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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 to residents of Puerto Rico,…

VI Free Press April 23, 2022

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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 at Coast Guard Base San…

John McCarthy April 20, 2022

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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 to his guilt in federal…

John McCarthy April 20, 2022

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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 Outstanding Contributions by a New…

VI Free Press April 20, 2022

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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 declined to jail two men…

VI Free Press April 16, 2022

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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 their guilt in federal court.…

John McCarthy April 14, 2022

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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 prison today. Andres Bejarano, 34,…

John McCarthy April 6, 2022

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Coast Guard Seizes $20 Million In Cocaine, After At-Sea Drug Bust Near Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley crew and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agents offloaded approximately 1,000 kilograms of seized cocaine at Coast Guard Base San…

John McCarthy April 6, 2022

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USAO Designates April As Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Every April, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the U.S. Virgin Islands join survivors, advocates, and communities nationwide in observing Sexual Assault Awareness…

VI Free Press April 6, 2022

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Texas Fugitive Stopped At St. Thomas Airport By CBP Agents: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man wanted on criminal charges in Texas was taken into custody at the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas on Wednesday, according to the Virgin…

John McCarthy April 4, 2022