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VIPD Won’t Name Haitian ‘Immigrant’ Killed In Fatal Crash On Brookman Road

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police Department officers of the Traffic Bureau and Forensic Units responded to a 911 Emergency Call Center notification of a car crash on Brookman Road…

John McCarthy September 9, 2019

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Prison Psychologist Approved Jeffrey Epstein’s Removal From Suicide Watch

NEW YORK — A psychologist at the federal detention center in New York City where financier Jeffrey Epstein was jailed on sex-trafficking charges had approved his removal from suicide watch…

VI Free Press August 24, 2019

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Habitual Offender Goes Down On St. Croix Gun Charge After Routine Traffic Stop

CHRISTIANSTED — A 45-year-old St. Croix man avoided federal prosecution on multiple drug charges by agreeing to a lesser charge in a plea bargain to illegal gun possession charges only,…

VI Free Press August 21, 2019

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Missouri Man Stung By Feds After He Sexted Undercover Agent Posing As A 14-Year-Old Boy On Gay Porn App

CHRISTIANSTED — A Missouri man was arrested in a federal sting operation using a gay porn phone application after he sexted an undercover agent he thought was a 14-year-old boy, authorities…

John McCarthy August 19, 2019

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Dominican Republic Native Kept Venezuelan Woman As ‘Sex Slave’ In Underground Nightclub On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Assistant U.S. Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Yohanna Gonzalez-McFarlane, 38, of the Dominican…

John McCarthy August 8, 2019

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Ohio Native Gets Slap On The Wrist From Federal Judge For Failing To Register As A Sex Offender

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An Ohio native was given a half year in prison for being a sex offender in the territory, authorities said. Jeffrey Cole, 57, of Colombus, Ohio, was sentenced…

John McCarthy August 7, 2019

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St. Croix Man Faces 10 Years In Prison For Smuggling 19 Kilos Of Cocaine To Miami

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man admitted in federal court that he tried to smuggle about 42 pounds of cocaine from St. Thomas to Florida, authorities said. Mikhail "NastyMik"…

John McCarthy August 5, 2019

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St. Croix Woman Faces 10 Years In Prison For Stealing $85,510 In Women’s Coalition Charitable Donations

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix bookkeeper admitted in federal court that she stole $85,510 in charitable donations intended for the Women's Coalition of St. Croix in 2014 and 2015. Kira Lee…

John McCarthy July 26, 2019

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23 Days Skylarking In Puerto Rico After Conviction Costs St. Croix Man An Extra 2.33 Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man who went on a wild shootout near Sunny Isle Shopping Center and once convicted of that escapade, escaped from prison two days later,…

John McCarthy July 26, 2019

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Police Stop Tutein For Driving Without A License Plate; Find Two Guns In His Car: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — Alert police seeing a black Honda driving without license plates late Tuesday night conducted a traffic stop near the Captain Morgan Rum Distillery and allegedly found two St.…

John McCarthy July 24, 2019