THE LEAKY BUCKET: Why the Ghost of Epstein Still Haunts the USVI Cloud By John McCarthy/V.I. Free Press Staff In the United States Virgin Islands, we don’t call it a ‘data breach’ or a ‘catastrophic…
ST. THOMAS — A brutal domestic dispute at a premier St. Thomas resort ended with a 43-year-old man in handcuffs at the Cyril E. King Airport as he reportedly attempted to flee the territory. Eliseo…
ST. THOMAS — Following the advice-of-rights hearing for 37-year-old Brett “Mac” McClafferty on February 23, 2026, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice (DOJ) has signaled a rigorous prosecution through its White Collar Crime and…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A routine patrol by the VIPD’s Special Operations Bureau turned into a major firearms arrest early Saturday morning on the Harwood Highway. The Midnight Maneuver At approximately 1:52 a.m. on February 21,…
ST. THOMAS — The Virgin Islands Police Department’s Economic Crime Unit has arrested Brett “Mac” McClafferty, a well-known local restaurateur and managing partner of St. Thomas Social, in connection with a sprawling fraud investigation involving…
ST. CROIX — In the hallowed halls of the University of Michigan, they sing of being the “leaders and best.” But for former Sports, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Calvert White, that mantra apparently meant leading…
ST. THOMAS — The relative peace of the St. Thomas district was shattered early Thursday morning when a 54-year-old man was found shot to death on a public roadway, marking the first homicide for the…
Surveillance video captures the moment a bold daytime gold-chain snatching turned into a terrifying shootout in a public parking lot. ST. THOMAS — The sun was still high over Coki Point Tuesday afternoon when a…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — In a scene that looked more like a low-budget action movie than a Tuesday morning in St. Thomas, a gang of burglars used a black SUV as a battering ram to smash…
ST. THOMAS — One Communications, the territory’s leading telecommunications provider, has announced that its St. Thomas retail location at Tutu Park Mall will remain closed today, February 10. The closure follows an overnight security incident…