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USVI police trying to locate homicide suspect Jabaar Mactavious
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) is searching for 29-year-old Jabaar Mactavious in connection with the homicide of Shaq’kil Roberts that occurred on April 16, 2020, in the Tutu area of St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI).
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.
4th COVID-19 death in USVI
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, April 26, 2020, announced the fourth COVID-19 death in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).
3 caught smuggling more than $3M in cash into STT
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents have intercepted a vessel with three men on board entering Brewers Bay, US Virgin Islands (USVI), transporting more than $3 million inside duffel bags, CBP has announced.
Armed masked men rob KFC on STT
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— Four masked men, one brandishing a firearm, on Monday night , April 20, 2020, stormed the Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant located in the Nisky Shopping Center on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) and robbed the establishment of an undisclosed amount of cash.
50 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in USVI; 43 recoveries so far
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI - The USVI Department of Health on Thursday revealed that five additional positive coronavirus cases brought the number of people in the territory who have been infected with the disease to 50. The department did not send the alert of new cases through the VITEMA Alert system.
2 killed in separate shootings on STT
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Shooting incidents on Wednesday morning and night, April 8, 2020, in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI), left two men dead at Hospital Ground, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Toby Derima announced.
USVI’s 1st COVID-19 death was 85-yr-old STT man
CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health (DOH) has released more information regarding the first person in the USVI to succumb to COVID-19 disease.
Confirmed USVI coronavirus cases climb to 40; No deaths
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - With no reported deaths, the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health, has provided the territory with its latest coronavirus update, revealing that there were 40 confirmed cases as of Friday night, April 3, 2020, territory-wide, with a number of people hospitalised.
Coronavirus effect: 1000 file unemployment claims in STT
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The state of emergency and territory-wide stay-at-home order will be extended for another 30 days — until at least April 30, 2020 — Governor of the US Virgin Islands (USVI), Mr Albert A. Bryan Jr said on Monday, March 20, 2020.