[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A California man was given about 75 days in prison by a federal court today for admitting to having 4.4 pounds of marijuana. Kelley Hansen, 28, was sentenced to two and a half months incarceration for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Gretchen […]
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Santo Domingo Native Admits To Trying To Move 33 Pounds of Cocaine in St. Thomas
GUILTY PLEA IN FEDERAL COURT: JESUS DEL ROSARIO-RONDON [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican Republic native admitted today that he wanted to get at least 33 pounds of cocaine to do a drug deal in St. Thomas. Jesus Del Rosario-Rondon, 39, of Santo Domingo pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Curtis […]
Mapp’s ‘Dignity Officer’ Gets Nearly Six Years In Prison For Running Cocaine On The Job
SECURITY OFFICE NEAL CHESTERFIELD: Sentenced to 5.83 years in prison today. CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A former “dignity officer” assigned to Gov. Kenneth Mapp was given nearly six years in prison today for admitting to a cocaine-smuggling operation that spanned five years. Neal Chesterfield, 41, of St. Thomas was sentenced to 70 months incarceration for his […]
Tortola Native Admits To Cocaine Conspiracy After Being Stopped With 39 Bricks of Coke
GUILTY PLEA: Khadin Fahie of Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A British Virgin Islands native admitted in federal court to a cocaine smuggling operation conducted in St. Thomas. Khadin Fahie, 23, of Road Town, Tortola pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at […]
MOONLIGHTING MASTERMIND: DPNR Officer Guilty of Moving 100 Kilos of Cocaine
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A former peace officer with the Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) was found guilty of trying to move at least 100 kilos of cocaine to the U.S. mainland in federal court on Thursday. Gerald Mercer, 43, was found guilty by a jury in U.S. District […]
Customs, Coast Guard Stop Go-Fast Boat with $12.8 Million Worth of Cocaine and $540K Worth of Heroin In-Route to PR
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PONCE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO)and the U.S. Coast Guard collaborated to intercept Saturday a go-fast vessel seizing 1,084 pounds (491.5kilos) of cocaine and 19 pounds (9 kilos) of heroin. The estimated value of the seized cocaine is $12.8 million and $540,000 for the heroin. […]
Dominican and Haitian Could Get Five Years For Sending 2.2 Pounds of Cocaine Through Mail
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican man and a Haitian man admitted in federal court today that they arranged to pick up cocaine that they sent through the U.S. mail to St. Thomas. Tommy Ramirez, 29, of the Dominican Republic and Ramon Clavel, 55, of Haiti, plead guilty today in U.S. District Court before U.S. District […]
California Man Who Admitted To Bringing Two Kilos of Marijuana To St. Thomas Faces Five Years in Prison
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A California man admitted in federal court to trying to smuggle 4.4 pounds of marijuana into the territory. Kelley “Slim” Hansen, 28, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in U.S. District Court before U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez, to possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, United […]
Two Wanted St. Croix Fugitives Arrested In Ponce By U.S. Marshals Service on Saturday
CAPTURED: Nathaniel Thomas Jr. in Ponce, Puerto Rico [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PONCE — Two wanted St. Croix fugitives were arrested in Puerto Rico in back-to-back raids by the U.S. Marshals Service on Saturday. Ivan James, wanted for a double homicide by the Virgin Islands Police Department and Nathaniel Thomas Jr., wanted for escape […]
Mars Hill Man Admits To Gun and Stealing Electricity Charges In Federal Court … Drug Charges Not So Much
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED – A Frederiksted man admitted in federal court on Friday to illegal weapons charges against him and a local charge related to stealing electricity to operate a marijuana grow room, Dale Ritter, 53, of Mars Hill, pled guilty on March 23, 2018, in U.S. District Count to one federal […]