CHRISTIANSTED — A native of India who was deported from the United States three years ago, admitted in federal court to returning to the territory without
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Florida Woman Admits To Bringing 24 Pounds Of Marijuana To STX
CHRISTIANSTED — A Florida woman admitted to bringing 24 pounds of marijuana in her checked luggage to St. Croix. Cynthia Ines Fernandes, 33, of St.
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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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Dominican Involved In Shootout At Haulover Bay Tries To Avoid Life Sentence With Guilty Plea
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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Puerto Rico Man Gets 6 Months In Prison After Bringing $316,930 By Sea To St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican man who came to St. Thomas with more than $300,000 in cold cash stuffed into the cooler on his
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3 BVIslanders And 1 Dominican Caught With 1,470 Pounds Of Cocaine At Sea
CHRISTIANSTED — A federal joint task force including U.S. Customs agents seized more than $20 million worth of cocaine after it intercepted a smuggling speedboat
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3 Colombians Who Arrived By Boat From Sint Maarten Flunk Customs At Airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Three Colombian nationals were arrested on December 31, 2021, at the Cyril E. King Airport on criminal charges related to their alleged
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