Tag: U.S. Postal Inspection Service

Feds Break Up Florida To St. Thomas Gun And Drug Trafficking Operation

SAN JUAN — Two men — one in Florida and one in St. Thomas — have been caught up in a cocaine and illegal gun trafficking ring between the mainland and the territory, authorities said. And the man charged in the U.S. Virgin Islands was blatantly promising $150 a day on social media to territorial […]

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 Republic was arrested yesterday and charged in a criminal complaint with one count of alien harboring for financial gain and one count of interstate transportation […]

MAGISTRATE: Former St. John Resident Will Serve No Prison Time For USPS Postal Fraud

[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A former St. John resident was not given any prison time by a federal magistrate for making hundreds of false damage claims to the United States Postal Service. Shaquan Brodie, 21, formerly of St. John, was sentenced Wednesday on an information that charged him with making fraudulent […]

St. Croix’s Jahraun Brodhurst Gets 1.75 Years In Prison For Federal Gun and Drug Crimes

MUGSHOT: Jahraun Malachi Brodhurst, 26, got 1.75 years in prison from a federal judge. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED – A federal judge sentenced a St. Croix man to 1.75 years in jail for admitting to illegal gun and drug crimes on Friday. Jahraun Malachi Brodhurst, 26, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Chief […]

Homeless Man Faces Five Years In Prison For St. Thomas Post Office Break-In

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas homeless man admitted in federal court on Thursday that he stole a package from the Emancipation Garden post office earlier this year. Allen Springette, 45, of St. Thomas pleaded guilty to burglary of the Alvaro de Lugo Post Office, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said. Springette appeared before U.S. […]