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USVI: Martinez renews bid to overturn conviction
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI- Former Police Commissioner Ray Martinez is once again asking the District Court of the Virgin Islands to overturn the December, 2025 decision of a jury convicting him of five counts of honest services wire fraud, federal program bribery, money laundering conspiracy, and obstruction of justice.
USVI: Martinez files last-minute motion to postpone self-surrender
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI- Days before he is scheduled to surrender to the United States Marshals, former VIPD Commissioner Ray Martinez has asked the court for additional time, citing multiple medical conditions.
Jenifer O’Neal asks court to vacate verdict or grant new trial
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Jenifer O'Neal, the former Office of Management and Budget Director convicted alongside former VIPD Commissioner Ray Martinez on charges of fraud and bribery, has asked the court to either acquit her of the charges, or convene a new trial.
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.”
Key witness credibility questioned in Martinez–O’Neal corruption trial
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The federal corruption and bribery case against former Police Commissioner Ray Martinez and former Office of Management and Budget Director Jenifer O’Neal began Wednesday in the District Court of the Virgin Islands on St Thomas, with defence attorneys launching an early and direct attack on the credibility of the government’s central witness, David Whitaker.
Martinez & O'Neal trial moves forward as Feds hand over 'mountain of evidence'
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Government prosecutors are nearly done with providing massive amounts of discovery material to attorneys for two former public officials currently facing federal fraud charges.
Trial of Martinez & O’Neal delayed to December
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- As expected by many, the trial of Ray Martinez and Jenifer O'Neal for fraud and money laundering has been delayed, due to the volume of documents needing to be pored over as part of the discovery process.
UPDATE: Padded invoices, lavish trips, bribes- Current & fmr USVI officials charged
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- On Friday morning, January 10, 2025, Commissioner of Sports, Parks and Recreation Calvert White walked into the District Court's St Thomas courtroom. So did Jenifer O'Neal, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, Ray Martinez, former commissioner of the Virgin Islands Police Department, and Benjamin Hendricks, owner of A Clean Environment, which does business with the government.
USVI governor calls for resignations amid FBI probe into misuse of funds
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- US Virgin Islands Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr has called for the resignations of US Virgin Islands Police Commissioner Ray Martinez and Office of Management and Budget Director Jenifer O’Neal following an ongoing federal investigation into potential misuse of funds.
Federal agents seize phone & subpoena OMB Director Jenifer O'Neal
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MIAMI, Florida, USA- Jenifer O'Neal, director of the [US] Virgin Islands Office of Management and Budget, was served a search warrant and subpoena by federal agents earlier this week while in Florida, in a matter that is tied to the FBI's criminal investigation of Police Commissioner Ray Martinez, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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