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U.S. Justice Department Is Going To Remove Puerto Rico’s Top Federal Prosecutor

SAN JUAN -- The U.S. Justice Department is attempting to replace the top federal prosecutor in Puerto Rico, who has been quietly campaigning to keep her job, according to people familiar…

John McCarthy May 20, 2018

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Puerto Rico Cops Find $15.6 Million Worth of Cocaine on Fishing Boat in Cabo Rojo

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Authorities in Puerto Rico say they found cocaine worth an estimated $15.6 million on a fishing boat off the southwestern coast. U.S.…

John McCarthy May 15, 2018

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St. Thomas Boat Captain Arrested on Charges of Smuggling 4 Illegal Migrants

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas boat captain and four illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic were in federal court on Thursday to hear the charges against them. Shawn A.…

John McCarthy May 11, 2018

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St. Thomas’ Robert Brown Given Four Years In Prison For Jewelry Store Robbery in 2013

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A federal judge sentenced a St. Thomas man to four years in prison for his role in a jewelry store robbery in 2013. Robert Brown, 28, was…

John McCarthy May 11, 2018

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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