Tag: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

St. Thomas Man Who Threatened Witnesses With Death Over Jail Phone Gets 2.75 Years

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who threatened trial witnesses with death before they were to testify against him in court got nearly three years in prison from a federal judge, authorities said. Yamini Potter, 36, of Charlotte Amalie, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his convictions of obtaining money by false […]

Dominican Involved In Shootout At Haulover Bay Tries To Avoid Life Sentence With Guilty Plea

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — One of three Dominicans involved in a shootout with feds in Haulover Bay on St. John has cut a plea deal with authorities in order to avoid a possible life sentence in prison. Joan Morales Nolasco, a citizen of Santo Domingo, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller in the District Court […]

Second St. Thomas Man Pleads Guilty To Robbing A St. Thomas Jewelry Store With A Gun

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man pleaded guilty for his role in the armed robbery of a jewelry store in 2020. Shemar Gianni Webster appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller in the U.S. District Court Thursday and entered a guilty plea to the charge of interference with commerce by threats or violence and […]

Body Of Woman Found In Bugby Hole In May Identified By FBI

CHRISTIANSTED — Police have identified the human female remains found in May in Estate Bugby Hole on St. Croix. Mirla Santos’ lifeless body was found on the morning of May 19 “in an advanced state of decomposition,” and police said at the time that they were unable to make a visual identification. “Based on reports […]

Search On For Handcuffed Woman Who Jumped From Carnival Cruise After Hot Tub Row

MIAMI — The United States Coast Guard is continuing to search for a woman who jumped off a Carnival cruise ship while handcuffed following a reported hot tub disturbance on Wednesday (February 16), Daily Mail reports. The incident took place on the Carnival Valor, which was located about 150 miles off the coast of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, when the […]

Man Who Led Feds On Wild Boat Chase Around St. Croix Gets 6 Months Home Detention

CHRISTIANSTED — A man who led federal authorities on a high-speed boat chase around St. Croix after a shooting at Buck Island has been given a sentence of six months home detention. Aneudis Acevedo, 33, appeared in U.S. District Court in Golden Rock and was handed that sentence and other conditions on a charge of […]

Police Investigating Romantic Link Between St. Croix Murder Victims Killed Just 8 Days Apart

CHRISTIANSTED — Two people killed just eight days apart on St. Croix were romantically linked, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. Arnold Jarvis, 52, was killed after being shot multiple times near Chenay Bay beach on Friday morning. Lottery office worker Stacie Schjang, 46, died after a “stray bullet” .pierced a window in her […]

Dominican Who Kept Venezuelan Women As Sex Slaves In St. Thomas ‘Dungeon’ Gets 6.5 Years

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal judge ordered a Dominican woman to sit in prison for six and 1/2 years and pay nearly $1 million in restitution for her role in a prostitution ring that recruited females as young as 17. Yohanna Gonzalez-McFarlane, 40, of the Dominican Republic, appeared before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Robert […]

Armored Truck CEO Admits Fraud In Multimillion Dollar Dirty Gold Money Laundering Conspiracy

MIAMI — Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, former CEO of Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported gold, cash, and other valuables by armored truck, pled guilty yesterday to submitting false customs documents that hid the true origin of gold being imported into Miami as part of a $140 million transnational illicit gold smuggling operation. […]

Official Says Puerto Rico’s Senate Targeted By Cyberattack

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s Senate announced Wednesday that it was the target of a cyberattack that disabled its internet provider, phone system and official online page, the latest in a string of similar incidents in recent years. Senate President José Luis Dalmau said in a statement that there is no evidence that hackers were […]