Crime

Feds Unseal Massive Gun Trafficking Scheme on St. Croix Involving Couple; Over 100 Illegally Manufactured Firearms Sold Throughout USVI

ST. CROIX — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Somalie Bruce, age 35, and Jeanorah Williams, age 26, of St. Croix were arrested for firearms trafficking; conspiracy to engage in firearms trafficking; shipping, transporting and receiving firearms with intent to commit a felony; and local territorial charges for unlawful possession of a firearm, and ammunition. Bruce was also charged in separate counts with distribution of at least 500 grams of cocaine under federal law and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number under federal and territorial law. The indictment was unsealed today. According to the indictment filed in this case, beginning in 2016 and continuing through 2020, Bruce and Williams engaged in an unlicensed firearm trafficking business with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury. The indictment alleges Bruce and Williams ordered gun parts and accessories from various companies in Nor...