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U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Online Training Seminar for USVI Grantees

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector General (HUD-OIG) will provide no cost, online…

VI Free Press July 9, 2020

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St. John Resident Who Traveled To New Orleans To Have Sex With Underage Girl Twice Arrested By Feds, VIPD

CRUZ BAY — A St. John resident who allegedly went to Louisiana to have sex with an underage girl twice was extradited and booked into St. Tammany Parish jail today on…

Bro Bot July 7, 2020

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New York Man Gets Probation, $2.5 Million Fine After Multi-Million Dollar Kickback Scheme in USVI, PR

MONTPELIER — A New York man who siphoned off money from three General Services Administration projects totaling $34.4 million in St. Croix, St. Thomas and Puerto Rico was sentenced to…

John McCarthy July 6, 2020

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Whim Man Arrested On Illegal Gun Charges In Connection To Woman Shot In Back At Housing Project

FREDERIKSTED — An St. Croix man was arrested Thursday morning and charged with illegal gun charges in connection to a shooting that left an innocent female bystander shot in the…

John McCarthy July 3, 2020

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Coward Extradited From Baltimore To Face Charges In Barber Shop Armed Robbery

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An alleged St. Thomas armed robber has been arrested in Maryland and will be brought back to the territory to face charges that he stole $2,000 from…

VI Free Press June 28, 2020

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CEK Airport Traveler Admits To Packing Ruger LCP, Gun Magazine In Son’s Luggage

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas airport traveler who packed a pocket pistol and its gun magazine into his son's checked luggage admitted as much in federal court on Wednesday,…

John McCarthy June 26, 2020

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Routine Traffic Stop Nabs St. Thomas Man With Illegal Ammunition: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A routine traffic stop on St. Thomas led to the arrest of an Estate Bovoni man on Sunday, authorities said. Nelson Sanderson, 21, was arrested about 3:16…

VI Free Press June 22, 2020

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Informant Tells Police Upper Love Man Had Unlicensed Gun, Ammunition In Little Princesse Nightclub: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — An informant tipped off police that a St. Croix man had an unlicensed gun and ammunition in a Five Corners-area nightclub on Thursday night, authorities said. Rashawn Ryner, 21,…

VI Free Press June 19, 2020

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VIPD Defends Its $62 Million Budget for Fiscal Year 2021

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department completed its Fiscal Year 2021 budget hearing today. Commissioner Trevor Velinor and his leadership team defended the budget of $62,039,293 to fund…

VI Free Press June 18, 2020

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Tipster Alerts Police To Estate Richmond Man With Unlicensed Gun, Ammunition: VIPD

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man is facing illegal weapons charges after an informant tipped off police that he was in possession of an unlicensed gun and ammunition, authorities said.…

VI Free Press June 18, 2020