Sept. 24, 2001 – Kenrick Maynard shot down Adolph Hyman Sr. on a Savan street and then stood over him firing shot after shot into his body from an assault rifle, witnesses testified in the opening day of Maynard's trial Monday.
Maynard is charged with first-degree murder and various firearm and assault charges related to events in July 1999. If convicted of the first-degree murder of Hyman, he will spend life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Assistant Attorney General Lofton Holder presented evidence Monday that Maynard was involved in a fight at the St. John Fourth of July celebration in 1999. Maynard was stabbed several times in the fight, which involved Kimba George and Leslie Hyman, one of Adolph Hyman's sons, witnesses testified.
Leslie Hyman testified Monday that he was outside the Friendly Bar in Savan on July 26, 1999, when Maynard approached him from behind and shot him five or six times. He was wounded in the arm, the leg and the side of his chest, he said as he showed jurors some of his scars.
Adolph Hyman Sr., who was in Atlanta at the time of the shooting, returned to St. Thomas after learning that his son had been wounded, according to testimony from Maria Weekes, the elder Hyman's long-time girlfriend.
On July 28, 1999, Weekes testified, she was walking down General Gade with Adolph Hyman Sr. and Adolph Hyman Jr. when Maynard approached them in the area of the Red Ball Grocery. Maynard opened fire with what police later determined to be an AK-47 assault rifle, hitting her in the foot as she tried to get out of the way, she told the court.
Maynard then shot Adolph Hyman Sr. as he tried to run away, then stood over his body pumping shots into him, Weekes said.
"This man roll up and give him seven more shots," she said, pointing to Maynard, who sat with defense attorney Stephen Brusch. After Maynard left the scene in a car and ambulance crews arrived, she said, she went over to her dead boyfriend. "I held his head in my lap," she said. "My life is gone with him."
In questioning of witnesses, Brusch noted that Maynard had been stabbed repeatedly in the Fourth of July fight with the relatives of Adolph Hyman Sr. and that Leslie Hyman was carrying an unlicensed .380-caliber handgun at the time he was shot.
Brusch also noted that Leslie Hyman did not report the Fourth of July fight to police, that he did not tell investigators who had shot him on July 26, and that he was never charged with carrying what he admitted was an illegal firearm.
Maynard, who has also used the name Samuel Blyden, was arrested in Georgia last year on a warrant in connection with the murder charge.
The murder trial is expected to continue Tuesday before Territorial Court Judge Rhys Hodge.
SAD FINANCIAL STATE OF AFFAIRS
Dear Editor,
After lengthy and painful efforts to rationalize the behavior of our government in regards to many public policies, in particular the fiscal state of affairs, I must surmise that the entire legislative and executive branches have lost their minds. There is no other explanation for the madness that is happening.
What does the governor base his rosy picture of the local economy on? Especially when the rest of the country is facing recession, does it not stand to reason that people will engage in leisure travel less? Isn't leisure travel where we make most of our money? I'm no economist, but, please . . .
As for the Legislature, the squandering of money at a giddy pace is appalling. Priorities are entirely out of order. Waste needs to be reduced (by layoffs if necessary and definitely by reducing so-called "capital expenditures" which are really pork in disguise), if we are going to pay teachers, police officers, fire fighters, and other important and essential government employees what they are worth. Millions of dollars for a house plot at Drakes Seat is a gross example of misguided priorities.
I hate to say it, but our attitudes toward outside companies must change. While we must protect the interests of the islands, including the environment and our way of life, common ground must be found in negotiations. We can't have it "our way or no way" all the time. In these days of a global economy, no man is an island unto himself.
Dwayne Henry
Virgin Islander studying law in North Carolina.
After lengthy and painful efforts to rationalize the behavior of our government in regards to many public policies, in particular the fiscal state of affairs, I must surmise that the entire legislative and executive branches have lost their minds. There is no other explanation for the madness that is happening.
What does the governor base his rosy picture of the local economy on? Especially when the rest of the country is facing recession, does it not stand to reason that people will engage in leisure travel less? Isn't leisure travel where we make most of our money? I'm no economist, but, please . . .
As for the Legislature, the squandering of money at a giddy pace is appalling. Priorities are entirely out of order. Waste needs to be reduced (by layoffs if necessary and definitely by reducing so-called "capital expenditures" which are really pork in disguise), if we are going to pay teachers, police officers, fire fighters, and other important and essential government employees what they are worth. Millions of dollars for a house plot at Drakes Seat is a gross example of misguided priorities.
I hate to say it, but our attitudes toward outside companies must change. While we must protect the interests of the islands, including the environment and our way of life, common ground must be found in negotiations. We can't have it "our way or no way" all the time. In these days of a global economy, no man is an island unto himself.
Dwayne Henry
Virgin Islander studying law in North Carolina.
Editor's note: We welcome and encourage readers to keep the dialogue going by responding to Source commentary. Letters should be e-mailed with name and place of residence to source@viaccess.net.
GLOBAL UNREST SENDS NORWAY BACK TO CARIBBEAN
Sept. 24, 2001 – There's a silver lining for the Virgin Islands in the dark economic clouds on the horizon as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: The S/S Norway will be returning to St. Thomas and St. John for another year of service starting the last week of this year.
Norwegian Cruise Lines and its new parent company, Star Cruises, had announced plans to reposition the Norway to Asia beginning with the winter season. Its "farewell Atlantic crossing" sailed out of Miami on Sept. 2, bound for Southampton, England, with arrival on Sept. 18. But with the global unrest now, NCL/Star Cruises has now decided to continue homeporting the ship in Miami for Eastern Caribbean cruises calling at Sint Maarten, St. Thomas and St. John, and the privately owned Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.
The Caribbean itinerary will begin Dec. 23 and continue "through at least December 2002," according to a release from The West Indian Co. The Norway will call in the territory on Thursdays, beginning Dec. 27.
"This is exceptionally good news in light of events of the last few days as we attempt to stabilize our tourism economy," Edward Thomas, WICO president, said in a release Monday. "The S/S Norway has been an economic staple, especially for Main Street, and its return for the peak of the season bodes very well for all of us."
The Norway has a passenger capacity of 2,032 and carries a crew of 900. With a draft of 35 feet, the ship is one of the few that has never docked at St. Thomas, instead anchoring in the outer harbor and transporting personnel to and from the waterfront aboard two large tenders that are carried from port to port aboard the vessel itself.
Before entering back into service in the Caribbean, the Norway will be in dry dock in Europe for the next three months undergoing refurbishing.
The bright blue vessel with its familiar twin smokestacks has been calling weekly at St. Thomas for two decades. In the 1990s, a morning drop-off stop at St. John was added, with passengers allowed to disembark, see St. John, then travel to St. Thomas by ferry to board the ship from the Charlotte Amalie waterfront in the afternoon. The ship, the longest in the world until megavessels began making their appearance in the '90s, was built in 1962 and christened the France. It re-emerged as the Norway in 1980 and last underwent refurbishment in 1996.
Norwegian Cruise Lines and its new parent company, Star Cruises, had announced plans to reposition the Norway to Asia beginning with the winter season. Its "farewell Atlantic crossing" sailed out of Miami on Sept. 2, bound for Southampton, England, with arrival on Sept. 18. But with the global unrest now, NCL/Star Cruises has now decided to continue homeporting the ship in Miami for Eastern Caribbean cruises calling at Sint Maarten, St. Thomas and St. John, and the privately owned Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.
The Caribbean itinerary will begin Dec. 23 and continue "through at least December 2002," according to a release from The West Indian Co. The Norway will call in the territory on Thursdays, beginning Dec. 27.
"This is exceptionally good news in light of events of the last few days as we attempt to stabilize our tourism economy," Edward Thomas, WICO president, said in a release Monday. "The S/S Norway has been an economic staple, especially for Main Street, and its return for the peak of the season bodes very well for all of us."
The Norway has a passenger capacity of 2,032 and carries a crew of 900. With a draft of 35 feet, the ship is one of the few that has never docked at St. Thomas, instead anchoring in the outer harbor and transporting personnel to and from the waterfront aboard two large tenders that are carried from port to port aboard the vessel itself.
Before entering back into service in the Caribbean, the Norway will be in dry dock in Europe for the next three months undergoing refurbishing.
The bright blue vessel with its familiar twin smokestacks has been calling weekly at St. Thomas for two decades. In the 1990s, a morning drop-off stop at St. John was added, with passengers allowed to disembark, see St. John, then travel to St. Thomas by ferry to board the ship from the Charlotte Amalie waterfront in the afternoon. The ship, the longest in the world until megavessels began making their appearance in the '90s, was built in 1962 and christened the France. It re-emerged as the Norway in 1980 and last underwent refurbishment in 1996.
SAD FINANCIAL STATE OF AFFAIRS
Dear Editor,
After lengthy and painful efforts to rationalize the behavior of our government in regards to many public policies, in particular the fiscal state of affairs, I must surmise that the entire legislative and executive branches have lost their minds. There is no other explanation for the madness that is happening.
What does the governor base his rosy picture of the local economy on? Especially when the rest of the country is facing recession, does it not stand to reason that people will engage in leisure travel less? Isn't leisure travel where we make most of our money? I'm no economist, but, please . . .
As for the Legislature, the squandering of money at a giddy pace is appalling. Priorities are entirely out of order. Waste needs to be reduced (by layoffs if necessary and definitely by reducing so-called "capital expenditures" which are really pork in disguise), if we are going to pay teachers, police officers, fire fighters, and other important and essential government employees what they are worth. Millions of dollars for a house plot at Drakes Seat is a gross example of misguided priorities.
I hate to say it, but our attitudes toward outside companies must change. While we must protect the interests of the islands, including the environment and our way of life, common ground must be found in negotiations. We can't have it "our way or no way" all the time. In these days of a global economy, no man is an island unto himself.
Dwayne Henry
Virgin Islander studying law in North Carolina.
After lengthy and painful efforts to rationalize the behavior of our government in regards to many public policies, in particular the fiscal state of affairs, I must surmise that the entire legislative and executive branches have lost their minds. There is no other explanation for the madness that is happening.
What does the governor base his rosy picture of the local economy on? Especially when the rest of the country is facing recession, does it not stand to reason that people will engage in leisure travel less? Isn't leisure travel where we make most of our money? I'm no economist, but, please . . .
As for the Legislature, the squandering of money at a giddy pace is appalling. Priorities are entirely out of order. Waste needs to be reduced (by layoffs if necessary and definitely by reducing so-called "capital expenditures" which are really pork in disguise), if we are going to pay teachers, police officers, fire fighters, and other important and essential government employees what they are worth. Millions of dollars for a house plot at Drakes Seat is a gross example of misguided priorities.
I hate to say it, but our attitudes toward outside companies must change. While we must protect the interests of the islands, including the environment and our way of life, common ground must be found in negotiations. We can't have it "our way or no way" all the time. In these days of a global economy, no man is an island unto himself.
Dwayne Henry
Virgin Islander studying law in North Carolina.
Editor's note: We welcome and encourage readers to keep the dialogue going by responding to Source commentary. Letters should be e-mailed with name and place of residence to source@viaccess.net.
SYMPATHY TO O'BRIEN FAMILY
Dear Source,
It was with much sadness that I read this morning of the death of Ed O'Brien. We were shocked to read of his tragic death. We were old friends of Ed going back 35 or more years. We used to sail to Tortola together.
To Barbara and his daughter, we extend our deepest heartfelt sympathies and love. We shall all miss him very much. May God bless his family and everyone.
Our love to all.
Sen. David A. Puritz and family
Aventura, Florida
It was with much sadness that I read this morning of the death of Ed O'Brien. We were shocked to read of his tragic death. We were old friends of Ed going back 35 or more years. We used to sail to Tortola together.
To Barbara and his daughter, we extend our deepest heartfelt sympathies and love. We shall all miss him very much. May God bless his family and everyone.
Our love to all.
Sen. David A. Puritz and family
Aventura, Florida
Editor's note: We welcome and encourage readers to keep the dialogue going by responding to Source commentary. Letters should be e-mailed with name and place of residence to source@viaccess.net.
GLOBAL UNREST SENDS NORWAY BACK TO CARIBBEAN
Sept. 24, 2001 – There's a silver lining for the Virgin Islands in the dark economic clouds on the horizon as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: The S/S Norway will be returning to St. Thomas and St. John for another year of service starting the last week of this year.
Norwegian Cruise Lines and its new parent company, Star Cruises, had announced plans to reposition the Norway to Asia beginning with the winter season. Its "farewell Atlantic crossing" sailed out of Miami on Sept. 2, bound for Southampton, England, with arrival on Sept. 18. But with the global unrest now, NCL/Star Cruises has decided to continue homeporting the ship in Miami for Eastern Caribbean cruises calling at Sint Maarten, St. Thomas and St. John, and the privately owned Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.
The Caribbean itinerary will begin Dec. 23 and continue "through at least December 2002," according to a release from The West Indian Co. The Norway will call in the territory on Thursdays, beginning Dec. 27.
"This is exceptionally good news in light of events of the last few days as we attempt to stabilize our tourism economy," Edward Thomas, WICO president, said in a release Monday. "The S/S Norway has been an economic staple, especially for Main Street, and its return for the peak of the season bodes very well for all of us."
The Norway has a passenger capacity of 2,032 and carries a crew of 900. With a draft of 35 feet, the ship is one of the few that has never docked at St. Thomas, instead anchoring in the outer harbor and transporting personnel to and from the waterfront aboard two large tenders that are carried from port to port aboard the vessel itself.
Before entering back into service in the Caribbean, the Norway will be in dry dock in Europe for the next three months undergoing refurbishing.
The bright blue vessel with its familiar twin smokestacks has been calling weekly at St. Thomas for two decades. In the 1990s, a morning drop-off stop at St. John was added, with passengers allowed to disembark, see St. John, then travel to St. Thomas by ferry to board the ship from the Charlotte Amalie waterfront in the afternoon. The ship, the longest in the world until megavessels began making their appearance in the '90s, was built in 1962 and christened the France. It re-emerged as the Norway in 1980 and last underwent refurbishment in 1996.
Norwegian Cruise Lines and its new parent company, Star Cruises, had announced plans to reposition the Norway to Asia beginning with the winter season. Its "farewell Atlantic crossing" sailed out of Miami on Sept. 2, bound for Southampton, England, with arrival on Sept. 18. But with the global unrest now, NCL/Star Cruises has decided to continue homeporting the ship in Miami for Eastern Caribbean cruises calling at Sint Maarten, St. Thomas and St. John, and the privately owned Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.
The Caribbean itinerary will begin Dec. 23 and continue "through at least December 2002," according to a release from The West Indian Co. The Norway will call in the territory on Thursdays, beginning Dec. 27.
"This is exceptionally good news in light of events of the last few days as we attempt to stabilize our tourism economy," Edward Thomas, WICO president, said in a release Monday. "The S/S Norway has been an economic staple, especially for Main Street, and its return for the peak of the season bodes very well for all of us."
The Norway has a passenger capacity of 2,032 and carries a crew of 900. With a draft of 35 feet, the ship is one of the few that has never docked at St. Thomas, instead anchoring in the outer harbor and transporting personnel to and from the waterfront aboard two large tenders that are carried from port to port aboard the vessel itself.
Before entering back into service in the Caribbean, the Norway will be in dry dock in Europe for the next three months undergoing refurbishing.
The bright blue vessel with its familiar twin smokestacks has been calling weekly at St. Thomas for two decades. In the 1990s, a morning drop-off stop at St. John was added, with passengers allowed to disembark, see St. John, then travel to St. Thomas by ferry to board the ship from the Charlotte Amalie waterfront in the afternoon. The ship, the longest in the world until megavessels began making their appearance in the '90s, was built in 1962 and christened the France. It re-emerged as the Norway in 1980 and last underwent refurbishment in 1996.
CARNIVAL COMMITTEE MEETING AND APPLICATIONS
The V.I. Carnival Committee has scheduled a regular general meeeting for 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, at the Committee's offices located across from the Department of Finance. Planning continues for the 50th celebration of the Virgin Islands Carnival.
For more information call 776-3112.
Applications are now available for the Carnival 2002 Prince and Princess Pageant. Contact Francisque Roberts at 774-1343 or the VICC at 776-3112.
Applications are also now available for the 2002 Carnival Queen Pageant. For more information contact Lorna Webster at 776-3112.
For more information call 776-3112.
Applications are now available for the Carnival 2002 Prince and Princess Pageant. Contact Francisque Roberts at 774-1343 or the VICC at 776-3112.
Applications are also now available for the 2002 Carnival Queen Pageant. For more information contact Lorna Webster at 776-3112.
ANTHON JACKSON, JR. FUNERAL
Anthon Jackson, Jr. died Thursday, Sept. 20. His funeral will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Viewing will precede the service from 5 to 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. at Creque's Chapel. Internment will be at Western Cemetery II.
He is survived by his wife Lorna Turnbull Jackson; sons Wayne, Clayton, Calvin, Cleve, Ulric, Courtney and Craig Jackson; daughters Charlene Jackson West, Cheri Jackson Griffith, and Monique Jackson Bute; brothers Rudolph, Roy and Keith Jackson; sisters Doreen Jackson VanPutten, Eleanor Jackson Thomas, Susan Jackson Hewitt, Calma and Clarice Jackson; 22 grandchildren, and many friends and relatives too numerous to mention.
He is survived by his wife Lorna Turnbull Jackson; sons Wayne, Clayton, Calvin, Cleve, Ulric, Courtney and Craig Jackson; daughters Charlene Jackson West, Cheri Jackson Griffith, and Monique Jackson Bute; brothers Rudolph, Roy and Keith Jackson; sisters Doreen Jackson VanPutten, Eleanor Jackson Thomas, Susan Jackson Hewitt, Calma and Clarice Jackson; 22 grandchildren, and many friends and relatives too numerous to mention.
NIFC SPONSORS CLOTHES CLOSET BAZAAR
The New Image Foumdation Corporation Policy Board is sponsoring the Clothes Closet Bazaar that starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29, continuing at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30, at the Vitraco Mall.
One can purchase beautiful previously owned clothing, books and furniture at greatly reduced prices. Get a free professional fashion and beauty consultation, tips on public speaking and enjoy a mini fashion.
Call 777-8883 for more details.
One can purchase beautiful previously owned clothing, books and furniture at greatly reduced prices. Get a free professional fashion and beauty consultation, tips on public speaking and enjoy a mini fashion.
Call 777-8883 for more details.
NIFC POLICY BOARD SPONSORS BAZAAR
The New Image Foundation Corporation is sponsoring the Clothes Closet Bazaar for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29, and at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30, at Vitraco Mall.
Come out and purchase beautiful previously owned clothing, books and furniture at greatly reduced prices. Get a free professional fashion and beauty consultation; tips on public speaking, and enjoy a mini fashion. Call 777-8883 for more details.
Come out and purchase beautiful previously owned clothing, books and furniture at greatly reduced prices. Get a free professional fashion and beauty consultation; tips on public speaking, and enjoy a mini fashion. Call 777-8883 for more details.
