CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George joined attorneys general across the nation calling on Twitter, eBay, and Shopify to act immediately to prevent people from selling fraudulent CDC vaccination cards on their platforms. A bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general, led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and Tennessee Attorney […]
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Traveler From Florida Given COVID-19 ‘Treatment’ At Landing … He’s Arrested
FREDERIKSTED — There was a time when visitors to the St. Croix airport were greeted with a warm smile, a Cruzan Rum punch and a map of the island. But one traveler arriving to Henry E. Rohlsen Airport from Florida was given the COVID-19 “treatment” upon landing — he was arrested. On the heels of […]
VIDOJ Says It Will Prosecute Travelers Who Present Fake COVID-19 Results At Arrival
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Attorney General Denise George has announced that anyone found submitting false COVID-19 documents or forged test results to the USVI travel screening portal will be prosecuted pursuant to V.I. Code tit. 14, § 843. AG George will also be joining a coalition of attorneys general representing states, districts, and territories, in a […]
Sex Trafficking Crimes Brought Against Jeffrey Epstein’s British Ex-Girlfriend
NEW YORK — Sex trafficking charges and another alleged victim were added to a superseding indictment returned Monday in the criminal case against financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend as prosecutors alleged that a conspiracy to sexually abuse girls stretched over a decade. The charges contained in a rewritten indictment returned by a grand jury in Manhattan […]
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Daughter’s $70K Contract Might Be Nepotism, But It Is No ‘Conflict,’ AG Says
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — You know what they say — when it comes to getting ahead in life — it is not what you know …. but who you know — especially in the U.S. Virgin Islands. A government contract between the Attorney General’s daughter and the Tourism Department has raised questions of nepotism and conflict […]
AG Denise George Calls Out Consortium Publisher For ‘Yellow Journalism’ Tactics
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Attorney General Denise George today denounced the V.I. Consortium’s online portal for falsely reporting that the owner and proprietor of ABC Concepts, Inc. is her brother. The article detailed claims of the company’s alleged involvement in a kickback scheme with a former WAPA official and of receiving over $1.1 million in inflated […]
Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Mental Health Patients For Lack Of Local Treatment Options
KINGSHILL — A judge has dismissed criminal charges against two mentally ill defendants because the Virgin Islands government failed to provide them with treatment over the last year. The judge ruled that they are still not competent to stand trial. In recent court hearings, Superior Court Magistrate Judge Ernest Morris, Jr. detailed the many ways […]
Grim Task Of Finding 4 Bodies Strewn Into Heavily Wooded Area of St. Thomas After Crash Falls To VIDOJ
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The bodies of the four people who died in a helicopter crash at the Preserve at Botany Bay on St. Thomas on Monday have been recovered by the Department of Justice’s Office of the MedicalExaminer and secured in the morgue, V.I. Attorney General, Denise N. George announced. Recovery efforts resumed at 6 […]
St. Croix Man Gets 35 Years In Prison For Brutal Beating Death Of Church Deacon
KINGSHILL — A 22-year-old man will spend much of his life behind bars for his part in the brutal 2015 beating death of 73-year-old Augustus Bannis in Upper Love on St. Croix. Superior Court Judge Harold Willocks sentenced Avondale A. George, Jr. to 35 years for second-degree murder, 15 years for first-degree robbery, 10 years […]
Epstein Estate Executors Are ‘Indispensable Captains’ Of His Criminal Enterprise, AG George Says
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Jeffrey Epstein’s estate coexecutors were “indispensable captains” of his criminal enterprise to traffic girls, according to a complaint from Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George. The amended complaint, filed Wednesday, names coexecutors Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn as defendants in their individual capacities, alleging their involvement in running Epstein’s trafficking operation for […]