Police & Courts

Keilin Lopez Lopez, a man hired to work on the reconstruction of the Cyril E. King Airport, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance.

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A St. Thomas man was treated at the Schneider Regional Medical Center Saturday after being shot by an unknown suspect, the V.I. Police Department reported. At about 11 p.m. Aug. 1 police officers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of the Nisky Center intersection.

A chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2020 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as reported by the VIPD. Cases are broken down by island. While this list is based on VIPD reports, unlike the police and some media, the Source does not include suicides or vehicular homicides in its listing, which can cause a disparity in the number of incidents reported.

A 26-year-old St. Croix man was was shot and killed at 3:25 p.m. Friday, the second homicide on St. Croix in less than 12 hours, the V.I. Police Department reported.

A man was killed by gunshots Friday morning at a business in Estate Pearl, the V.I. Police Department reported. The victim was identified by family members as 27-year-old Aaron Joseph.

The appointment of two local prosecutors to the V.I. Superior Court bench is the latest in a series of moves to stamp out gun violence in the territory, Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. announced during a news conference Monday.

The V.I. Police Department is investigating a report of shots being fired in the early morning Sunday. According to police, at about 2:10 a.m. July 26 police officers were dispatched to a report of shots being discharged on St Croix.

Two men were charged with a variety of crimes in a carjacking that took place June 23, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert reported in a news release issued Friday.

V.I. Police Department officers arrested two men Wednesday after a traffic accident, charging them with possession in an unlicensed firearm.