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U.S. Attorney’s Office Sponsors Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Training for VI and PR

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F Shappert said today that the Virgin Islands U.S.Attorney’s Office is sponsoring training this week for prosecutors from the USVI and Puerto Rico and…

John McCarthy December 10, 2018

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St. Croix’s Carlyle Ham Fooled Into Thinking Federal Agents Were 14-Year-Old Boy

CHRISTIANSTED – Federal agents posing as a fictional 14-year-old boy stung a 63-year-old St. Croix man as a would-be pedophile. United States Attorney Gretchen C. F. Shappert said today that…

John McCarthy November 16, 2018

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Police Arrest 3 St. Croix Men With Assault Rifle, Ammunition in Early Morning Raid: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED -- Three St. Croix men were arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with illegal gun possession, authorities said. Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Bureau, Special Operations Unit and Federal…

VI Free Press September 12, 2018

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St. Croix’s Josue Navarro Faces 20 Years In Prison After Pleading Guilty To Cyber Crime

CHRISTIANSTED – A federal sting operation on St. Croix has netted two sexual predators on the Big Island. Josue Navarro, 36, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty on Thursday…

John McCarthy August 31, 2018

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U.S. Immigration Rounds Up 30 Caribbean Illegals In Sweep of New Jersey Suburbs

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] NEWARK -- The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a number of Caribbean nationals have been arrested among 91 immigrants during a five-day…

John McCarthy June 18, 2018

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Today Is May 25 National Missing Children’s Day After First Being Declared in 1983

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – In 1983, President Ronald Regan proclaimed May 25th National Missing Children’s Day. The day was observed after a string of child abductions…

John McCarthy May 25, 2018

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St. Croix Baggage Handler Gets Two Years In Prison For Strapping Cocaine To His Body

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man was given two years in prison by a federal judge for trying to smuggle cocaine onto an airplane. Dimitrous Jefferson, 29, of Mon Bijou,…

John McCarthy April 12, 2018

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St. Croix Baggage Handler Caught With Cocaine Strapped To His Leg Gets Two Years In Prison

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix baggage handler who was caught with cocaine strapped to his leg at the airport was given two years in prison by a federal judge, authorities…

John McCarthy April 6, 2018

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Former Puerto Rico Police Officer Sentenced To 15 Years in Prison For Making Child Porn

SAN JUAN – A former Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) police officer was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for possessing and…

John McCarthy April 6, 2018

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U.S. Immigration Rounds Up Seven Illegal Aliens in Virgin Islands in Massive Sweep Over Three Regions

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- It’s the start of the Easter weekend for many, but for 271 immigrants, including several from the Caribbean nabbed by U.S. Immigration and Customs…

John McCarthy March 29, 2018