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Man missing on St Croix since Sept. 19, 2019
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A man who on September 18, 2019 returned to St Croix from Massachusetts to be with his family, on September 19, 2019 went missing and hasn’t been seen since, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.
Man wanted in US for burglary arrested in USVI for shoplifting
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man wanted in Florida on several burglary charges was detained on Saturday, September 21, 2019 by security employees at the Petrus Plaza after he was seen on the establishment’s security cameras shoplifting, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer in the St Thomas-St John District, Karl Caesar, has announced.
Woman dies during hit & run in USVI
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A woman succumbed to injuries sustained during a hit and run incident on the backstreet in downtown Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Saturday night, September 7, 2019, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Karl Caesar made known via release Monday, September 9, 2019.
Elderly man mauled by pit bulls in own yard in USVI
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A man in his eighties was “losing a lot of blood” and clinging to life on Wednesday night, September 4, 2019 after being viciously attacked by five pit bull dogs that rushed him in his own yard in St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI).
Brothers found dead ‘in relaxed position’ in USVI
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Two brothers, one of them a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee, were found dead on Monday morning, August 19, 2019 lying in a relaxed position in their Mary’s Fancy home on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.
Gunmen open fire on crowded St Croix beach; 6 injured
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — What was otherwise a fun-filled day in Frederiksted, St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) at the popular “Floatopia” beach event on Sunday, July 28, 2019 came to an abrupt end when gunfire erupted in a dense crowd during the nighttime, sending a mass of people running for their lives as the gunmen made their way from the event to the streets, shooting through the throngs and injuring innocent individuals who attended the summer beach party.
23-year-old man shot dead in STT
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A man was shot dead in the wee hours of Thursday morning, July 4, 2019 in Subbase, St Thomas, according to [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer, Glen Dratte.
21 homicides so far in USVI for 2019
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) during its budget hearing on Thursday, June 27, 2019 provided detailed information relative to crime statistics for 2019.
Mentally ill man damages 30 vehicles in St John
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VALLEY ROAD, St John, USVI— The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) said Thursday June 13, 2019 that a mentally ill man on Wednesday took a metal object and damaged 30 vehicles in the St John Marketplace parking lot, US Virgin Islands (USVI).
USVI man set to take plea deal in rape trial shot dead
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— One of four men arrested in 2017 for his involvement in the East End Rape incident that rocked St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) was found shot to death inside a house in Frederiksted at about 10:38am on Tuesday June 11, 2019, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte confirmed to The Consortium.