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A.J. Pike  St. Croix - At approximately 8 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the 911 VITEMA Emergency Call Center received several reports of shots fired in Estate Rattan and the reports indicated that two people had been shot. Officers responded to the call and found a woman lying unresponsive on the ground and a man suffering from a gunshot wound.        Emergency medical personnel also responded to the call and upon examination pronounced the female dead at the scene. The

A.J. Pike St. Croix - At approximately 1:15 pm on Saturday, December 27, 2025, the 911 Emergency Call Center received several calls relating to a shooting near the Crab Queen seafood restaurant in Estate Glynn, St. Croix.          VIPD officers responded to the scene and immediately found an unresponsive male inside a vehicle. The victim, who was later identified as D’Andre Friday, age 25, was slumped over in the driver’s seat where he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to

A.J. Pike St. Thomas - A reckless car crash on St. Thomas’ Veterans Drive in the early morning hours of Christmas Day caused the death of a pedestrian and the driver of the vehicle.        VIPD reported that the car was apparently speeding when traveling westbound on Veterans Drive when it lost control in the vicinity of Rue de St. Barthelemy, and ran up on the curb, continuing along the sidewalk where it struck a pedestrian who was walking on the south side of the roadway. A

A.J. Pike St. Croix - On November 22, 2025, at around 9:54 pm, the 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched patrol units to a reported domestic disturbance at Estate Richmond, St. Croix.        Detectives of the Criminal Investigation Bureau who were assigned to investigate the case, found there was a heated family dispute over internet service. The suspect, identified as 21-year old Chrismel Berra, allegedly went berserk and assaulted two older adult female family members over

A.J. Pike St. Croix - The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) has been investigating a series of vehicular hit and run and physical assaults that have taken place over the past few weeks. With a recent incident on Friday, November 28, 2025, in LaGrange, Frederiksted at around 6:30 am, where a woman was physically attacked causing injuries. Another incident occurred on October 23, 2025, at about 5:55 pm, at the Villa La Reine, Pueblo parking lot, where a pedestrian was hi

A.J. Pike St. Croix - The St. Croix 911 Emergency Call Center received a radio transmission from an officer on Thursday November 27, 2025, at around 11:40 pm regarding shots fired on Northside Road in the vicinity of Pueblo Supermarket in Golden Rock, Christiansted.        Upon arrival, the officers found a vehicle with two males who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. They were transported by ambulance to the Juan F. Luis Hospital. One male sustained a non-life-threatenin

A.J. Pike USVI - V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced that the Honorable Judge Ernest E. Morris, Jr. sentenced 34 year-old Kertis Tonge, Jr. to a life sentence without parole on November 19, 2025, for the murder of Quanza Heath.        This sentence comes after a jury convicted Mr. Tonge, on September 10, 2025, of Murder in the First Degree, Murder in the Second Degree, Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Third Degree, Reckless Endangerment, Unauthorized Pos

A.J. Pike St. Croix - On Monday, November 17, 2025, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a call at about 12:11 pm, from a concerned citizen who reported that a male was lying in the bushes and that he appeared to be unresponsive in Castle Burke, Frederiksted.       Emergency Medical Technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced the male dead. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body.       The deceased was identified by his next of kin as 33 year-old Mal

A.J. Pike St. Thomas - The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) in close collaboration with the Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) and our federal partners, are continuing to investigate a series of bomb threats targeting public schools on St. Thomas. These threats have caused significant disruptions to learning environments and unnecessary alarms within the community.        As of Tuesday, November 18, 2025, VIPD confirms that six minors from Charlotte Amalie H

A.J. Pike St. Croix - At approximately 9:30 am on Sunday, November 16, 2025, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a report of a structural fire at the Lost Dog Pub in Frederiksted, St. Croix.        Upon arrival of a unit, emergency responders found a commercial building fully engulfed in flames. One individual was inside the building at the time; that person was safely evacuated.        Fire crews arrived on the scene and contained the fire, ensuring that it did not spread

A.J. Pike  St. Croix - On Friday, November 7, 2025, at approximately 8:08 am, Officers from the School Security Bureau assigned to the St. Croix Central High School were informed by school officials that a student had made threats to shoot anyone who approached.        Officers and the staff at the St. Croix Central High School immediately took precautionary measures and conducted a search of the minor’s backpack. The search resulted in the discovery of a fully loaded, black-

A.J. Pike St. Croix - On June 15, 2025, at approximately 3:53 am, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a report of an assault in Estate St. Georges. Reports indicated that the victim was an elderly male who was beaten unconscious and subsequently transported by ambulance to the Juan F. Luis Hospital Emergency Room.        Upon the arrival of the responding Criminal Investigation Bureau Detectives at the Hospital, they contacted the victim, who was still unconscious and sust