armed Men Try To Enter Occupied Hotel Room At Emerald Beach Resort In St. Thomas: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two masked men armed with handguns went to a Lindbergh Bay resort in St. Thomas on Friday morning and attempted to enter an occupied hotel room. VIPD…

VI Free Press October 17, 2020

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2 St. Croix Men Arrested In Phase 2 Of VICI: 1 Barren Spot Man With Illegal Gun, 1 Rattan Man With Cocaine

CHRISTIANSTED — Police assigned to Phase 2 of the Virgin Islands Crime Initiative made two arrests in separate incidents resulting in the confiscation of a controlled substance and an unlicensed…

VI Free Press October 17, 2020

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Police Need Your Help To Find Missing St. John Man Lubens Besse

CRUZ BAY — Police need your help to find a man missing on St. John since the weekend. Lubens Besse of St. John was last seen on Sunday morning, police…

VI Free Press October 16, 2020

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44 Women Have Been Murdered In Trinidad & Tobago So Far This Year

PORT OF SPAIN — Some 44 women have now been killed on the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago this year. The last victim was a 23-year-old woman whose partially-clothed…

VI Free Press October 16, 2020

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Man Who Fired Gun Inside St. Thomas Business Given 2.75 Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man who went into a St. Thomas business and fired his gun was given 2.75 years in prison after his conviction on illegal gun charges earlier…

VI Free Press October 16, 2020

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Man In ‘Compression Shirt’ To Hide 2.35 Pounds Of Cocaine Strapped To His Underwear Pleads Guilty

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man who tried to smuggle 2.35 pounds of cocaine strapped to his body going through King Airport on St. Thomas one year ago admitted to his…

VI Free Press October 15, 2020

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Puerto Rico Firefighting Corps’ Servers Hacked By Criminals Seeking $600K Ransom

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s firefighting department said Wednesday that its database was hacked by unknown people demanding $600,000 in an act of alleged extortion. The department’s director, Alberto Cruz,…

VI Free Press October 15, 2020

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St. Croix Man Who Brought ‘Condoms And Cash’ To Child Sex Trafficking Sting Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who thought he was meeting a teenage girl to have sex last summer, pleaded guilty in federal court today to trying to have illegal…

VI Free Press October 14, 2020

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Convicted Felon With Loaded Glock Pleads Guilty To Illegal Gun Charge

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A convicted felon who admitted to authorities he had a loaded semi-automatic gun and ammunition in his vehicle after a domestic dispute on St. Croix pleaded guilty…

VI Free Press October 14, 2020