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Convicted Felon Gets 4.8 Years In Prison For Trying To Hide Gun In Tools Shipment

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix convicted felon who tried to hide the shipment of a machine pistol, magazines and ammunition to himself by mixing them in to a shipment of…

John McCarthy January 13, 2020

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Pittsburgh Women Get 5 and 6 Years In Prison For Crack Cocaine Convictions

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two Pennsylvania women were handed sentences of 5.2 years and 6.4 years for a crack cocaine conviction in federal court. Ngoc Nguyen, 22, and Fendi Brooks, 26,…

John McCarthy November 1, 2019

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Man Who Hid Wanted Alleged Drug Dealer-Murderer Faces Charges In Federal Court

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man faces federal charges that he knowingly tried to hide one of the territory's biggest alleged drug dealers in a garage apartment on the hillside…

John McCarthy October 15, 2019

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Accused Oregon Drug and Guns Fugitive Posed With Joe Biden At Point Udall

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix bartender who was a fugitive from justice in the Pacific Northwest of the United States was arrested on drug and gun-related charges on Wednesday, authorities said. Troy…

VI Free Press September 20, 2019

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St. Croix’s Roosevelt Dowling Gets 6 and 1/2 Years in Prison 4 Crack Cocaine Distribution

CHRISTIANSTED — Roosevelt Dowling, 59, of St. Croix, was sentenced on Wednesday in U.S. District Court on one count of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen…

John McCarthy September 19, 2019

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Habitual Offender Goes Down On St. Croix Gun Charge After Routine Traffic Stop

CHRISTIANSTED — A 45-year-old St. Croix man avoided federal prosecution on multiple drug charges by agreeing to a lesser charge in a plea bargain to illegal gun possession charges only,…

VI Free Press August 21, 2019

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Dominican Republic Native Kept Venezuelan Woman As ‘Sex Slave’ In Underground Nightclub On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Assistant U.S. Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Yohanna Gonzalez-McFarlane, 38, of the Dominican…

John McCarthy August 8, 2019

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‘Manager’ Of Venezuelan Maritime Cocaine Smuggling Operation From Puerto Rico Gets 25 Years In Prison

CHRISTIANSTED — A Puerto Rico native who prosecutors called the "manager" of a Venezuelan maritime smuggling operation trying to bring 661 pounds of cocaine to the region was handed a…

John McCarthy July 26, 2019

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Puerto Rico Man Gets Over A Decade In Prison For Trying To Bring 661 Pounds Of Cocaine To The Region

CHRISTIANSTED — A federal judge today gave a Puerto Rico man 11.25 years in prison for trying to bring 661.387 pounds of cocaine to the region, authorities said. Anibal Vega-Arizmendi,…

John McCarthy July 24, 2019

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Convicted Felon Who Hid Semi-Automatic Pistol In Shipment of Tools To St. Croix Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix convicted felon admitted in federal court today that he hid a semi-automatic weapon in a shipment of tools to St. Croix, authorities said. William Payne,…

John McCarthy July 24, 2019