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ST. THOMAS — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that Ashen Tirado-Tapia, Jahniel Fuertes-Robles, and Abdiel RiveraMedina pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to smuggle over $1 million into St. Thomas by boat. According to court documents filed in the case, on September 17, 2019, at approximately 1:26 a.m., the defendants, Ashen Tirado-Tapia, Jahniel Fuertes Robles, and Abdiel Rivera Medina, were on board a 25’ center console vessel travelling with no navigation lights near the western portion of St. Thomas. A Customs Border Patrol Air and Marine (AMO) coastal interceptor vessel (CIV) from St. Thomas responded in an attempt to contact the vessel. When AMO activated blue lights and sirens to initiate a stop, the boat and its occupants increased their speed, forcing the agents to…
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ST. THOMAS — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced…
ST. CROIX -- A man was shot at multiple times and sustained non-life threatening injuries while at the…
ST. CROIX -- A bank employee was arrested on Friday after she was caught using the account of someone…
Man Arrested for Allegedly Punching, Strangling…
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Man Uses $25,000 of Elderly Victim to Buy Car
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Women Arrested After Allegedly Counterfeiting…
Staff Consortium December 08, 2019ST. CROIX -- On Friday at 8:42 p.m., detectives from the Economic Crimes Unit arrested Sandra L. Madrigal,…
Man Arrested on Unauthorized Possession of Firearm…
Staff Consortium December 08, 2019ST. THOMAS -- Police on Dec. 2 arrested a man for unauthorized possession of a firearm after he brandished…
ST. THOMAS -- Two men were shot in the wee hours of Saturday morning in Hospital Ground, St. Thomas, with one of the two victims succumbing to his wounds sustained during the shooting. That's accordi...
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Police Department arrested 30-year-old Rashida Bell on Thursday on charges pertaining to exploiting the elderly, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima has ann...
ST. CROIX – Zion Hazel, 22, of St. Croix, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in District Court to one count of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. ...
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The V.I. Department of Justice announced late Thursday said that a St. Croix man who was facing criminal charges for killing Terrance Moorehead in 2015, confessed to the crime by pleading guilty momen...
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ST. THOMAS -- Mikhail Munoz, 32, originally of St. Croix, was sentenced today for possessing with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shapp...
ST. THOMAS -- United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that Jose Ernesto Vazquez Colon and Abnel Belordo Colon pleaded guilty to attempting to smu...
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ST. CROIX -- Enock Justin Cole and Avondale A. George, Jr. were convicted on murder, assault and robbery charges in connection with the brutal murder of a 73-year-old man in 2015 in the vicinity of Da...
St. Thomas – After learning he was wanted by police, 29-year-old Kemar Alex Campbell surrendered to the V.I.P.D. and was arrested on charges of extortion, grand larceny and unauthorized use of a veh...
ST. CROIX — Three men attempting to evade police during a traffic stop on Saturday on the Bypass wound up causing a 3-vehicle accident, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima has announced...
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