CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The reputed leader of BVI’s drug cartel got 10 years hard time from a judge. Ruben Reyes-Barel, 37, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 120 months incarceration after pleading guilty to…
CHRISTIANSTED — A cocaine smuggler from Nicaragua got nearly five years in prison from a federal judge. Michael Nelson-Gaet, 36, of Managua, was sentenced to 57 months incarceration after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Local police teamed up with their federal counterparts to make six arrests at a notorious open-air drug market on St. Thomas recently, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. During the month of…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Opening statements are expected Wednesday in the trial of an Idaho man charged with killing his wife and his then-girlfriend’s two youngest children in an unusual case rooted in extremist religious beliefs. Chad…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — In a recent legal filing in the Southern District of New York, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones brought forward allegations of sexual assault, emotional distress, and other serious charges against music mogul Sean…
MINNEAPOLIS — Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death. Over…
NEW YORK (AP) — Two properties belonging to music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex…
MIAMI — Brendan Paul, the 25-year-old man accused of being Sean “Diddy” Combs’ drug mule, was arrested on Monday on cocaine and marijuana possession charges. According to Rolling Stone, Paul was detained by Miami-Dade police at Opa-Locka Airport…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A second man was convicted of transporting $2.1 million worth of cocaine across St. Thomas, authorities said. A federal jury took less than two hours to return guilty verdicts against Russell Robinson,…
SAN JUAN — More than a dozen people have been charged in connection with an operation trafficking “significant quantities” of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania. Seventeen people from Lawrence County, Puerto Rico and Youngstown,…