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USAO: St. Croix’s Mikhail ‘NastyMik’ Munoz Charged With Being A Cocaine Mule

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man has been charged with trying to export 18 bricks of cocaine weighing about 42 pounds on a commercial airline flight leaving St. Thomas.…

John McCarthy May 22, 2019

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Feds Take Syrian Teenager To Miami To Pursue Asylum Claim … Against Judge’s Order

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Syrian teenager may be allowed to pursue an asylum claim in a Florida immigration court while facing a federal criminal charge in the territory. George Soufan,…

VI Free Press April 19, 2019

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SWEENEY ARRESTED! For Allegedly Trying To Deal 11 Pounds of Cocaine on St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man is accused by federal authorities of trying to deal 11 pounds of cocaine on the Big Island. Jakwan Sweeney, 21, of St. Croix arrested…

John McCarthy March 28, 2019

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CASH ON THE BARRELHEAD How 2 Barrels of Paint And A Bag From A Lipton Ice Tea Container Are Worth $394K

SAN JUAN — Last week was a bad week for somebody or several somebodies in the Dominican Republic awaiting cash from Puerto Rico. On March 11, a car being ferried…

VI Free Press March 19, 2019

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St. Thomas Man Found Guilty Of Being Cocaine Dealer By St. Croix Jury: USAO

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Thomas man has been found guilt of having at least 11 pounds of cocaine by a St. Croix jury. Alvin Henry, 40, of Charlotte Amalie, has…

John McCarthy March 5, 2019

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Mexican Deported From Texas In 2017 Admits To Coming To St. Croix in 2018

CHRISTIANSTED – A Mexican national who was deported from the United States about a year ago admitted in federal court that he returned here illegally again in 2018. Manuel Alberto…

John McCarthy February 20, 2019

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Dominican Republic Man Admits To Sending Nine Pounds of Cocaine Through U.S. Mail

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man from the Dominican Republic admitted in federal court today that he mailed about nine pounds of cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service. Domingo Diaz Diaz,…

John McCarthy February 7, 2019

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U.S. Coast Guard Seizes $10 Million Worth of Cocaine Off Puerto Rico’s North Coast

SAN JUAN — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol and Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) Joint Forces for Rapid Action (FURA) agents seized 884 pounds (401 kilos) of…

John McCarthy January 30, 2019

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Coast Guard Captures 29 Dominicans Trying To Come To United States Illegally

SAN JUAN -- The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Puerto Rican law enforcement took 29 people from the Dominican Republic into custody Tuesday who were…

John McCarthy January 24, 2019

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Three Dominican Republic Natives Charged With Smuggling $30M Worth of Cocaine Here

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Three natives of the Dominican Republic appeared in federal court over the weekend to hear charges that they tried to smuggle $30 million worth of cocaine into…

John McCarthy December 17, 2018