CHRISTIANSTED — A previously-deported Dominican Republic national who used a fake ID to try to board a flight from St. Croix to Florida has admitted
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U.S. Virgin Islands Greenlights Caribbean Nationals’ Visits By Waiving Visa Requirement
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The territory will no longer require a visa for visitors from neighboring Caribbean islands. The House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee approved The Virgin
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Colombian Who Entered United States With Fake ID At St. Croix Airport Gets 6 Months
CHRISTIANSTED — A Colombian man who used a fake ID to enter the United States at the St. Croix airport got a half year in
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Coast Guard Seizes $20 Million In Cocaine, After At-Sea Drug Bust Near Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley crew and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agents offloaded approximately 1,000 kilograms of seized cocaine
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Texas Fugitive Stopped At St. Thomas Airport By CBP Agents: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man wanted on criminal charges in Texas was taken into custody at the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas on
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Dominican Man With Fake ID Stopped By CBP Agents At St. Croix Airport
CHRISTIANSTED — A Dominican man with a fake Puerto Rican driver’s license was stopped by federal authorities at the St. Croix airport this week. Reynaldo
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Florida Woman Gets Probation For Smuggling 15 Pounds Of Marijuana Into St. Croix
FREDERIKSTED — A Florida woman was given no prison time by a federal judge for smuggling 15 pounds of marijuana into St. Croix. Yvette Simeina,
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Georgia Man Charged With Mailing Guns With Obliterated Serial Numbers To St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Tyrone Ortiz, 37, of Rex, Georgia, appeared before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller yesterday for an
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Georgia Man With 4 Pounds Of Pot In Bag Gets 4 Months In Prison
CHRISTIANSTED — A Georgia man with ties to St. Croix got one month in prison for every pound of marijuana he brought to the Henry
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New York Man Who Flew 11 Pounds of Ganja Here Pleads Guilty To Drug Smuggling
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A New York man who claimed a stranger offered him $15,000 to take 11 pounds of marijuana from Washington D.C. to St.
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