CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man who went on a wild shootout near Sunny Isle Shopping Center and once convicted of that escapade, escaped from prison two days later, had an additional 2.33 years in prison tacked on to the time he will have to serve. Nathaniel “Jahreek” Thomas,

[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — A St. Croix man on an American Airlines flight to Miami was arrested after he allegedly launched into a midair, profanity-laced tirade and traded punches with others on the plane who were trying to restrain him. The whole incident was caught on tape after passenger

GOLDEN GROVE ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY: The site of the possible suicide at the territory’s only prison. FREDERIKSTED — An inmate at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility has committed suicide in his prison cell, authorities here said tonight. Bureau of Corrections, Assistant Director Everett Hansen, reported the possible suicide at the

CHRISTIANSTED – Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis on March 15, 2017, sentenced Kalomi Kambui, 41, of St. Croix, to 18 months in prison for attempted possession of a controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Judge Lewis also sentenced Kambui to three years of supervised release

FROM PRISON GUARD TO PRISON: Abdul Robinson CHRISTIANSTED – A former St. Croix prison guard who sold cell phones to inmates in prison has been given one and a half years in prison by a federal judge for admitting to selling inmates cell phones at a profit. Abdul Robinson, 39,

   ARRESTED: Seijo Rojo-Felix FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested after police said he gun butted another man. Sejio Rojo-Felix, 21,  was arrested and charged with third-degree assault after he gun butted one victim and stuck the gun in the neck of a second victim, according to the

BUSTED! Sherifa Petersen of St. Croix FREDERIKSTED — A 28-year-old St. Croix woman was taken into custody by Virgin Islands authorities for allegedly trying to smuggle marijuana into the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility — a prison that has been plagued by illegal contraband issues under four locally-elected territorial governors

ARRESTED: Eddie Benitez Jr. FREDERIKSTED — A 35-year-old St. Croix man was arrested on a bench warrant charging him with rape-related charges, according to police. Police said that Eddie Benitez, Jr. , 35, was arrested at 6:49 p.m. on Thursday on a charge of first-degree unlawful sexual contact based on