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April 25th, 2022
USVI boxer Guilty on 6 counts of Child Sexual Abuse & Child Porn

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A federal jury on Friday, April 22, 2022, returned guilty verdicts on all six counts of child sexual abuse and child pornography production charges against St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) boxer John A. Jackson, who in February 2019 was arrested by federal authorities. As a result of the verdict, Jackson faces 15 years to life in prison.

September 7th, 2014
WICB/UNICEF host Child Protection Seminar

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI – About 20 people gathered at the Moorings Conference Room on Saturday September 6, 2014 to participate in the WICB/UNICEF Child Protection Seminar facilitated on behalf of the West Indies Cricket Board by Ms. Laurel Freeman from the Department of Social Services.

April 5th, 2013
Child Sexual Abuse reports alarming in VI – Stoutt-James

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Data in the Virgin Islands suggests that while reports of child abuse are decreasing within the Territory, incidents of child sexual abuse appear to be on the increase. This is according to Stacie T. Stoutt-James, a Senior Social Worker in the Social Development Department.

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