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USVI Ports Officer charged with intent to distribute cocaine
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St Croix, USVI - A V.I. Port Authority officer allegedly admitted to federal investigators that he agreed to transport a bag containing drugs through the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport because his compensation for doing so would be $50,000.
USVI airports get over $2.5M in US Gov’t funding
WASHINGTON DC, USA – While the [British] Virgin Islands has to find its own funding for airport development, the US Virgin Islands (USVI) will be benefiting from over two million dollars ($2M) in funding for two of its airports.
St. Croix man gets 18 months for role in marijuana smuggling
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ST. CROIX, USVI — Gibbs Bully, 52, of St. Croix, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in District Count on one count of Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
Pilot was not licensed to fly multi-engine aircraft that crashed in USVI
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — The pilot who operated the plane that crashed at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Thursday night, December 7, 2017 killing all five occupants, including a member of the Stylee Band, was not licensed to operate a multi-engine plane like the one he operated that fateful night, according to official Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records obtained by The Consortium.
UPDATE: Stylee Band’s Kyle 'Kylo’ Sylvester among 5 dead in USVI plane crash
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Virgin Islands News Online can confirm that the member of Stylee Band who perished, along with 4 others, in a plane crash near the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Thursday night, December 7, 2017 is lead singer Kyle ‘Kylo’ Sylvester.
Bomb threat @ airport in St Croix prompts evacuation
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — A bomb threat on Delta Airlines on Saturday afternoon, July 15, 2017 forced a temporary evacuation at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI), according to information provided by 911, which was relayed to The Consortium by [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte.