Category: Virgin Islands
St. Thomas Resident Pleads Guilty to Possessing Marijuana | USAO-VI
St. Thomas, USVI –United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Tashawn T.A. Warner, 24, resident of St. Thomas, V.I., pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of marijuana….
St. Thomas Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine | USAO-VI
St. Thomas, USVI – King Bob Leonard, 28, of St. Thomas, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for…
Tenth and Final Virgin Islands Defendant Involved in Complex Tax Fraud Scheme Convicted By St. Croix Jury in Federal Court | USAO-VI
ST. CROIX, USVI – After a six-day trial, a federal jury yesterday evening found Jacinta Gussie, age 58 of St. Croix, guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States; four…
Dominican Republic Man Charged with Illegally Reentering the United States | USAO-VI
ST. THOMAS – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that a Dominican Republican national was arrested Friday, June 11, 2021, on St. Thomas on criminal charges related to allegedly…
Man Pleads Guilty After Arriving at Cyril E. King Airport with Nine Vacuum Sealed Packages of Marijuana | USAO-VI
ST. THOMAS, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced on Tuesday that Kharim Moore pled guilty yesterday in federal court to possession with intent to distribute marijuana. According…
Nigerian National Arrested for False Claim to United States Citizenship | USAO-VI
ST. THOMAS, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a Nigerian national was arrested on June 4, 2021, at the Cyril E. King Airport on criminal charges related…
St. Croix Man Previously Convicted of a Felony Pleads to Firearm Charge In Federal Court | USAO-VI
ST. CROIX, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that yesterday, Lionel Woodley, 35, of St. Croix, appeared before Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon, Jr., in U.S. District Court…
St. Croix Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempting to Smuggle Cocaine Thru the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport | USAO-VI
ST. CROIX, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that yesterday, Zion Hazel, 24, of St. Croix, appeared before Visiting Judge Anne E. Thompson in U.S. District Court on…
St. Croix Man Convicted of Attempting to Smuggle Two Kilograms of Cocaine | USAO-VI
ST. CROIX – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that, after a week-long trial, a St. Croix federal jury convicted Keithley Parris, age 33, of St. Croix of Conspiracy to…
St. Croix Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Over 22 Kilos of Cocaine Through the Cyril E. King Airport | USAO-VI
St. Thomas, USVI –District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis, sentenced Jakwaan Sweeny, Jr., 22, of St. Croix, to 72 months incarceration for trafficking cocaine yesterday, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F….
