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A.J. Pike St. Croix - On Monday March 30, 2026, at around 7:00 pm, the 911 Emergency Call Center received alerts from the Shot Spotter Detection System that a number of shots had been fired in the vicinity of the Gas For Less Gas Station in Estate Diamond across from the Sunny Isles Shopping Center.       Shortly after, calls began to come in from residents who had heard the multiple shots fired and reported a male was lying wounded on the ground near the gas station. When VI

A.J. Pike  St. Croix - Over two-hundred rounds of ammunition were fired in a gunfight that took place in the vicinity of Carlos Bar in Christiansted on St. Croix just before dawn on Sunday March 29, 2026. Two individuals with gunshot wounds were transported to Juan F. Luis Hospital by private vehicle.       At around 4:50 am, the 911 Emergency Communications Center received a ShotSpotter notification indicating over 200 rounds were fired in the Peter’s Rest area near Carlos B

A.J. Pike St. Thomas - A robber who was apparently involved in a string of robberies was shot dead when he decided to tangle with and rob ‘the wrong guy.’       On Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 1:09 am, Patrol units traveled to a report of an armed robbery that took place on the east side of St. Thomas. Upon their arrival, a victim reported that he was robbed at gunpoint by several males dressed in all black and wearing face masks. The victim stated that one of the suspects ap

A.J. Pike St. Croix - The Virgin Islands Police Department is investigating a series of nine burglaries that have occurred at businesses around Frederiksted and the North Shore on Thursday March 19, 2026, within a 24-hour time frame.        The suspects were heavily armed and described as Black males wearing black clothing who fled on foot after the execution of these brazen crimes.       The following businesses were robbed during the course of this string of burglaries: Fro

A.J. Pike St. Croix - Donnie Heywood, wanted for Attempted Murder in the shoot-up at the Frederiksted Fish Market in March 2025 is now in Police custody.        On March 2, 2025, at around 3:15 pm, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a notification of multiple shots being fired in the vicinity of the Frederiksted Fish Market. Police Officers from the Patrol Division were dispatched and contacted two gunshot victims at the scene. A third gunshot victim traveled to Juan F. L

A.J. Pike St. Croix - On Friday, March 13, 2026 at 8:41 am. The 911 Emergency Call Center received a report of an activated alarm at the popular Purple Papaya store in the Pan Am Pavilion in downtown Christiansted. When responding Patrol Officers arrived they observed that the business was burglarized.        A member of the Burglary Unit was notified and traveled to Purple Papaya where contact was made with the owner who indicated the glass was broken on one of the display w

A.J. Pike ST. Croix - On Sunday, March 15, 2026, at approximately 12:02 pm, the 911 Emergency Call Center notified the Traffic Investigation Bureau (TIB) of a one vehicle automobile collision that occurred on the southern shoulder of Queen Mary Highway in the vicinity of The Market STX Supermarket in Frederiksted.        Upon the TIB Officers arrival at the scene, members of the FireEMS were preparing to extricate the two occupants from the vehicle. Emergency Medical Technici

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) through the Division of Libraries, Archives & Museums, is alerting the public to the confirmed theft of one of the three Fire Burn Queens  - a mahogany crafted statue - from the North Art Gallery at the Fort Frederik Museum in Frederiksted, St. Croix. The Department reported the theft to the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD)  on February 24, 2026, and an investigation is currently underway.

A.J. Pike  USVI - V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced that 21-year old Ryan Branch has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the April 2024 shooting death of veteran Milton “BoBo” Gordon in downtown Christiansted.         The Honorable Judge Venetia H. Velazquez of the Virgin Islands Superior Court imposed the sentence. Mr. Branch had previously been released pending sentencing but was immediately taken into custody following the court’s decision. In January, Mr

A.J. Pike St. Thomas - On Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 5 pm, Detectives and Officers of the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) were dispatched to the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital in reference to a rape. Upon arrival, contact was made with the minor female victim and her mother.        The victim stated that the incident occurred at her residence on December 12, 2025, during a power outage, on St. Thomas, between the hours of 11:00 pm and 3:00 am. She also stated that

A.J. Pike  St. Croix - On February 3, 2026 ShotSpotter registered shots fired in Frederiksted near Queen Street and Market Square. Officers arriving on the scene found multiple spent cartridge casings and several vehicles damaged by gunfire. Shortly thereafter, a gunshot victim arrived at the Emergency Room of Juan F. Luis Hospital.       A Detective from  the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) was assigned to investigate the case. It was revealed that an argument between th

A.J. Pike  St. Thomas - Despite a great deal of public sympathy and outpouring of cries of  innocence and judicial misconduct, well-known restaurateur, owner of St. Thomas Social in Yacht Haven Grande, Brett “Mac” McClafferty sits in a jail cell after being arrested on multiple charges linking him to a sprawling fraud investigation that involves nearly $900,000 in fictitious financial instruments.       The probe was sparked by a complaint in June 2024 by Banco Popular de Pue