CHARLOTTE AMALIE — One of three Dominicans involved in a shootout with feds in Haulover Bay on St. John has cut a plea deal with
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3RD TIME’S NOT A CHARM: Twice Deported Trinidadian Shows Up In St. Thomas Again
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a Trinidad and Tobago national was sentenced today to 17 months in prison for illegally
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St. Croix Man Gets 5 Years In Prison For Moving 4 Pounds of Cocaine Through Airport Bathroom
CHRISTIANSTED — A man was given five years in prison for trying to engineer the movement of 4.4 pounds of cocaine through the St. Croix
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‘High-Tech Stalker’ Stopped At Airport Based On Outstanding Warrant From California: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A California man who was dubbed a “high-tech stalker” was detained at the St. Thomas airport Friday based on an outstanding warrant,
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Dominican and Puerto Rican Indicted By Grand Jury For Bringing Illegal Migrants By Sea
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal Grand Jury returned a seven-count Bill of Indictment against Alejo Ocasio Venerio, 31, of Puerto Rico, and Franklyn Grullon Jorge,
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Haitian Illegal Deported From Florida 4 Years Ago Shows Up In St. Thomas Airport On Monday
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Haitian illegal who was deported from Miami nearly four years ago tried to sneak back into the United States in St.
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Dominican National Tries To Enter USA By Using A False Name At CEK Airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A citizen of the Dominican Republic was arrested on criminal charges Friday at the Cyril E. King Airport because he gave false
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Plaza Extra Cashier With 167 Pounds Of Marijuana In Luggage Gets No Jail Time
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A former Plaza Extra cashier with 167 pounds of marijuana stashed into three minors’ suitcases traveling with her but not related to
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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
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The Price You Sometimes Pay For Human Trafficking, Drug Smuggling Is … Your Life
MIAMI — Little is known about the 40 people believed to have been aboard a boat that capsized and was found this week near Florida’s coast with
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