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USVI: Man arrested @ STT airport with unregistered gun pleads guilty
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A man arrested after authorities said he brought an unregistered firearm to Cyril E. King Airport in December has agreed to plead guilty to one of the charges filed against him, under a deal that includes a recommended jail sentence, a fine, and forfeiture of the weapon.
USVI: Martinez & O’Neal found guilty on all corruption charges
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The federal corruption trial that has gripped the U.S. Virgin Islands reached a landmark conclusion Thursday afternoon , as a jury found former Police Commissioner Ray Martinez and former Office of Management and Budget Director Jenifer O’Neal guilty on all counts, convicting two of the territory’s most powerful former public officials of a sweeping scheme that prosecutors said “walked into corruption willfully.”
Popular USVI jockey Kevin Krigger pleads guilty to gun charges in Utah
UTAH, USA- Popular US Virgin Islands (USVI) jockey, Kevin Krigger, who thrillingly rode Floki’s Flight to victory over Pure Speight in the feature encounter of the Labour Day Races at the Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack on St Thomas on August 30, 2025, has found himself afoul of the law on the mainland, USA.
USVI: Drunk driver gets 5 years after fatal crash & year on the run
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Kaley L. Lund has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Marvin Barton.
Popular JTV reporter Cathy O. Richards found guilty of uttering forged documents
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A jury in the High Court of the Virgin Islands, on July 15, 2025, returned mixed verdicts for two Japhix Entertainment (JTV Channel 55) staff charged with uttering forged documents.
‘I am very heartbroken’- Mother of minor indecently assaulted by policeman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The mother of the female victim who was indecently assaulted by a police officer on two occasions, including at a police station in 2015, has expressed frustration that the offender was not given the maximum sentence.
Akeem Hopkinson guilty of 2021 Murder
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- According to reports reaching our news centre, Akeem Hopkinson was found guilty of the 2021 murder of Catherine Pickering today, February 25, 2025.
Police officer guilty of indecent assault on a minor to be sentenced Nov 27
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A police officer who was found guilty of indecent assault on a minor in the Magistrate’s Court on May 29, 2024, is to be sentenced on November 27, 2024.
Rohan Williams found guilty of 2019 murder & rape of Lenia Lettsome-Green
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- St Vincent and the Grenadines national Rohan Williams has been found guilty of the 2019 murder and rape of Lenia Lettsome-Green.
Pickering-Maynard sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for drug smuggling plot
MIAMI, Florida, USA- United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams today, June 20, 2024, sentenced former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard to 9 years in prison for her involvement in a drug smuggling plot that also implicated her son Kadeem S. Maynard and former premier Andrew A. Fahie.


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