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Georgia man allegedly traveled to St Croix with 4lbs of ganja to sell
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced Wednesday, May 19, 2021, that Ra’Kheel Velasquez of Georgia was arrested May 14, 2021, on a warrant signed by District Court Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon, Jr for the charges of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute by person on board aircraft.
Mentally challenged man pepper-sprayed by USVI police dies
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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.
USVI woman uploads fake COVID-19 test result into USVI travel portal
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A US Virgin Islander has been arrested for allegedly uploading a fake Covid-19 test result into the USVI Travel Portal, according to information provided to the Consortium by [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Toby Derima, along with a probable cause fact sheet in the VI Superior Court on St Croix, US Virgin Islands.
Man held for entering fake COVID-19 docs into USVI travel portal
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- A man traveling to St Croix was the first person to be arrested for allegedly submitting fraudulent COVID-19 documents into the USVI travel portal, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Toby Derima has confirmed to the Consortium.
55-year-old woman is USVI’s 26th COVID-19 death
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CHRISTIANSTED, ST Croix, USVI - A 55-year-old woman from St. Croix was the 26th person to die from COVID-19 related causes in the U.S. Virgin Islands, announced the V.I. Department of Health Thursday night, March 25, 2021.
WAPA slapped with $48M Breach of Contract Lawsuit
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) has been hit with a lawsuit from Wärtsilä North America, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based firm which in March 2017 entered into an engineering, procurement and construction agreement (EPC Agreement) with WAPA to design, engineer, procure equipment for, construct, start-up and test an LPG-fired reciprocating engine power plant at the Randolph Harley Generating Complex in St Thomas.
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.
USVI Gov’t gifts itself 50 New Vehicles; $1M cash in Honda settlement
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Honda agreed to provide the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands with 50 cars worth $2.1 million as part of a settlement for the company's role in the lawsuit brought by the USVI government on behalf of residents against Takata Corporation and its U.S. subsidiary, TK Holdings, Inc.
USVI sets 50,000 vaccination goal
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- On the US mainland, some scholars are confident that the country will achieve Covid-19 herd immunity by April, a projection that would end the pandemic, by some estimates, rather early. Particularly, Johns Hopkins professor Martin Makary wrote in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed that the US will achieve the feat, pointing to a steep 77 percent decline in cases in the past six weeks.