Police are investigating a series of shootings over the weekend on St. Croix that left one person dead and three others injured, according to V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima.
At a court hearing Tuesday morning, a magistrate judge found probable cause for four of five criminal charges filed against a man who admitted to forging fake COVID-19 test results so he and his wife could travel to St. Croix.
A Virgin Islands man was at the center of a tragic shooting in Texas on Nov. 18, according to Houston-area news reports.
A St. Thomas man was arrested Wednesday and charged with tampering with evidence after he was seen on surveillance video removing a gun from the dead body of a shooting victim, according to V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima.
ST. THOMAS — Federal agents intercepted a vessel carrying 433 pounds of cocaine off St. Thomas on Wednesday night, and charged the five men aboard with drug smuggling, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
A 43-year-old man charged with attempting to import meth to St. Croix has an extensive criminal history that includes arrests and convictions in six different states, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
ST. THOMAS — A woman who traveled to St. Thomas for vacation was arrested after V.I. Port Authority officers found marijuana and Adderall pills in her luggage, according to documents filed in V.I. Superior Court.
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One of three individuals who attempted to rob a Scotiabank on St. Thomas has admitted to his role in the crime, and is now facing between five and 15 years behind bars, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
A 49-year-old sex offender has admitted to using the internet in an attempt to lure children, including one 14-year-old who was actually a federal agent conducting an online sting operation, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
A man who led police on a high-speed chase after shooting a firearm on St. John was already on pretrial release for another shooting in May, according to court records.
TORTOLA — An ex-convict has been charged in the slaying of popular softball player George “Shawala” Borrows inside his British Virgin Islands home on Sept. 2.
A 23-year-old St. Croix man is facing a possible 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to attempting to lure children into sex online, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert.
A 26-year-old man is facing the possibility of 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert.
At 12:07 a.m., Thursday, detectives from the Police Department’s Economic Crimes Unit executed a warrant and arrested Shanica Prosper, 26, of Paradise Mills housing community on St. Croix.
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V.I. Police are investigating after a man was found dead near the Limetree Bay man camp Wednesday morning on St. Croix, according to spokesman Toby Derima.
A brazen gunman held up a security guard Sept. 24 at Sunny Isle Shopping Center on St. Croix.
ST. THOMAS — Police are investigating the death of a motorcyclist Wednesday night on Weymouth Rhymer Highway on St. Thomas.
A dispute over $15 worth of crack cocaine resulted in one St. Croix man attacking another with a machete so viciously he nearly severed the victim’s wrist, according to documents filed in V.I. Superior Court.
A California woman who was driving an off-road vehicle on St. Croix told police she’d been drinking alcohol and believed she was in the correct lane when she crashed into a motorcycle head on, killing 55-year-old Richard M. Boehm of Cane Bay, according to documents filed in V.I. Superior Court.
ST. THOMAS — A woman accused of using three children to help smuggle 167 pounds of marijuana into St. Thomas was released on bond Friday over the objection of federal prosecutors.
ST. THOMAS — A woman traveling with three children was arrested Wednesday and charged with smuggling 167 pounds of marijuana into the territory, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
Police are investigating a gunpoint robbery and home invasion on St. Croix, according to a news release from V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima.
Officers are investigating after a woman was shot while driving on the St. Thomas waterfront Tuesday evening, according to a news release from V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima.
A young marijuana smuggler who went on the run for three years was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months behind bars, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
Firearms continue to come into the Virgin Islands via commercial airlines, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents recently intercepted guns and body armor smuggled in two passengers’ luggage, according to a news release.
A 24-year-old St. Thomas man was fatally shot Sunday, according to V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima.
Police are investigating after a man was kidnapped Wednesday afternoon on St. Croix.
A motorcycle rider died Monday in a crash on Polyberg Hill, according to V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima.
Accused child rapist Jimmy Davis was scheduled to return to court Wednesday, but his tendency to spit on guards prompted prosecutors to ask for a continuance, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
Man charged in theft of used car batteries
Body discovered in water at Altona Lagoon on St. CroixPolice are seeking the cause of death of a man found floating in Altona Lagoon early Thursday evening.
The V.I. Police Department has identified the victim of Tuesday’s fatal shooting in Mon Bijou on St. Croix as Jahkerby Charles.
A shooting Tuesday night in Mon Bijou on St. Croix left one man dead, according to V.I. Police.
V.I. Police have identified the victim of Friday morning’s fatal shooting as 39-year-old Jamal Jacobs.
A St. Thomas man was arrested Saturday night after firing shots at Alvin McBean Ballpark in Anna’s Retreat, according to V.I. Police.
Two armed men are wanted for holding up a St. Croix restaurant Sunday evening and leaving with the cash register.
Former Casino Control Commission Chairwoman Violet Anne Golden has asked to have her sentencing conducted via videoconference to minimize the risk of coronavirus transmission, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
A St. Thomas man admitted to stealing $200 cash from the register at RaceTrack gas station on Rhymer Highway, but the business’s owners believe he may have taken more than $23,000 since they opened in February, according to court records.
A St. Croix man is accused of terrorizing his child’s mother and firing a gun around her home, according to court records.
Prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke the supervised term of release for Jimmy Davis, accused of raping a 15-year-old girl on St. Croix just days after being freed from custody, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.
V.I. Police are investigating after a dog was shot with a pellet gun on St. Croix, the second such animal cruelty incident in two weeks.
Officers found an assault rifle hidden in a vacant apartment on St. Thomas on Tuesday, according to V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima.
A St. Croix woman was robbed at gunpoint Sunday outside a bar and restaurant in Golden Rock, police said.
V.I. police are looking for two armed men who reportedly robbed the Pizza Hut in the Fort Mylner Shopping Center, St. Thomas, on Friday night.
Jonathan Scribner of St. Croix was arrested Thursday and charged with illegally carrying a firearm and ammunition, according to V.I. Superior court records.
A Florida man was arrested early Thursday morning on suspicion of illegally hunting deer on St. Croix, according to V.I. Superior Court records.
A St. Thomas man who admitted that he tried to profit off the 2017 hurricanes has been given another 18 months in which to complete a pretrial diversion program, according to documents filed Friday in U.S. District Court.
The V.I. Police Department is seeking the community’s help in finding the individual who assaulted a man on St. Croix during the wee morning hours Thursday.
A store employee and a customer reportedly gave each other life-threatening injuries during an apparent fight Monday on St. Croix.