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U.S. Marshals escort DOGE team into African Aid Agency

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A small federal agency that sends money to help communities in Africa became a flashpoint Thursday in the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down foreign aid and reduce the…

John McCarthy March 8, 2025

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Trump Pleads Not Guilty In Federal Documents Case

MIAMI (Reuters) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who…

John McCarthy June 14, 2023

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Florida Man Arrested For Failing To Register As Sex Offender In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Local Justice officials say a Florida man who failed to register as a sex offender has been arrested on St. Thomas. Leon James Brisson Jr. 53, of…

John McCarthy September 23, 2022

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St. Thomas Teacher Charged With 2 Counts Of Child Sexual Assault In Colorado

CHARLOTTE AMALIEI — A current U.S. Virgin Islands teacher has been charged with two counts of felonious sexual assault on a child in Colorado, according to the Hayden Police Department.…

John McCarthy July 15, 2021

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Vincentian Sex Offender Who Hid In St. Thomas Is In Official Custody After Being Captured By U.S. Marshals

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Vincentian native who hid in St. Thomas to avoid his sentencing following a sexual assault conviction in 2010 has been captured and is now in the…

VI Free Press November 4, 2020

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Man Who Police Shot In 2014 Arrested By U.S. Marshals On Murder Warrant Saturday

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man who was shot by police in 2014 was arrested just after midnight in connection to the shooting death of a construction worker near Veterans Drive on…

John McCarthy February 16, 2020

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23 Days Skylarking In Puerto Rico After Conviction Costs St. Croix Man An Extra 2.33 Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man who went on a wild shootout near Sunny Isle Shopping Center and once convicted of that escapade, escaped from prison two days later,…

John McCarthy July 26, 2019

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St. Thomas’ Le’Quan Registe Guilty of Being A Marijuana Dealer

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas man went to trial and was convicted of being a marijuana dealer. Le’Quan Registe, 25, of St. Thomas, was found guilty of possession with…

VI Free Press May 1, 2019

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Nathaniel Thomas Jr. Faces Five Additional Years In Prison For Escape Last Year

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Croix man admitted in federal court today that he willfully escaped from local custody and could have five additional years tacked onto the 23 years in…

John McCarthy March 19, 2019

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FEDERAL AFFIDAVITS: Two People Helped Nathaniel Thomas Escape From Golden Grove in March

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- Convicted felon Nathaniel Thomas escaped from Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility on St. Croix in March with the help of two people, according…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018