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A.J. Pike  St. Croix - On Friday, February 13, 2026, just after midnight, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a call in reference to multiple shots fired in the vicinity of Divi Carina Bay Casino, on the far east side of the island. Moments later, 911 received another call reporting a gunshot victim.        When Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers arrived on the scene, they observed a vehicle riddled with multiple bullet holes that had crashed into a palm tree

The St. Croix Mystery Series Murder Cries Out in the Caribbean! Tom Sedar’s Latest The King of St. Croix A serial killer is hunting in paradise, and private detective Mad Dog Cotton is his target. On the sun-soaked island of St. Croix, former Denver homicide detective “Mad Dog” Cotton is trying to relax—cold beer, warm water, no dead bodies. But his peaceful life is about to explode. Rick Hammer, Mad Dog’s former partner, arrives on a deadly mission. He’s after Alen Morton, a

A.J. Pike  St. Thomas - On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at approximately 6:10 am, an Officer of the Bureau of Corrections, St. Thomas, responded to a cry for help. Upon making contact, the Officer observed that inmate Rehelio Trant was in another inmate’s cell, standing over the inmate while holding a knife in his right hand. The other inmate was observed clutching his neck with blood on his hands and shouting for help.        Emergency Medical Services transported the victim

A.J. Pike  St. Croix - On January 22, 2026, at around 9:22 pm, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a Shot Spotter notification of two rounds fired on King Street, Frederiksted. Shortly thereafter, a report came in of an assault incident at the same location.        The Criminal Investigation Bureau Detective assigned to investigate the case found that on January 22, 2026, the victim was outside a bar in Frederiksted, when he encountered the suspect, Omar Garcia, who appear

M.A. Dworkin USVI - The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice (DOJ) in coordination with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) announced on January 28, 2026, the arrest and charges of four employees of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS) Medicaid Program, two employees of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and four of their family members and associates.        The actions follow a comprehensive twenty-month investigation into al

A.J. Pike St. Croix - The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched Police Officers at approximately 2:14 am to an automobile collision on Midland Road, St. Croix, on Monday, January 26, 2026.       The Traffic Investigation Bureau’s preliminary investigation revealed that there were seven individuals involved in the collision. Five individuals were taken to the Juan F. Luis Hospital for medical treatment. One of the vehicle occupants, 36-year old Alberto Lawrence, was pronounced

A.J. Pike St. Croix - On January 20, 2026, at approximately 4:00 pm, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a report of a man who attempted to strangle a woman during the course of a heated argument.       Upon the arrival of responding Detectives, they made contact with the victim who disclosed that she and Mr. Elijah Drew, got into a verbal altercation. The woman went on to say that Mr. Drew became enraged during the argument and placed a choke hold on her, restricting her

A.J. Pike St. Croix - While on Patrol in Christiansted Town, on Saturday, January, 17, 2026, the Special Operations Bureau were notified of a male cursing profanity and causing a disturbance in the Pan Am Pavilion business area. An eyewitness claims he was screaming about someone chasing him.       An Officer arrived on the scene and observed the male, later identified as 28-year old, Lafayette Artis, Jr., who then quickly exited the Pan Am Pavilion and eventually made his wa

A.J. Pike  St. Croix - Three men were found shot to death with fatal gunshot wounds to their heads at the Estate Concordia Dumpsite, in Queen’s Quarter, early Monday morning, January 19, 2026.       In what Police are calling a triple homicide, the victims have yet to be identified*. The report came in at approximately 8:00 am, when a citizen called into the 911 Emergency Call Center reporting that he found three men with gunshot wounds to the head near the garbage dumpsters

M.A. Dworkin       USVI - The VI Police Department (VIPD)/ Office of Highway Safety’s (VIOHS) Occupant Protection Program Manager, Denise Gomes, received national recognition at the 20th annual 2025 Kidz In Motion (KIM) Conference held recently in Madison, Wisconsin. KIM is the largest international conference focused specifically on keeping children safe in vehicles.       VIOHS Program Manager, Denise Gomes, was recognized for working “tirelessly to ensure that every child

A.J. Pike  St. Croix - On January 2, 2026, at around 12:39 am, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a report of an altercation between a male and female at a residence in Upper Love. Shortly thereafter, ShotSpotter notified VIPD that four shots were fired at the same location. Police Officers from the Patrol Division arrived on the scene and were informed by the female complainant that Edwardo Garcia Jr. fired shots at her. Officers immediately took Mr. Garcia Jr. into cust

A.J. Pike St. Croix - ShotSpotter detected around 30 rounds fired in the vicinity of Hospital Street in Frederiksted early Wednesday morning, sometime after 9:30 am, December 31, 2025, as residents also reported hearing numerous gunshots ringing out in the area.        According to information from the 911 Emergency Call Center, hospital personnel in the Emergency Room at Juan F. Luis Hospital (JFL) reported that a gunshot victim had been brought to the hospital via private v