CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Jewish emissary couple’s 4-month-old girl drowned, while the mother was in critical condition, apparently after trying to save her child in the waters off St. Thomas. Henya Federman, who is co-director…
FREDERIKSTED — Detectives from the Economic Crimes Unit disrupted a fraudulent check cashing scheme devised by two St. Croix men that netted $1,000, authorities said. The ECU investigation revealed that sometime in April of 2022,…
SAN JUAN — The swell forerunners are beginning to reach the Atlantic Coastline, and coastal and marine conditions will worsen starting tonight, the National Weather Service said. Breaking waves between 6 and 10 feet can be expected by…
KINGSHILL — Police are investigating after an adult male called the 911 Emergency Call Center at about 9:55 a.m. Tuesday to report a break-in in progress, authorities said. Jelani “Yellow” Ferdinand, 27, was arrested and…
CHRISTIANSTED — A restraining order from the Superior Court offered no protection for a woman when her ex-boyfriend broke into her Golden Rock apartment and assaulted her on Monday morning. Maurice Liburd, 46, was arrested…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two Dominican Republic nationals previously deported from the country have returned to the United States using St. Thomas as their staging ground. Kelvin Bautista Valdez, 35, and Gilberto Antonio Estrella, 59, each…
FREDERIKSTED — A Coast Guard boat crew rescued a missing snorkeler who was found stranded on the rocks off the Hams Bluff Lighthouse in St. Croix on Tuesday afternoon. The rescued man reportedly was separated…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands announced Wednesday that it reached a settlement of more than $105 million in a sex trafficking case against the estate of financier Jeffrey Epstein. The settlement ends a…
CHRISTIANSTED — A Dominican Republic native who entered the country illegally in order to stay here — got his wish to reside in the United States — only it will be in a federal prison…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police have made an arrest in a three-month-old sexual assault investigation on St. Thomas. Bernard O. James Jr., 45, was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree aggravated rape, first-degree rape,…