CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Arioc Diaz Melendez, 28, from Puerto Rico, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison
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St. Croix Man Arrested At Henry Rohlsen Airport With 6.6 Pounds Of Cocaine
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested with 6.6 pounds of cocaine in his luggage at the Henry Rohlsen Airport on Tuesday, federal authorities
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St. Croix Man Faces 1 Year In Prison For Fleeing Rangers After Buck Island Brawl
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who fled in a speed boat after shots were fired during a Buck Island brawl admitted to resisting arrest
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5 Men In Cocaine Trafficking Ring Busted At Havensight Mall: USAO
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Five St. Thomas men were arrested on illegal drug charges at the Havensight Mall on Thursday, authorities said. Matthew Hazel, Jose Solano,
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Coast Guard Nabs 2 Smugglers After It Stops Illegal Voyage Near Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard returned 10 Haitian migrants to the Dominican Republic between Tuesday and Wednesday, following the interdiction of an illegal voyage
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Dominican Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty To Illegally Re-Entering The U.S. Virgin Islands
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican Republic man previously deported after being convicted of heroin possession pleaded guilty this week to illegally re-entering the territory, authorities
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Feds Give $125,520 For Substance Abuse Treatment For USVI Prisoners
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that the Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission (LEPC) has received a $125,520 grant from the
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Child Abuse Complaint In Anna’s Hope Leads Cops To Marijuana Grow House
CHRISTIANSTED — A complaint about child abuse led police to a St. Croix residence that was allegedly being used as a marijuana grow house, authorities
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Coalition Of 17 Attorneys General Protests ‘Inhumane’ Treatment Of Haitians In Texas
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Denise George is one of five attorneys general leading a coalition in sending a letter to President Joe Biden and Department
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Coast Guard Nabs 2 Smugglers, Seizes $7.5M In Cocaine Near Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Reef Shark transferred custody of two smugglers and offloaded approximately 250 kilograms cocaine at Coast Guard Base San
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