CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands man will remain in federal custody pending trial on charges related to a human smuggling operation, federal authorities
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BVI man admits he smuggled 5 illegal migrants into the territory by boat
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands man admitted to a federal judge that he smuggled five illegal migrants into the territory by boat. Lorenzo
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BVI drug kingpin gets 10 years in prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The reputed leader of BVI’s drug cartel got 10 years hard time from a judge. Ruben Reyes-Barel, 37, of the Dominican Republic,
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Career criminal gets 3.5 years for having fentanyl at airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A man with a long criminal history was given a light sentence by a federal judge despite being caught red-handed with dangerous
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Crew of ‘The Blessed Lion,” who smuggled cocaine to the US by sea, gets nearly 5 years
CHRISTIANSTED — A cocaine smuggler from Nicaragua got nearly five years in prison from a federal judge. Michael Nelson-Gaet, 36, of Managua, was sentenced to
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Diddy’s time in the USVI under examination as part of feds probe of sex trafficking claims
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — In a recent legal filing in the Southern District of New York, Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones brought forward allegations of sexual assault,
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Dominican Man Who Smuggled $20 Million Worth of Cocaine To St. Croix Cops Plea
CHRISTIANSTED — A Dominican Republic national has admitted in federal court to his role in smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine in a vessel captured near
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Dominican Drug Trafficker Who Lost His Leg After Shooting Fed Gets 12 Years In Prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican drug trafficker who lost his leg after a botched shootout with the feds on a St. John beach got nearly
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Minor Boys As Young As 10-Years-Old Being Sought By Online Predators, FBI Warns
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the National Center for
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Venezuelan Crew Member Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Smuggling Off St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Venezuelan crew member admitted in federal court to his role in helping transport 90 pounds of cocaine into the waters off
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