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Are some USVI horses drugged with cocaine & heroine before races?
VI CONSORTIUM
By Attorney Terri Griffiths, an animal lover & former USVI attorney general
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- In the US Virgin Islands (USVI), horses-racing is an unregulated sport. The statute providing for the new $30 million dollar Racino Development included a provision on anti-doping. The Senate rejected the anti-doping section. I drafted that anti-doping statute.
Ex-boyfriend brutally beats, rape former lover- USVI police
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Police on Thursday January 26, 2017 arrested a man they say is responsible for brutally beating then raping his ex-girlfriend, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte confirmed to The Consortium Saturday January 28, 2017.
DR man gets 41 months in USVI prison for drug crime
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Estanislao De Jesus, 47, of the Dominican Republic, to 41 months’ imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Judge Gomez also ordered De Jesus to pay a $100 special assessment and perform 300 hours of community service.
Chesterfield allegedly told Feds he was on assignment for Gov Mapp
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALE, St Thomas, USVI — Government House security detail Neal Chesterfield, allegedly caught with 21 kilos of cocaine and about $26,000 in cash while trying to board a Spirit Airlines flight at the Cyril E. King Airport in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Saturday evening, September 3, 2016 told federal officials that he was on his way to do an advance for USVI Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, explaining to the federal officials that the governor was set to travel in three to four days.
Magistrate DaBreo releases $30K from 2011 Antigua drug bust
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On Wednesday June 1, 2016 Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo released a cache of $30,000 which was seized along with cocaine in Antigua in 2011 in a trafficking case against Virgin Islander Luke Roy Joseph and one other man, also of the Virgin Islands.
2 VIslanders held with alleged cocaine in Venezuela
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two Virgin Islanders have been held in Venezuela after authorities there allegedly found a large quantity of cocaine in a vessel the men were in some time last week.
Le Shaughn Smith & Tarik Aaron remanded for alleged trafficking in narcotics
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two young men were today February 4, 2016 denied their pre-trial liberty when Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo opted not to grant bail for the offence of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
Two St Lucian women busted with cocaine in vaginas
NEWS SOURCE
Two St Lucian women who travelled to Guyana last week for a vacation will remain in the country as guests of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. They were arrested after being busted with a quantity of cocaine stashed in their vaginas.
Drug accused Donald George granted $300K bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While his co-accused were all granted bail sometime in September, 2015 Donald George only successfully secured his partial liberty on Friday October 9, 2015 in the High Court.
Drug Destruction Order carried out over the weekend
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force carried out the destruction of 17 bales of cocaine at the Incinerator Plant at Pockwood Pond last Saturday morning August 1, 2015.
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