[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of Dominica was given 6.5 years in prison by a federal judge for a cocaine conspiracy conviction. Kenneth James, 51, of Roseau, was sentenced before District Court Judge Curtis Gomez, to 78 months incarceration for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said. […]
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Labor Department Contractor Gets 1.5 Years In Prison For Alien Smuggling, Bank Fraud
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A government contractor teaching computer skills for the Department of Labor has been given 1.5 years in prison by a federal judge for alien smuggling and identification fraud. Dean Baptiste, 53, of St. Thomas, was sentenced Wednesday on separate indictments charging conspiracy to traffic illegal aliens and bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. […]
Mexican National Gets Four Months in Prison For Entering United States Illegally
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for entering St. Thomas illegally. Filiberto Moreno, 50, of Mexico, was given four months in prison for illegal reentry into the United States, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said. U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez also sentenced Moreno […]
CONFIRMED: VIPD Arrested Alla H. Salem In Connection With Flag Switching Incident
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) reported that an unidentified person removed nine flags from the entrance to Cyril E. King International Airport at about 7:18 a.m. Friday. Alla H. Salem, 29, allegedly replaced those flags with black flags featuring the word “Allah” and Arabic symbols, the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) said. […]
EXCLUSIVE! VIPD MEMO: ‘Be On Lookout’ BOLO For Alla H. Salem on St. Thomas
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department has issued a BOLO or “Be On The Lookout” for a St. Thomas native with a possible connection to the black flags incident at the Cyril E. King International Airport today. The BOLO says the VIPD’s Criminal Investigation Unit and Criminal Intelligence Unit […]
Investigators Want To Know Who Replaced VI and US Flags With Black ‘Allah’ Flags In St. Thomas
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — FBI investigators along with local police converged upon the entrance of the Cyril E. King International Airport this morning after a report came in that the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and nine other flags that normally hang on a welcome monument at the beginning of the […]
Spencer Wayne Allen Gets 7.75 Years In Prison For Destroying Navy Recruiting Office
SPENCER WAYNE ALLEN OF TEXAS WAS SENTENCED TO 7.75 YEARS IN PRISON TODAY CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Texas man was given 7.75 years in prison today by a federal judge for destroying a U.S. Navy recruiting center and damaging two other federal buildings in St. Thomas. Spencer Wayne Allen, 26, was sentenced in U.S. District […]
California Man Given 75 Days In Prison For Bringing 4.4 Pounds of Marijuana To St. Thomas
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A California man was given about 75 days in prison by a federal court today for admitting to having 4.4 pounds of marijuana. Kelley Hansen, 28, was sentenced to two and a half months incarceration for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Gretchen […]
Florida Federal Grand Jury Returns Two-Count Indictment Against St. Croix’s Jason Felix
MIAMI — A Florida federal grand jury indicted an unruly St. Croix passenger accused of interfering with a flight attendant while aboard an American Airlines flight last month, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. In a two-count indictment, Jason Felix, 35, is charged with “interference with a flight crew and attendants” and “assault within […]
Santo Domingo Native Admits To Trying To Move 33 Pounds of Cocaine in St. Thomas
GUILTY PLEA IN FEDERAL COURT: JESUS DEL ROSARIO-RONDON [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican Republic native admitted today that he wanted to get at least 33 pounds of cocaine to do a drug deal in St. Thomas. Jesus Del Rosario-Rondon, 39, of Santo Domingo pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Curtis […]