KINGSHILL — V.I. Attorney General Gordon Rhea announced Tuesday that 37 federal law enforcement officers have been commissioned as V.I. peace officers, after receiving training
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St. Croix murder suspect to plead guilty to possession of ammunition
KINGSHILL — A man charged with murder in 2022, Jahreem Lake, has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of unauthorized possession of ammunition,
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Man wanted for St. Thomas strangulation-beating now in official custody
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man wanted for a brutal domestic violence assault is now behind bars in St. Thomas. Akeem Antonio Forbes, 35,
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Rajah Caul Jr. gets 30 years for 2021 ambush murder of St. Croix man
KINGSHILL — Virgin Islands Attorney General designee Gordon C. Rhea announced that 25-year-old Rajah Caul Jr. was sentenced on September 30, 2024, to thirty years
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Tyley Smith gets 30 years for 2021 murder of St. Croix woman
KINGSHILL — Virgin Islands Attorney General Designee Gordon C. Rhea announced that 35-year-old Tyley Smith was sentenced on September 30, 2024, to thirty years in
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Jury finds Ramon Alberto Ledesma German guilty of 2023 assault
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — After a three-day trial, a Superior Court jury found a St. Thomas man guilty of felony assault today, authorities said. Ramon Alberto
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3 men charged in Velvet Haze nightclub shooting that killed Estate Hope resident
CHRISTIANSTED — Two St. Croix men were each charged with the murder of an Estate Hope man at a Christiansted town nightclub in July. A
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Teen charged with stealing $500 worth of items from Cost-U-Less
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix teenager was charged with stealing more than $500 worth of items from Cost-U-Less, authorities said. Luis Anthony Noel, 19, was
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Jiovani Smith gets 30 years for killing woman near elementary school
KINGSHILL — Virgin Islands Attorney General nominee Gordon C. Rhea announced today that Jiovani Smith, 24, was sentenced for the killing of Selena Chitolie in
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Squad car hit as suspect tries to evade traffic stop; crack cocaine found
FREDERIKSTED — An attempted traffic stop in Whim resulted in the arrest of a St. Croix man on drug possession charges, authorities said. Ikemadu Phipps
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