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Mentally challenged man pepper-sprayed by USVI police dies
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department's internal affairs arm is investigating what was supposed to be a routine subdue matter, but instead resulted in the death of a man after he was brought to the Juan F. Luis Hospital.
Rape incident reported @ UVI dorm
VI CONSORTIUM
GOLDEN GROVE, St Croix, USVI- The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) in a statement provided to the Consortium Tuesday afternoon, April 20, 2021, said it was "deeply disturbed" by an allegation of sexual assault that is said to have occurred in one of the institution's dorm rooms on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) during the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
Yacht owner allegedly rapes employee during taxi ride in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
RED HOOK, St Thomas, USVI- — The owner of a yacht was arrested Saturday afternoon, April 10, 2021, for allegedly raping one of his employees while they were on a taxi from Red Hook to Yacht Haven Grande, police spokesman Toby Derima has announced.
11 shot, 4 dead in separate shootings in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Eleven people were shot and four are dead following three violent incidents on St Croix between Saturday night and the wee hours of Sunday morning, February 28, 2021, all of which were said to be separate, unrelated occurrences.
8 arrested on New Year's Day in USVI for celebratory gunfire
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) proved it was serious about arresting individuals who shot celebratory gunfire into the air on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, arresting a total of eight suspects — four on St Croix and four in the St Thomas-St John District — while detaining a total of sixteen individuals.
USVI man arrested on Internet Pornography charges against minor
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Police officers in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, arrested a 26-year-old St Croix man on multiple internet pornography charges perpetrated against a minor.
USVI woman arrested for cyber stalking & harassment
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Police in the US Virgin Islands on Friday, December 4, 2020, arrested a woman for allegedly creating over 200 telephone numbers through an online text messaging application to threaten and harass several individuals, including minors.
USVI police searching for men who forced cat to smoke marijuana
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) is seeking the community's assistance to identify and locate two men who were seen on video forcing a cat to smoke marijuana, according to police spokesman Toby Derima.
Human skull, bones discovered on USVI beach
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A local couple discovered a human skull and bones at Coakley Bay on the East End of St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) Thursday morning, September 24, 2020, triggering a number of questions relative to the origin of the finding.
54-year-old USVI woman arrested for having sex with minor
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— Police in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) have arrested a woman after she admitted to having sex with a minor for several months.

