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VIPD issues Silver Alert for Euranie Lambert

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Silver Alert has been issued for Euranie Lambert, 77, who was last seen leaving the Lucinda Millin Home on Friday afternoon to go to the store,…

John McCarthy May 1, 2024

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Help cops find Dominican man wanted for assault in Frydenhoj

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a man wanted on St. Thomas. Orjedy de Leon, 50, is a suspect in an assault, according to the Virgin Islands…

John McCarthy April 30, 2024

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Man slapped with a slew of gun charges after ghost gun found in traffic stop

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man on St. Thomas was arrested on a slew of gun charges after a traffic stop yielded a modified, unlicensed firearm. Andy Thompson was arrested Tuesday…

John McCarthy April 29, 2024

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Man who ran red light gets caught with gun, ammunition in his car, police say

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police officers stopped a man for running a red light in St. Thomas and found a gun with ammunition in his vehicle after a routine…

John McCarthy April 29, 2024

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‘High risk’ of life-threatening rip currents

SAN JUAN — Increasing winds and the arrival of a northerly swell will continue deteriorate marine and coastal conditions through at least mid-week, the National Weather Service said today. There…

John McCarthy April 29, 2024

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Shooting on Turpentine Run Road kills one, injures five

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after five people were injured and one person died after a shooting near a water delivery company on St. Thomas this afternoon. The case…

John McCarthy April 28, 2024

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Education officials clarify scope of work following FEMA’s $385M commitment

CHRISTIANSTED — The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a nearly $385 million commitment to replace four U.S. Virgin Islands elementary schools and repair a lunch warehouse on St. Thomas. The…

John McCarthy April 27, 2024

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Boisterous gym coach who raped 20 children while using a video device gets 35 years

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A boisterous high school gym instructor who sexually assaulted at least 20 children in his charge and videotaped them in the process of the rapes — got…

John McCarthy April 26, 2024

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BVI man admits he smuggled 5 illegal migrants into the territory by boat

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands man admitted to a federal judge that he smuggled five illegal migrants into the territory by boat. Lorenzo Ortis Charles, 36, of Road…

John McCarthy April 26, 2024

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5 men indicted on drug charges after DEA sting operation

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal grand jury retuned indictments Thursday charging five St. Thomas men with drug trafficking. The men who were charged are: Jamil Bell, 43, Peter Francis, 33,…

John McCarthy April 26, 2024