ST. THOMAS — Nijontea Walker, a 21-year-old St. Thomas resident, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by an additional 30 months of supervised release. The sentencing, handed down by Chief District Court Judge Robert A. Malloy on September 8, pertains to charges of possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number and for possessing a firearm within a 1,000-foot radius of a school zone.According to court documents, the circumstances leading to Walker's arrest trace back to April 8, 2020, in the Hospital Ground neighborhood of St. Thomas. V.I. Police Department officers, conducting patrols in response to recent shootings, attempted to approach a group of individuals. This group, including Walker, fled upon the officers' approach. During the pursuit, Walker was seen carrying a black bag containing an AK-47 firearm with its…
ST. THOMAS — A man accused of stealing copper wiring from a closed annex of the Bureau of Corrections…
ST. THOMAS — A routine traffic stop on Friday afternoon led to felony drug charges for Maulique Caines.…
ST. THOMAS — What started as a simple traffic violation for not wearing a seatbelt escalated into a…
V.I. Police Department Releases Video of Fatal…
Staff Consortium September 18, 2023ST. THOMAS — In a significant development to the ongoing homicide investigation in Bolongo Bay, the…
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Staff Consortium September 14, 2023ST. THOMAS — United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that 38-year-old Elvin Wrensford…
Man Accused Of Strangling Wife At Business They…
Janeka Simon September 13, 2023ST. THOMAS – A man accused of assaulting his wife hours after a court issued a reciprocal restraining…
Ex-High School Coach Faces 30 to 35 Years in…
Janeka Simon September 13, 2023In a plea agreement filed on Tuesday, former high school track & field coach Alfredo Bruce Smith has…
ST. THOMAS — The U.S. Virgin Islands has experienced its 29th homicide of the year, after a 25-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in St. Thomas. According to the V.I. Police Departmen...
ST. THOMAS — In a violent episode that unfolded in Oswald Harris Court on Saturday night, unknown suspects in a Black Acura RDX fired at police officers during a search operation, subsequently fleei...
In anticipation of a plea agreement between prosecutors and the accused, the upcoming trial of Alfredo Bruce Smith has been postponed. An order issued on Tuesday by presiding judge Robert Molloy indi...
ST. THOMAS — V.I. Police Department officers on Saturday morning launched a homicide investigation following a distressing 911 call revealing that a male victim had been shot dead in Nadir Hill, St....
Former at-large Senator Steven Payne Sr. was arrested on Friday by the Orlando Police Department on an out-of-county warrant from Duval County. The 57-year-old male was booked with a bond amount set ...
ST. CROIX — A local man, Jason Phipps, is facing charges of obtaining money by false pretenses and grand larceny after surrendering himself to the police on Wednesday. The charges stem from an inve...
ST. THOMAS — A man who was found shot in the Subbase area of St. Thomas early Wednesday morning has died, according to the V.I. Police Department. The victim has been identified as Shemar Coward, ...
ST. JOHN — Detectives from the V.I. Police Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) are actively investigating a report of a man assaulted by multiple individuals on St. John. Officers of t...
ST. THOMAS — Yolande Joseph, a former employee of a local cleaning service, is facing felony charges of third-degree assault and disturbance of the peace following an altercation with her former emp...
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