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Chesterfield sentenced to 5 years, 8 months in Federal Prison
VI CONSORTIUM
ST THOMAS, USVI—Former Government House Security Officer, Neal Chesterfield, 41, was sentenced before District Judge Curtis Gomez to 70 months incarceration for his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert, announced Thursday, June 14, 2018. Gomez also sentenced Chesterfield to five years of supervised release and $100 special assessment.
Small plane diverted to STT after reporting emergency
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST Thomas, USVI - A single engine small plane, registered as ‘Tradewinds’ was on June 13, 2018, forced to make an emergency landing in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) at the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas.
Ex DPNR Officer Gerald Mercer guilty of cocaine smuggling @ King Airport
VI CONSORTIUM
CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI - Former Department of Planning and Natural Resources Officer Gerald Mercer, 43, was found guilty by a jury in federal court on Thursday, May 31, 2018, before District Judge Curtis Gomez of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute not less than 50 and not more than 150 kilograms of cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced today.
Previously deported Mexican arrested @ Cyril E. King Airport in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Filiberto Moreno, 50, of Mexico, was arrested today on a complaint charging him with illegal reentry into the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Moreno made his initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller and was detained pending further proceedings.
2 VI men arrested @ STT airport for alleged cocaine possession
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- — Jason Frett, 36, and Ashley Warner, 54, both of Tortola, were arrested today, May 24, 2018 on a complaint charging them with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
Security detail for Mapp administration arrested by feds on drug offenses
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A former [U.S.] V.I. Port Authority officer and current Kenneth E. Mapp administration security detail, serving as a security guard for Juel Molloy, was apprehended at the Cyril E. King Airport on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands on Saturday September 3, 2016, multiple sources with knowledge of the incident have told this publication.
USVI man bribes public official in bid to smuggle illegal aliens into US
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — On Friday February 12, 2016, Miguel Rodriguez Ramirez, 45, pleaded guilty in the USVI District Court to bribery of a public official, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced via press release.
Detroit man arrested attempting to smuggle marijuana into USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Deonte Bailey, 24, made his initial appearance on Sunday January 31, 2016 before US Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in a complaint with possession with intent to distribute marijuana into the US Virgin Islands, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe and US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) [US] Virgin Islands Area Port Director Louis Harrigan announced through a press release on February 1, 2016.
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