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8 Days Left To Live, Orlando Hall’s Attorneys Look For A Legal Loophole To Spare Him From Lethal Injection

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — Orlando Cordia Hall, who has been sentenced to die — within eight days — for kidnapping and raping high school student Lisa Rene of St. Croix,…

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VIPD’s Economic Crime Unit Issues Holiday Season Fraud Alert

FREDERIKSTED — Police Commissioner Trevor A. Velinor wishes to advise the public that the Christmas Season is fast approaching and there are those among us who seek to prey on…

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Veterans Day Motorcades On St. Croix And St. Thomas Cancelled Due To Rainy Conditions

CHRISTIANSTED — Due to the projection of inclement weather across the territory, Veterans Day motorcades planned for St. Croix and St. Thomas tomorrow are cancelled, Government House said. Significant rain…

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Senator James Sits Down With Police To Discuss Crime Prevention, PAL Headquarters In Whim

FREDERIKSTED — A newly re-elected St. Croix sophomore Senator sat down with the Virgin Islands Police Department to talk about ways to prevent crime and fundraising efforts for a police…

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St. Croix Man Arrested By Economic Crimes Unit After Trying To Kite $2,000 Check At Bank

CHRISTIANSTED — A man who tried to cash a forged check worth at least $2,000 at a St. Croix bank was arrested on Monday, authorities said. Andrew Thomas, 23 of…

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Bars, Nightclubs Reopen Monday With Restrictions

CHRISTIANSTED — During the weekly press briefing at Government House on St. Croix on Monday, Communications Director Richard Motta Jr. set out the guidelines and restrictions governing the reopening of bars and…

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Police Need Your Help To Find Boy Who Has Been Missing For 11 Days: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — Police need your help to find a boy who has been missing on St. Croix for the last 11 days. Shelton H. Charles, 16, was last seen at…

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‘Road To Success,’ A Federally-Funded Early Childhood Education Program, Will End Soon

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Human Services (DHS) and the University of the Virgin Islands’ Caribbean Exploratory Research Center (UVI CERC) announced that they are winding down the federally…

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Police Need Your Help To Find Missing 16-Year-Old Amisha Foy On St. Croix: VIPD

CHRISTIANSTED — The VIPD's Criminal Investigation Bureau needs your help to find a missing teenage girl on St. Croix, authorities said. Amisha Alexander Foy, 16, is being sought by the…

VI Free Press November 9, 2020

$U.S. Virgin Islands Banned From Voting In Upcoming Boxing Congress Due To ‘Payment Infraction’$

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U.S. Virgin Islands Banned From Voting In Upcoming Boxing Congress Due To ‘Payment Infraction’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Some 22 of the 43 Americas Boxing Confederation (AMBC) countries will be unable to vote in amateur boxing’s governing body, AIBA’s Congress scheduled for December 12 to…

VI Free Press November 8, 2020