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UPDATE: Padded invoices, lavish trips, bribes- Current & fmr USVI officials charged
VI CONSORTIUM
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
VI CONSORTIUM
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.
USVI Top CoP targeted in federal probe; Phones seized
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - The Federal Bureau of Investigation earlier this week delivered a target letter to V.I. Police Department Commissioner Ray Martinez and confiscated the cellphones of Mr. Martinez and his wife, the Consortium can confirm.
USVI: Tensions between Police & Judiciary after detective's death
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The shocking death of Detective Delberth Phipps by a gunman who was released on bail after being charged with first-degree murder in February, has once again placed the police and the judiciary at odds regarding the issue of bail.
Seat-belt use on decline in USVI; VIPD to take 'Immediate Action'
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Recent seat-belt safety statistics have shown a 5.3 percent decline in the use of seat belts among motorists in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).

