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ICE St. Thomas introduces 1,000 students to ‘Project Guardian’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Some 1,000 students from the public and private schools in St. Thomas got tips on how to avoid falling victim to online sexual predators January 23 through…

John McCarthy February 4, 2025

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BVI resident gets 3 months in prison for smuggling Dominican illegals

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A native of the Dominican Republic got a light sentence for smuggling illegal migrants into the territory. Danny Dennevil, alias "Danny Dorcine-Turnbull," 34, of Santo Domingo, was…

John McCarthy January 16, 2025

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Dominican cocaine trafficker agrees to minimum 10-year sentence

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A native of the Dominican Republic has agreed to a minimum 10-year sentence for trafficking 175 pounds of cocaine in the territory. Yeral Marrero Reynoso, 28, pleaded…

John McCarthy January 15, 2025

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Puerto Rican man gets 4.5 years for cocaine trafficking

CHARLOTTE AMALIE —A native of Puerto Rico was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for cocaine trafficking. Carlos Gascot Concepcion, 46, was given 55 months of imprisonment after a federal…

John McCarthy January 15, 2025

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New Jersey woman charged with smuggling drugs through St. Croix airport

CHRISTIANSTED — A New Jersey woman was arrested for trying to smuggle 26 pounds of marijuana through the Henry Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix, federal authorities said. Ceestra Burgess, 23,…

John McCarthy October 2, 2024

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4 Jamaicans charged with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four Jamaican men with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana in Caribbean waters. Miguel Orr, 29, Rayvon Smith,…

John McCarthy August 18, 2024

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Puerto Rican man faces 20 years in prison after cocaine smuggling conviction

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — After a two-day trial, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against a Puerto Rican man who smuggled at least 2.2 pounds of cocaine into St. Thomas.…

John McCarthy June 5, 2024

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BVI resident gets 5 years for smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine into St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — A British Virgin Islands resident was given nearly five years in prison for smuggling $20 million worth of cocaine into St. Croix Augusto Rodriguez-Molina, 37, a native of…

John McCarthy May 10, 2024

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Former Cape Air employee and his drug mule given 1.6 years in prison for cocaine trafficking

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A former Cape Air employee and his drug mule were given just over a year and a half in prison for trying to move five pounds of cocaine…

John McCarthy December 1, 2023

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Two men caught in cocaine trafficking sting operation get 3.5 years in prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two men busted in a cocaine trafficking operation at Havensight Mall have been given 3.5 years in prison by a federal judge. Jose Solano, 53, and Andrew…

John McCarthy December 1, 2023