CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two of three men who pleaded guilty in the Stumpy Bay cocaine trafficking conspiracy were given light sentences by a federal judge. Pedro Juan Ramos-Ramirez, 28, and Gerald Albert Cruz, 27, each…
CHRISTIANSTED — A former Port Authority officer who smuggled at least 27 pounds of cocaine into the St. Croix airport got five years in prison from a federal judge. Wayne Jeffers, 53, of St. Croix,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican Republic national who pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm in 2017 was given one year in prison for returning to St. Thomas illegally. Cristian Lopez-Moncion, 42, of the Santo…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 41-year-old man from California was charged after he repeatedly made threats to kill postal workers in St. Thomas, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith said today. Simon Peters, of Valley Center, was…
MENLO PARK — Sheela Lalani is one of many small-business owners who depend on social platforms to generate extra holiday revenue. Her Instagram shop with unique, artisan-made children’s clothing—adorably modeled by smiling kids who joyfully…
MIAMI — A British Virgin Islands premier was acting like the fictitious CIA agent Jason Bourne when he was approached by a Mexican cartel member about using his ports for shipping cocaine to the United…
If the justices of the Supreme Court want to allow Donald Trump to seek the presidency, they will have to throw their originalist and textualist doctrines out the window to do it. Pundits find it…
WASHINGTON — An Indian national pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy that spawned a drug trafficking network which used the dark web to conceal its illicit activities, the U.S. Department of…
DENVER (AP) — An American founder of a Haitian orphanage who has been charged with sexual abuse was investigated by a grand jury about a decade ago but not indicted, according to a court document filed by…
SAN JUAN — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers and Import Specialists seized 116 pieces of counterfeit luxury jewelry contained in a single consignment originating from China for infringing intellectual property rights. If the items were…