Crime

Two V.I. Men Sentenced For Marijuana Offenses

Two Virgin Islands men were recently sentenced in the territory's District Court, one for manufacturing marijuana and other for attempting distribution of the controlled substance, according to press releases issued by U.S. Attorney Ronald Sharpe's office on Tuesday. On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis sentenced Raymond Mathurin, 48, of St. Croix to three years of probation, six months of home detention, and a $2,000 fine on one count of manufacturing marijuana. According to court records, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and the Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) officers executed a search warrant on a plot near Estate Two Friends in St. Croix and found 69 marijuana plants that Mr. Mathurin admitted to growing. This case was investigated by the DEA and the V.I.P.D., and was prosecuted by former Assistant U.S. Attorney Rami Badawy and Assistant U.S. Attorney Christian H. Stringer. In a separate press release also issued on Tuesday, ...