KINGSHILL — When gunfire rang out at four separate locations on St. Croix on April 19 — the Virgin Islands Police Department responded immediately to every potential crime scene. One week ago, the VIPD, acting more like firemen responding to an alarm, sprung into action right away and were “first

CHRISTIANSTED — An armed St. Croix man who brashly sold drugs out of his Jeep right across the street from an elementary school was given the maximum amount of time in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday. Rakem “Kimby” Hendrickson, 29, of St. Croix, appeared before Chief U.S. District Court

CHRISTIANSTED — A former St. Croix airport worker who provided 11 pounds of cocaine to a drug mule was given two years in prison by a federal judge. Lamech Matthew, 28, of Frederiksted, was sentenced in U,S, District Court in Golden Rock on Thursday after pleading guilty to one count

CHARTLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix couple faces a host of federal firearms charges after authorities say they purchased gun parts online, then illegally assembled and sold more than 100 firearms in the territory, according to a Grand Jury indictment unsealed today. Somalie Bruce, 35, and Jeanorah Williams, 26, of

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands “king” is going to be operating a bit less regally after pleading guilty to being a cocaine dealer in the territory. King Bob Leonard, 28, of Road Town, Tortola, entered a guilty plea to the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney

FREDERIKSTED — The hits keep coming for St. Croix’s Malachi Benjamin, who was sentenced Thursday to just over a year in prison for dealing cocaine. Benjamin and four co-defendants are facing new federal drug and weapons charges related to a series of crimes stretching back to 2013, according to an

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man was given a little over a year in prison for having cocaine in a car in which he was a passenger, authorities said. Malachi Benjamin, 25, was sentenced Thursday to 14 months and 10 days by U.S. District Judge Robert Molloy on his

CHRISTIANSTED — A failed St. Croix police cadet accused of getting a 16-year-old girl pregnant has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of a murder-for-hire scheme to kill witnesses against him, authorities said. Delroy Thomas Jr. 30, of Barren Spot, was sentenced to 120 months in

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A prominent British Virgin Islands businessman and horse owner was shot dead outside his home on Tuesday night, according to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force. The killing of Earl “Bob” Hodge on Tortola’s southeast coast comes just six days after the slaying of another horseman

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man captured by federal agents with $800,000 cash and a machine gun in a crowded St. Thomas shopping center has been given nearly two years in prison, authorities said. John Burgos was sentenced to 21 months in prison and two years of supervised release for possessing