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U.S. Customs And Border Protection Fully Automates Cargo Processing In The U.S. Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) embarked on an automated cargo process that will modernize and enhance the traditional way to process cargo in the territory. In…

VI Free Press October 28, 2020

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Tomorrow Is Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In The USVI And Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The DEA is holding its 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day tomorrow October 24 at locations across the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The nationwide event…

VI Free Press October 23, 2020

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St. Croix Child Pornography Collector Gets 6.5 Years In Prison

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who collected thousands of pictures and videos of babies being subjected to violent sex acts was sentenced on Wednesday to spend 6.5 years in…

VI Free Press October 23, 2020

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Missouri Sex Offender Caught In Online Net Pleads Guilty To 2 Federal Charges

CHRISTIANSTED — A Missouri man who used gay porn app Grindr to try to prey on underage boys in St. Croix pleaded guilty to two federal charges in Golden Rock…

John McCarthy October 21, 2020

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U.S. Coast Guard Takes 48 of 49 Migrants Back To Santo Domingo After Intercepting 3 Illegal Voyages

SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard returned 28 migrants to the Dominican Republic between Friday and Sunday, while 20 other migrants were repatriated October 12, following the interception of…

VI Free Press October 20, 2020

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2 Men Pulled Over For Traffic Stop Found With Illegal Gun And Ammunition

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Special Operations Bureau officers conducting a routine traffic stop on the waterfront found two St. Thomas men in a vehicle with an illegal weapon and ammunition Saturday…

VI Free Press October 19, 2020

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U.S. Attorney’s Office Says Election Fraud Complaints Should Be Directed To AUSA Alphonso Andrews

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Alphonso Andrews will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the…

VI Free Press October 19, 2020

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Nadir Man Charged With Federal Crimes In Shotgun Jewelry Store Robbery

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man faces new federal charges in connection to a shotgun robbery of Gems and Gold Corner on September 19, but two other wanted, unnamed…

VI Free Press October 19, 2020

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Lisa Rene’s Arkansas Killer Orlando Hall Might Have Only 1 Month Left To Live

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — A Black death-row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a Texas teenager in 1994 has been scheduled for execution in November, the Justice Department…

VI Free Press October 19, 2020

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2 St. Croix Men Arrested In Phase 2 Of VICI: 1 Barren Spot Man With Illegal Gun, 1 Rattan Man With Cocaine

CHRISTIANSTED — Police assigned to Phase 2 of the Virgin Islands Crime Initiative made two arrests in separate incidents resulting in the confiscation of a controlled substance and an unlicensed…

VI Free Press October 17, 2020