Police Need Your Help To Find Missing St. John Man Lubens Besse
CRUZ BAY — Police need your help to find a man missing on St. John since the weekend. Lubens Besse of St. John was last seen on Sunday morning, police and social media said. Besse…
44 Women Have Been Murdered In Trinidad & Tobago So Far This Year
PORT OF SPAIN — Some 44 women have now been killed on the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago this year. The last victim was a 23-year-old woman whose partially-clothed body was found in Santa…
Man Who Fired Gun Inside St. Thomas Business Given 2.75 Years In Prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man who went into a St. Thomas business and fired his gun was given 2.75 years in prison after his conviction on illegal gun charges earlier this year. Arnold Malone, 44,…
CDC Lists U.S. Virgin Islands As A ‘Level 3’ Destination, Where Risk of Getting COVID-19 Is ‘High, Very High’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Six countries in the Eastern Caribbean have been deemed as safe for citizens from the United States to travel to— and the U.S. Virgin Islands is not one of them. In fact,…
Man In ‘Compression Shirt’ To Hide 2.35 Pounds Of Cocaine Strapped To His Underwear Pleads Guilty
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man who tried to smuggle 2.35 pounds of cocaine strapped to his body going through King Airport on St. Thomas one year ago admitted to his role as part of a…
Puerto Rico Firefighting Corps’ Servers Hacked By Criminals Seeking $600K Ransom
SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s firefighting department said Wednesday that its database was hacked by unknown people demanding $600,000 in an act of alleged extortion. The department’s director, Alberto Cruz, said in a statement the…
3 Disturbances Could Bring A ‘Massive’ Amount of Rainfall To The USVI and PR This Weekend
MIAMI — Three disturbances being watched in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea may not become named storms, but could bring massive rainfall to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.…
Raven Phillips Crowned Miss UVI At Ambassadorial Presentation In St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — University of the Virgin Islands senior, Raven Phillips was crowned the 40th Miss UVI at the Miss UVI Ambassadorial Presentation and Coronation on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at John Brewers Bay, on St. Thomas.…
St. Croix Man Who Brought ‘Condoms And Cash’ To Child Sex Trafficking Sting Pleads Guilty In Federal Court
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who thought he was meeting a teenage girl to have sex last summer, pleaded guilty in federal court today to trying to have illegal sexual activity. Rashead Gerard, 23,…
Convicted Felon With Loaded Glock Pleads Guilty To Illegal Gun Charge
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A convicted felon who admitted to authorities he had a loaded semi-automatic gun and ammunition in his vehicle after a domestic dispute on St. Croix pleaded guilty to illegal gun-related charges in…