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May 4th, 2020
STT man accused of coercing, raping minor on several occasions

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— On Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 8:18pm, police arrested Timothy Brewer, age 32 of Smith Bay, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) and charged him with first-degree rape and unlawful sexual contact after allegedly coercing a female minor to engage in sexual acts on several occasions.

September 12th, 2019
USVI man sentenced to 45 years for raping 12 & 16- year-olds

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Gilroy D. Elcock, 47, of St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) was sentenced Tuesday, September 10, 2019 for six counts of production of child pornography, two counts of aggravated first-degree rape, and one count of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.

July 12th, 2019
8 years jail for Trini man who raped friend’s stepdaughter

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Security guard Andre Stedman, the 56-year-old Trinidadian accused of raping his friend’s stepdaughter about two years ago, has been sentenced to 8 years imprisonment at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut, Tortola.

June 12th, 2019
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.

April 19th, 2019
USVI boxer facing 15 years for rape, child porn

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CHARLOTTE AMILE, St. Thomas, USVI - A federal Grand Jury yesterday Thursday, April 18, 2019, returned a ten-count indictment against professional boxer John A. Jackson, 30 of St. Thomas, charging him with two counts of production of child pornography.

February 7th, 2019
USVI boxer John A. Jackson arrested on rape charge

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CHARLOTTE AMILE, St. Thomas, USVI — John A. Jackson, a United States Virgin Islands (USVI) boxer and son of boxing legend Julian Jackson aka ‘The Hawk’, was arrested on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, and charged with second-degree aggravated rape.

May 7th, 2018
Woman who accepted ride from stranger allegedly raped in USVI

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CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI— A woman who accepted a ride from a stranger told police on Saturday, May 5, 2018 that she was raped by the man after being driven to the Altona Lagoon in Christiansted, US Virgin Islands (USVI) [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glenn Dratte announced Sunday May 6, 2018.

April 26th, 2018
Prominent VI lawyer’s son gets 10 years in jail for rape

MANHATTAN, New York, USA- 23-year-old George Fay, whose father is a well-known figure in the judicial system in the Virgin Islands, was sentenced on Tuesday April 17, 2018 to 10 years in prison for raping a sleeping woman in an Upper East Side, New York apartment.

March 28th, 2018
47-year-old man in USVI admits to raping 14-year-old girl

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) man was arrested after allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in February 2018, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.

February 9th, 2018
Son of prominent VI based attorney convicted of rape in US

MANHATTAN, New York, USA- A 23-year-old man, whose father is a well-known figure in the judicial system in the Virgin Islands, was convicted Friday February 2, 2018 of raping a sleeping 20-year-old college student in an Upper East Side, New York apartment.

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