CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix son whose mother told authorities she found a gun in his backpack after she dropped him off for a Superior Court appearance got three years in prison on Thursday. Serjio Alexander “Piri” Rijo-Feliz, 27, of Harbor View Apartments in Golden Rock, was sentenced to 36 months of

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Florida man repairing hurricane-damaged property for the Virgin Islands Port Authority in St. Thomas discovered blank marine revenue checks in a filing cabinet and hand-wrote at least $93,000 in checks to himself and co-workers. Alain Rodriguez Rionda, 39, of Miami was arrested on a Superior Court

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man threatened to kill himself after being jilted by his lover, but he first damaged items in the apartment and then took what he thought was a lethal dose of “painkillers” and went to sleep on the premises, authorities said. Carlos Garcia, 47, of Mount

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An 18-year-old St. Thomas man has been charged in the rape of a minor, authorities said. Marciano Rivera was arrested about 7 p.m. Thursday and charged with first-degree aggravated rape, first-degree unlawful sexual contact and child abuse of a minor, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. Marciano

FREDERIKSTED — A woman who tried to stop a St. Croix man from beating another woman — was beaten for her trouble. And a male judge on Superior Court of the Virgin Islands said to the man who allegedly beat the two women: “You are free to go!” Horace Magras

FREDERIKSTED — A 79-year-old St. Croix man has been charged with negligent homicide after he struck and killed a teenage boy while driving near an elementary school last month. The driver, Laurely E. Henry, was arrested on a bench warrant signed by a Superior Court judge issued Thursday charging him

CHRISTIANSTED — A person of interest in a murder and other crimes is now in custody, authorities said. Abijah Isaac, 19, of Sion Farm, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday and charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession or sale of ammunition, and possession of a controlled substance, the

FREDERIKSTED — A man accused by police of shooting a St. Croix man was nabbed as he was trying to board an airplane off-island after the incident, authorities said. Johnn Lindquist, 47, was arrested today and charged with third-degree assault, unauthorized possession of a firearm during a crime of violence

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A third suspect in the 1st Stop Gas Station shooting of a local marshal in Estate Thomas has turned himself in to police without incident. James “Gogettah” Nathaniel, 22, of St. Thomas turned himself in to the Richard N. Callwood Command about 11:32 a.m. today, the Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A U.S. Navy sailor has been charged in connection with a shooting incident that left a V.I. Superior Court marshal seriously wounded this week. Prosecutors have charged Lessroy Gumbs, 27, with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, third-degree assault, reckless endangerment, possession of an unlicensed