SAN JUAN — A 19-year-old teenager, identified as Eduardo Vázquez Rivera, involved in a shooting that occurred on March 27 in the city of Manchester,
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Boxer Who Made Sex Video Of Himself With Underage Girl Goes Down On All Rape Counts
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — After deliberating for nearly seven hours, a federal jury found a former professional boxer guilty on all counts at his rape trial
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U.S. Supreme Court Allows Puerto Rico’s Exclusion From Welfare Program
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court this week rejected a bid to extend a federal program offering benefits to low-income elderly, blind and disabled people
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Coast Guard Seizes $11.7 Million In Cocaine, Transfers 6 Suspected Smugglers To San Juan
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard Cutter’s Joseph Tezanos and Heriberto Hernandez crews offloaded approximately 1,289 pounds of cocaine and transferred custody of six suspected smugglers
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Previously Removed Dominican Republic Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Re-Entering The USA
CHRISTIANSTED — A previously-deported Dominican Republic national who used a fake ID to try to board a flight from St. Croix to Florida has admitted
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Virgin Islands Assistant U.S. Attorney Receives Prestigious Justice Department Award
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Assistant United States Attorney Adam F. Sleeper has been awarded an Attorney General’s Award by the United States Department of Justice for
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United States Judge Declines 2 Jail 2 Men Accused of Impersonating Federal Agents
Magistrate Michael Harvey Orders Defendants To Live At Home With Their Parents Rather Than Putting Them In Jail Pre-Trial WASHINGTON — A United States judge
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2 Vieques Men Who Brought $1 Million In Cash To St. Thomas By Boat Plead Guilty
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two residents of Vieques who tried to smuggle more than one million dollars in cash by sea to St. Thomas have admitted
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U.S. Marshals Service Tracked St. Croix Murder Suspect As He Fled From Iowa To California
CHRISTIANSTED — Tyler Delroy Smith, 32, was arrested Monday by the Barstow Police Department and charged with first-degree murder, assault I the first degree, and
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Colombian Who Entered United States With Fake ID At St. Croix Airport Gets 6 Months
CHRISTIANSTED — A Colombian man who used a fake ID to enter the United States at the St. Croix airport got a half year in
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