CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A former Charlotte Amalie High School track coach pleaded guilty in federal court to 20 counts of child rape. Alfredo Bruce Smith, 53, of St. Thomas, made that plea before U.S. District Court…
SAN JUAN — For the first time in its history, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) selected a woman as special agent in charge of the San Juan office to lead operations in Puerto Rico and the…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas native residing in Florida has pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking in a federal court, authorities said. Ahkoi Smith, 24, admitted his guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller to…
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…
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…
CHRISTIANSTED — Reynaldo Mejia-Mejia, 33, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced Friday for his conviction of illegally re-entering the UnitedStates, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith said. District Court Judge Wilma Lewis sentenced Mejia-Mejia to nine…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man working for a contractor doing the remodeling work at the St. Thomas airport has been charged with dealing cocaine after allegedly admitting to hiding 10 pounds of cocaine in a…
CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Thomas man has been found guilt of having at least 11 pounds of cocaine by a St. Croix jury. Alvin Henry, 40, of Charlotte Amalie, has been found guilty of one…
CHRISTIANSTED – A Mexican national who was deported from the United States about a year ago admitted in federal court that he returned here illegally again in 2018. Manuel Alberto Fuentes-Acosta of Mexico City pleaded…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. John man was given a half year in prison today by a federal judge for admitting to bringing four illegal migrants into the territory. Brice Todman, 36, of Cruz Bay,…