SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico will defy the U.S. government and approve a law to keep cockfighting alive in a bid to protect a 400-year-old tradition
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DLCA Officer Convicted Of Sextortion Scam Involving Illegal Alien On St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A DLCA enforcement officer was convicted by a St. Thomas federal jury of blackmailing a woman for sexual favors in exchange for
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Puerto Rican Man Wanted In Tampa On Cocaine Charge Arrested At C.E.K. Airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican man who mailed 4.4 pounds of cocaine to himself in Tampa by the U.S. mail was arrested at the
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September Stabbing, Disfigurement Was Caught On Surveillance Video: Suspect Arrested On Friday
CRUZ BAY — A joint task force of local and federal officers arrested a man on St. John because he allegedly stabbed someone and disfigured
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5th St. Croix Woman Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme: USAO
CHRISTIANSTED — A fifth woman has admitted to her role in a scheme to file false tax returns, costing Virgin Islanders hundreds of thousands of
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Serial Offender Dequan Forde Wants Less Than 8 Months For 20 Pounds of Marijuana In His Suitcase
CHRISTIANSTED — Serial offender Dequan J.J. Forde is appealing his eight-month federal prison sentence for marijuana possession to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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‘Babies Porn Collector’ On St. Croix Faces 10 Years In Federal Prison After Plea
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man is facing a decade in federal prison after pleading guilty to having thousands of images and videos that included
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Philippines Native Threatens To Harm Woman To Get Sex On Cruise Ship Bound For St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man from the Philippines has been charged with threatening injury in order to induce sex from a woman, authorities said. United
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VIPD’s Dirty Cop Yomont King To Avoid Prison Term With Federal Guilty Plea
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Dirty cop Yomont King will avoid prison time as part of a plea bargain arrangement with federal authorities. King, a Virgin Islands
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Pittsburgh Women Get 5 and 6 Years In Prison For Crack Cocaine Convictions
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two Pennsylvania women were handed sentences of 5.2 years and 6.4 years for a crack cocaine conviction in federal court. Ngoc Nguyen,
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