U.S. Department of Justice – Page 116 – Virgin Islands Free Press

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Homeland Security Wants To Hear From People With Disabilities on St. Thomas Next Week

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties will host a meeting from 1-3 p.m.,…

John McCarthy May 11, 2018

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New York Man Gets 8.5 Years In Prison For Two Gunpoint Jewelry Store Robberies on St. Thomas

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A New York man was given eight and a half years in prison by a federal judge today for his role in…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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FEDERAL AFFIDAVITS: Two People Helped Nathaniel Thomas Escape From Golden Grove in March

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- Convicted felon Nathaniel Thomas escaped from Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility on St. Croix in March with the help of two people, according…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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St. Lucian Expelled For ‘Moral Turpitude’ in 2014 Comes Back To St. Thomas In April

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of St. Lucia expelled from the territory for "moral turpitude" in 2014 was charged in federal court for trying to…

John McCarthy May 2, 2018

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Parole Board Decides It Will Visit Territorial Inmates in U.S. Mainland Prisons … Complete List

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Islands Parole Board said that it will hear testimony from inmates incarcerated at various penal institutions from here to the U.S. mainland beginning May 21.…

John McCarthy May 1, 2018

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Puerto Rican English Teacher Found Guilty of Taking 14-Year-Old Boy To Motel For Sex

FOUND GUILTY: YAIRA COTTO FLORES [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — A federal jury in Puerto Rico has found a teacher guilty of transporting a 14-year-old male student…

John McCarthy April 27, 2018

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Dominican Republic National Deported in 2014 Must Be Deported Again After Second Conviction

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican Republic national deported in 2014 admitted in federal court that he tried to illegally enter the United States in St. Thomas in February. Gustavo Adolfo…

John McCarthy April 23, 2018

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Gubernatorial Candidate Warren Mosler Charges ‘Serious’ Crime Committed With Misapplied GERS Deductions

CHRISTIANSTED -- A 2018 gubernatorial candidate is calling for "justice" in connection with the Virgin Islands government taking money out of payroll checks for the Government Employees Retirement System (GERS)…

John McCarthy April 19, 2018

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Dominican and Haitian Could Get Five Years For Sending 2.2 Pounds of Cocaine Through Mail

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican man and a Haitian man admitted in federal court today that they arranged to pick up cocaine that they sent through the U.S. mail to…

John McCarthy April 18, 2018

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St. Croix Baggage Handler Gets Two Years In Prison For Strapping Cocaine To His Body

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man was given two years in prison by a federal judge for trying to smuggle cocaine onto an airplane. Dimitrous Jefferson, 29, of Mon Bijou,…

John McCarthy April 12, 2018