MUGSHOT: Jahraun Malachi Brodhurst, 26, got 1.75 years in prison from a federal judge. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED – A federal judge sentenced a St. Croix man to 1.75 years in jail for admitting to illegal gun and drug crimes on Friday. Jahraun Malachi Brodhurst, 26, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Chief […]
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FEDS: St. Croix Man Sentenced To Time Served For Being Felon With A Gun
CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man has been sentenced to time served for his role in a 2015 police chase and shooting. Maurice Doyle, 27, was given 19 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said today. U.S. District Court Judge Wilma Lewis sentenced to that […]
St. Croix’s Winston ‘Moo-Moo’ DeCastro Gets 5 Years In Prison For 2.3 Ounces of Crack Cocaine
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man was given five years in prison by a federal judge today for possessing about 2.3 ounces of cocaine base. Winston DeCastro, 45, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Golden Rock on the charge of aiding and abetting the distribution of “crack cocaine,” […]
Three Men Get Seven Years In Prison Minimum For 2013 Jewelry Store Heist In St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Three men were sentenced for their roles in a jewelry store heist in St. Thomas in 2013. Ron Delano Kuntz, 44, of St. Thomas, and Shawn McIntosh, 25, and Keon Wilson, 23, of St. Croix, were sentenced today for their roles in the armed robbery of the Gems and Gold Corner jewelry […]
Dominican Native Who Mailed Himself 17.5 Ounces of Cocaine Faces 5 Years In Prison
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of the Dominican Republic was arrested Monday on federal charges for allegedly trying to mail himself 17.5 ounces of cocaine. Domingo Diaz, 40, was told in U.S. District Court that he was charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and attempted possession with […]
St. Thomas Man Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Allegedly Trafficking Minor For Sex
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas man who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl in February appeared in a federal courtroom to hear the charges against him for the first time today. Osvaldo Tavarez, 48, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after a Federal Grand Jury returned a two-count indictment charging transportation of a minor […]
U.S. Atty’s Office and FBI To Host Upcoming ‘Interview and Interrogation’ Seminar
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff announced an upcoming Interview and Interrogation Seminar for federal and territorial law enforcement scheduled for July 30th and 31st on St. Thomas. FBI trainers from the Washington D.C. field office […]
Carjacking Has St. Croix On High Crime Alert After Couple’s Car Stolen At Gunpoint Near Work and Rest
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — People on St. Croix will have to be wary of traveling in isolated areas now that a carjacking that happened near a church in Work and Rest late Friday night. A man and his sister told police they were in a black Acura Integra when two black me […]
District Court Judge Nixes Bondholder’s Move to Toss Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Case
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — A federal judge on Friday rejected an attempt by a major Puerto Rico bondholder to throw out the U.S. commonwealth’s historic municipal bankruptcy case. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled that the creation by the U.S. Congress of a financial oversight board for Puerto Rico under […]
Dominica Native Who Told Feds He Is An Illegal With A Gun Faces 10 Years In Prison
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of Dominica who was arrested after a fight in April faces 10 years in prison after admitting in federal court to being an illegal alien with a gun. Lester Gabriel Charles, 35, of Roseau pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Curtis Gomez to possession of […]