CHRISTIANSTED — A federal jury convicted two former Virgin Islands Correctional Officers of depriving an inmate of his rights under color of law and obstruction
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BVI man admits he smuggled 5 illegal migrants into the territory by boat
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands man admitted to a federal judge that he smuggled five illegal migrants into the territory by boat. Lorenzo
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5 men indicted on drug charges after DEA sting operation
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal grand jury retuned indictments Thursday charging five St. Thomas men with drug trafficking. The men who were charged are: Jamil
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Marijuana grow busted in Maine as feds investigate trend in 20 states
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The high electricity consumption of a home, its cardboard-covered windows and odor of marijuana drew law enforcement’s attention to an illicit
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BVI drug kingpin gets 10 years in prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The reputed leader of BVI’s drug cartel got 10 years hard time from a judge. Ruben Reyes-Barel, 37, of the Dominican Republic,
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Judge lauds BOC progress with compliance measures at prison
FREDERIKSTED — A District Court judge largely lauded progress made by the Corrections Bureau towards attaining compliance with a federal consent decree during a status
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Man who scammed NPS for $30K in relocation funds gets 9 months of home detention
CHRISTIANSTED — A man who conned the National Park Service out of nearly $30,000 for relocation funds he didn’t need — was given nine months
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Crew of ‘The Blessed Lion,” who smuggled cocaine to the US by sea, gets nearly 5 years
CHRISTIANSTED — A cocaine smuggler from Nicaragua got nearly five years in prison from a federal judge. Michael Nelson-Gaet, 36, of Managua, was sentenced to
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SOB sweeps up 6 in drug arrests on St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Local police teamed up with their federal counterparts to make six arrests at a notorious open-air drug market on St. Thomas recently,
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Triple-murder trial of Chad Daybell begins with claims about zombies and doomsday plot
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Opening statements are expected Wednesday in the trial of an Idaho man charged with killing his wife and his then-girlfriend’s two
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