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Search ends for migrants of capsized vessel off VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The search for possible survivors of a boat that reportedly capsized in waters off the Virgin Islands sometime between the night of July 9, 2016 and Monday morning, July 11, 2016 ended on Saturday July 16, 2016 ended after US Coast Guard rescue efforts yielded no signs of possible survivors.
Ashemba Frett sentenced to 3 months in US prison
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — United States' District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced on Thursday, July 7, 2016 Ashemba Frett, 22, of Tortola, [British] Virgin Islands, to three months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for encouraging and inducing aliens to illegally enter the United States, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
Mother of Clyde D. Lloyd still awaiting STT death confirmation
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Mother of Clyde D. Lloyd Jr, Yvette Todman confirmed with this news site that as at today February 23, 2016, there has been no final confirmation from the Virgin Islands Police Department in St Thomas, USVI on whether the remains in their custody are those of her son, feared drowned following a US Coast Guard operation on February 14, 2016.
Clyde D. Lloyd Jr found dead in St Thomas
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) had reported that they had launched a probe into a missing man from Tortola following an incident around February 14, 2016 where the United States Coast Guard had conducted a major operation against alleged trafficking of illegal immigrants in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) waters.
Ashemba Frett facing 20 years in prison for alien smuggling
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Ashemba Frett, 22, of Tortola, [British] Virgin Islands, made his initial appearance before US Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in a complaint with encouraging and inducing aliens to illegally enter the United States, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced on Tuesday February 16, 2016.
US Coast Guard gets new ship to patrol Eastern Caribbean waters
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERICKSTED, St Croix, USVI - The United States Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier was commissioned into service during a ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday afternoon January 29, 2016, a press release issued the same day has made known.
UPDATE: Police & Customs seek occupant of abandoned boat
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and Her Majesty’s Customs are looking for a man who ran a boat aground in Freshwater Pond area in West End, Tortola last night November 10, 2014 and fled the scene to escape being detained as firstly reported by this news site.
UPDATE: US Coast Guard ends search for ‘missing’ mystery aircraft
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI – The US Coast Guard (USCG) ended a search for an aircraft reported missing off the north coast of St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) at approximately 8 P.M. yesterday, December 22, 2013.
Haitians’ manslaughter trial: woman kept crying for her two babies
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – US Coast Guard, Carlos Diaz Colon, gave testimony yesterday, October 29, 2012 about rescue efforts made by his team on the night of a mishap that resulted in the deaths of 8 persons when a boat crashed into a reef near the shores of Brandy Wine Bay.
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