CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A federal judge sentenced a St. Thomas man to four years in prison for his role in a jewelry store robbery in 2013. Robert Brown, 28, was given that sentence by U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez on Thursday for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said. […]
Tag: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
FBI Offers $10,000 Reward For Information Leading to Arrest of Kofi Edwards of Trinidad
WANTED MAN: The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of Kofi Edwards of Trinidad and Tobago. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] NEW YORK — The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for help leading to the arrest of a Caribbean immigrant, who is wanted for his alleged involvement […]
New York Man Gets 8.5 Years In Prison For Two Gunpoint Jewelry Store Robberies on St. Thomas
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A New York man was given eight and a half years in prison by a federal judge today for his role in two gunpoint robberies of jewelry stores in St. Thomas. U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez sentenced Jakeem Emmanuel, 21, to 8 years and six months […]
Father Arrested in Puerto Rico After Missing Virginia Girl Found Dead in Suitcase on Train Tracks
Te’Myah and her father, Travis L. Plummer [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Police identified the body of a girl found in a suitcase near train tracks in New Jersey as a missing girl from Virginia, according to a release from the Hudson County Prosecutor’s office. The exact cause of Te’Myah Layauna […]
Dominican and Haitian Could Get Five Years For Sending 2.2 Pounds of Cocaine Through Mail
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican man and a Haitian man admitted in federal court today that they arranged to pick up cocaine that they sent through the U.S. mail to St. Thomas. Tommy Ramirez, 29, of the Dominican Republic and Ramon Clavel, 55, of Haiti, plead guilty today in U.S. District Court before U.S. District […]
FACEBOOK CLONE: Of Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty Shilling For ‘NEH Grants’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Facebook clone of Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty is asking people in the Virgin Islands to apply for National Endowment for the Humanities grants, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. The scammer uses the same profile picture that Nicholson-Doty uses on Facebook, so it is nearly impossible to tell them apart […]
Two Wanted St. Croix Fugitives Arrested In Ponce By U.S. Marshals Service on Saturday
CAPTURED: Nathaniel Thomas Jr. in Ponce, Puerto Rico [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PONCE — Two wanted St. Croix fugitives were arrested in Puerto Rico in back-to-back raids by the U.S. Marshals Service on Saturday. Ivan James, wanted for a double homicide by the Virgin Islands Police Department and Nathaniel Thomas Jr., wanted for escape […]
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES: Should Trump Have Tweeted Dancing on McCabe’s Grave? OPINION
HOW THIN IS THE ICE UNDER ROBERT MULLER? [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] There seems to be one overriding question that is dominating the nation’s politics this week: Will Donald Trump fire Robert Mueller? The decision late Friday to can Andrew McCabe the deputy director of the FBI, mere days before his retirement, was an […]
Jewelry Heist Getaway Driver Devon Davis Faces 20 Years In Prison After Guilty Plea In Federal Court
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Croix native admitted in federal court today that he was the getaway driver for a jewelry store robbery that occurred on Main Street St. Thomas five years ago. Devon Davis, 27, of Frederiksted, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, United […]
Dominican National Arrested By Feds For Trying To Introduce Nearly Nine Pounds of Cocaine Into Territory
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of the Dominican Republic was arrested on Monday on charges related to trying to smuggle nearly nine pounds of cocaine into the territory. Braulio Martinez, 33, of Santo Domingo, was arrested on an indictment charging him with three counts of distribution of a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert […]