CHRISTIANSTED — Joseph Ponteen has been appointed acting attorney general, following the sudden resignation of Attorney General Claude Walker. Ponteen, who had been serving as chief deputy attorney general, said he received a letter from…
SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON: ‘SERIAL RAPIST’ RAFAEL JOSEPH OF ST. CROIX FREDERIKSTED — Forty years in prison – with credit for 2,765 days already served – was the sentence Virgin Islands Superior Court…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man was sentenced today to a year behind bars because he pleaded guilty to a gun crime that occurred in August, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. Kareem…
Retired Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Sgt. Ronald Hatcher. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — A Superior Court trial that was held with all due haste — nearly five years after a St. Croix…
TRAGIC FLIGHT: Killed five people on St. Croix, including soca singer Kyle “Kylo” Sylvester of the Stylee Band and the pilot David Richardson of St. Thomas. FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Justice, Office…
ARRESTED ON ST. CROIX: Andre Auguste of Frederiksted. Auguste is 27 years old. [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — Two men have been arrested in the murder of Dean Schneider in the kitchen of a Ruby M.…