CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Former St. Croix Senator Wayne James is set to go to trial on Monday to face federal corruption charges that he stole taxpayer money to pay for a personal trip to Europe. James, an attorney himself, has been successful in delaying the trail since he was arrested in Italy on June 29, […]
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St. Croix’s Wahilli Nasco James Gets 7.25 Years In Prison For Rock City Jewelry Store Heist
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Croix man was given 7.25 years in prison today by a federal judge for his role in a jewelry store heist on St. Thomas in January. Wahilli Nasco James, 23, got that sentence for his role in the armed robbery of the Gems and Gold Corner jewelry store, located on […]
Federal Officials Meet With Local Officials To Congratulate Them On Hurricane Recovery
GLADHANDING SESSION: Members of FEMA and Homeland Security met with Virgin Islands government officials on Friday. CHRISTIANSTED — Acting Governor and Finance Commissioner Valdamier Collens met Friday with the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), William “Brock” Long, to discuss the territory’s ongoing […]
Two St. Thomas Men Get At Least 13.3 Years In Prison For Wide-Ranging Cocaine Conspiracy
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Two St. Thomas men were given 14 and 13.3 years in prison respectively for their part in a conspiracy to ship drugs from the Virgin Islands to the U.S. mainland with the help of one of Gov. Kenneth Mapp’s bodyguards. Craig Richardson, 43, and Germaine Hall, 41, were sentenced today to 168 months and […]
Dominican Republic Native Stashes 4.4 Pounds Of Cocaine In Electronic Equipment And Mails It
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of the Dominican Republic admitted in federal court that he put 4.4 pounds of cocaine in electronic equipment and mailed it to himself. Braulio Martinez, 33, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court before Judge Curtis Gomez to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen […]
Dominican Republic Native Admits He Tried To Bring 121 Pounds Of Cocaine Into USVI
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of the Dominican Republic admitted that he tried to smuggle at least 121 pounds of cocaine in a vehicle on a car barge into the territory. Reynaldo Lerburds, 41, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court before Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to conspiracy to possess […]
Tortola Native Admits To Smuggling 22 Pounds of Cocaine in Coolers Through St. Thomas
DOPE RIDE: Ashley Warner, 54, of Road Town, Tortola British Virgin Islands admitted in federal court that he was a coke dealer today. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A British Virgin Islander admitted in federal court today to trying to smuggle about 22 pounds of cocaine in coolers through St. Thomas. Ashley […]
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty in St. John Cocaine Case … Faces Three Years
BUSTED! Virgin Islands Police Department and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration personnel arrest Reynaldo Lerburds at the to the Red Hook ferry terminal in St. Thomas on April 18. CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to his involvement in a cocaine shipment to St. John and his efforts to conceal […]
FAKE BOMB FIASCO: ‘Pipe Bomb’ Was A Prop For A Christian Summer Camp War Game
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — A bomb scare on St. Croix near the Sunny Isle Shopping Center Annex turned out to be a false alarm after police linked a suspicious object in the roadway to a war game of “Capture the Flag” played by a Christian youth group the night before. Police and […]
Customs and Border Protection Gives Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport An Upgrade
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently installed a new Federal Inspection Station at Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport. The $6 million station uses advanced technology and allows passengers to move through a single point of control, speeding up entry to the island. It incorporates […]