Crime Stoppers V.I. offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest of individuals responsible for past homicides on St. Thomas, St. Croix, or St. John, involvement in government corruption, manufacturing and/or distributing drugs and trafficking guns.
Emergency responders found a 9-year-old girl dead on St. Thomas early Friday, police said Saturday. The nature of the death and where exactly the girl died are still under investigation by the Virgin Islands Police Department.
A day-tripping visitor who went on a $20,000 Main Street shopping spree with someone else’s credit card was sentenced to two years in federal prison. Just before sentencing the prosecutor told the judge the June 2022 incident was the latest in a string of similar swindles perpetrated by the defendant.
A Florida businesswoman who admitted to taking advantage of her Virgin Islands clients after hurricanes Irma and Maria was sentenced to six months of home confinement on Thursday. The judge presiding over the hearing told defendant Alexandra Smyth he did not think her punishment should include jail time.
A convicted felon who was expelled from the United States after serving a prison term in Florida was back in court this week on St. Thomas, this time charged with illegal re-entry. Prosecutors said the defendant used a fake passport in September 2023 in an attempt to board a flight to Miami from the Cyril E. King Airport.
Administrator of Courts Regina Petersen advises the public and members of the Virgin Islands Bar Association that in observance of Transfer Day and the Easter holidays, the Judicial Branch will be closed in both districts on the following days.
Accused drug trafficker Russell Robinson was found guilty on all counts by a federal jury Thursday. The verdict was delivered at the end of a three-day trial held on St. Thomas.
A federal jury entered deliberations on Wednesday at the end of a three-day retrial for accused drug trafficker Russell Robinson. Robinson returned to the role he held in his first trial in June 2023, serving as his own defense attorney.
Justices of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether former Senator-at-Large Steven Payne was denied due process when the 34th Legislature ousted him in July 2022. The case was sent to the high court after a judge in Superior Court ruled against the Legislature.
A federal retrial is underway in District Court on St. Thomas for an alleged drug smuggler accused of hauling in 210 kilograms of cocaine from Vessup Bay in December 2021. Defendant Russell Robinson was one of two defendants charged with drug trafficking.
Federal prosecutors charged a 65-year-old St. Croix man with sexual exploitation of a child, coercion and enticement, aggravated rape, and unlawful sexual contact for his interactions with a 13-year-old girl — two years after it was first reported, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Monday.
A St. Thomas man surrendered himself to authorities Thursday after colliding with a police vehicle while operating a vehicle he was not authorized to use, the V.I. Police Department reported.
A St. Thomas woman has been charged with grand larceny and embezzlement after allowing customers to leave her place of employment without paying for merchandise, the V.I. Police Department reported.
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the Feb. 26, 2021 shooting death of Kevin Jerome of Williams Delight on St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported Thursday.
An extreme case of domestic violence led a Superior Court judge to order a man accused of killing his father to be held on $1 million bail, but not before undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. Defendant Mohammed H. Salem is accused of fatally stabbing his father, 69-year-old Hakem Salem, in an attack at the family home in Estate Lerkenlund on Tuesday morning.