Puerto Rico Governor’s 2 Cousins Guilty In Embezzlement Case
SAN JUAN (AP) — Two cousins of Puerto Rico’s Gov. Pedro Pierluisi pleaded guilty Thursday for embezzling an estimated $3.7 million in federal funds earmarked for the management of public housing on...
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Caribbean Armed Violence Fueled By Small-Scale Gun Traffickers, Report Says
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — High rates of gun violence in the Caribbean are being fueled by small-scale trafficking, largely from the United States, via shipping firms, commercial airlines and by post,...
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Man Accused of Putting Hidden Camera In Public Bathroom On Royal Caribbean Ship
SAN JUAN (CNN) — The FBI’s San Juan Division is working to identify potential victims after a man was charged with video voyeurism and attempted possession of child exploitation material for...
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Trump Pleads Not Guilty In Federal Documents Case
MIAMI (Reuters) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials...
View ArticleSt. Croix Man Pleads Guilty To Illegal Gun Possession
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix admitted in federal court that he illegally possessed a gun. Roniel Allembert, 22, of St. Croix, pleaded guilty before U. S. Magistrate Judge Emile A, Henderson, III, to...
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Haiti ex-senator pleads guilty for role in president’s 2021 assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Former Haitian Senator Joseph Joel John pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges in a U.S. court for his role in the 2021 assassination of the Caribbean country’s last...
View ArticleA main suspect in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A former justice official considered one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 was arrested Thursday in Haiti’s capital after being on...
View ArticleSt. Croix Man Gets 4 Months For Having Gun In A School Zone
CHRISTIANSTED — A 22-year-old man who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in a school zone was given four months in prison by a federal judge, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith said. Roniel Allembert,...
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Wahilli James gets six years under RICO Act after 2013 Gems jewelry store...
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man has been sentenced to serve six years in prison for his role in the 2013 armed robbery of Gems and Gold Corner jewelry store on St. Thomas. Wahilli Nasco James, 28, of...
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Lame duck governor frees 7 hardened criminals in time to join in Christmas...
CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan has granted clemency to seven individuals — issuing pardons for six and commuting the sentence of one — offering second chances and fresh starts to people who...
View ArticleJudge in Haiti issues arrest warrants accusing former presidents and prime...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A judge in Haiti has issued arrest warrants for more than 30 high-ranking officials accused of government corruption, including numerous former presidents and prime ministers....
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Two St. Croix Men Could Face Death Penalty If Convicted of Castaways Bar Slaying
CHRISTIANSTED — Two St. Croix men accused in the gunpoint robbery killing of a federal hurricane recovery worker could face the death penalty if convicted, the prosecutor said. Enock Justin Cole, 25,...
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Ohio Man Arrested For Wire Fraud, Identity Theft For Scrap Copper Scheme In...
CHRISTIANSTED — An Ohio man was arrested Monday on wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in connection to a scrap copper salvage scheme in St. Croix. Mitch G. Stevenson, 61, of Columbus,...
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Meta keeps booting small-business owners for being hacked on Facebook
MENLO PARK — Sheela Lalani is one of many small-business owners who depend on social platforms to generate extra holiday revenue. Her Instagram shop with unique, artisan-made children’s...
View ArticleKey points of AP report into missed red flags surrounding accused US...
MIAMI (AP) — Friends and colleagues of Manuel Rocha knew him for an aristocratic, almost regal, bearing that was fitting for an Ivy League-educated career U.S. diplomat who held top posts across Latin...
View ArticleFormer career US diplomat to admit working for decades as a Cuban...
MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat told a federal judge Thursday he will plead guilty to charges of working for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba, an unexpectedly swift resolution...
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Former St. Croix Chamber of Commerce President charged with ‘misusing’ $500K...
CHRISTIANSTED — Prosecutors allege that the co-owners of St. Croix-based Island Services Group used emergency federal financial assistance meant to help American businesses impacted by COVID-19 for...
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Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens was called a “fraudster” in a...
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors were put on notice as far back as 2016 that Alexander Smirnov, the confidential FBI informant whose alleged lies about President Biden’s business dealings fueled —...
View ArticleSarm Heslop’s mother asks President Biden for help in finding her missing...
LONDON — The mother of a British woman who went missing three years ago when she vanished from a boat in St. John has appealed to President Joe Biden for help to find her. Sarm Heslop was living and...
View ArticleBVI drug kingpin gets 10 years in prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The reputed leader of BVI’s drug cartel got 10 years hard time from a judge. Ruben Reyes-Barel, 37, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 120 months incarceration after...
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