CHRISTIANSTED — Police discovered an illegal weapon after a search of a St. Croix motorist’s vehicle near the Sunny Isle Shopping Center, authorities said. Toby Derima II, 29, of Castle Coakley, was arrested at 1:32 a.m. Saturday and charged with carrying of a firearm, openly or concealed, the Virgin Islands

CHRISTIANSTED — The hired security officer at the Sunny Isle Shopping Center was robbed at gunpoint at his post on Thursday night, authorities said. Officers were dispatched to the Sunny Isle Shopping Center regarding an armed robbery at 10:10 p.m. Thursday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. Detectives made contact

BETHLEHEM — Virgin Islands National Guard Capt. Maria Bruno issued the following prepared statement at 10:47 p.m. Saturday: “According to a press release by the Virgin Islands Police Department, Aaron Henry, a member of the V.I. Air National Guard was arrested on Aug. 27 and charged with two counts of rape,

CHRISTIANSTED — Two masked, armed men robbed a St. Croix man sitting on the steps of a closed record store near the Sunny Isle Shopping Center on Tuesday night, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to the shuttered Galloway’s Record Shop, located near the Sunny Isle stoplight,

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man allegedly tried to rob someone in the parking lot of a mostly empty shopping center on the Big Island late Sunday night, authorities said. Dierre McLittle, 31 of Constitution Hill was arrested about 10:50 p.m. Sunday and charged with first-degree attempted robbery, the Virgin

TOPEKA, Kansas — Payless ShoeSource locations in the territory will be spared closures affecting stores on the United States mainland and Puerto Rico. The discount shoe retail chain has ceased taking orders through its online store, and plans to close all 2,100 United States and Puerto Rico locations. Various news

CHRISTIANSTED – For the second time in five days masked men have taken a new model car from a woman at gunpoint on St. Croix, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. Police were notified by the 911 Emergency Call Center at 8:36 p.m. Thursday that a carjacking took place at the Gas