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Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol boat.In a statement issued late Saturday, the U.S. attorney's office in the three-island U.S. Caribbean territory said Roberto Tapia was ordered held without bail pending a Tuesday hearing. He is the director of environmental enforcement for the Virgin Islands' Department of Planning and Natural Resources.A criminal complaint filed in the U.S. islands' district court alleges federal agents observed Tapia using one of the department's boats in a drug trafficking conspiracy. They allege Tapia was armed, uniformed and possessed a bag containing more than 15 pounds (seven kilograms) of cocaine when arrested Friday.The case is being investigated by several local and U.S. agencies, including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Coast Guard and a public corruption task force...
A new FBI director has been named for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.Carlos Cases will oversee FBI operations in both U.S. territories. He previously was di...
Police in the U.S. Virgin Islands have arrested two men and one teenager in connection with an armed robbery and the shooting of a police chief and another officer.A...
The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has vetoed a bill that would have made it easier to track spending by the Caribbean territory's government.The bill would req...
Justice officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands have exonerated a police officer accused of destruction of evidence, extortion and embezzlement.Deputy Attorney General ...
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are partnering to better manage and preserve their coastal and ocean resources.Puerto Rico's natural resources secretary says...
Two police officers have been wounded and a suspect has been killed in a shootout in the U.S. Virgin Islands.Police said in a statement Sunday that the officers were...
An inmate at a troubled prison in the U.S. Virgin Islands has been arrested after police said they found 48 small bags of marijuana on him along with two scales.Poli...
The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands says he has created a committee to investigate numerous allegations of fraud and corruption during the recent general...
Police in the U.S. Virgin Islands say a 24-year-old New York City man is facing murder and other charges for allegedly killing an islander last year.In a statement S...
Federal authorities say they have seized 228 kilograms (502 pounds) of cocaine during a traffic stop in the U.S. Virgin Islands.U.S. officials say St. Croix police o...
Two employees of the U.S. Virgin Islands' tax bureau are accused of leading a scheme that pilfered as much as $500,000 from the government using fraudulent tax refun...
A New York native is facing criminal charges of unlawful sexual contact with children in the U.S. Virgin Islands.Police detectives on the U.S. territory's main islan...
For once, we're masters of our own destiny -- in paradise, no less.Really.Now if we can just survive the week of togetherness!My far-flung gang has come to the Briti...
A motorboat overloaded with Haitian migrants slammed into a reef off the British Virgin Islands and capsized Monday as it tried to evade authorities. Five people wer...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S Virgin Islands (AP) — A 14-year-old Puerto Rican tourist was killed in front of her horrified family when she was caught in the crossfire of a ...
Rescuers were searching for at least 10 missing migrants — including two Sri Lankans — in choppy waters off the British Virgin Islands after their flimsy boat collid...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Police in the U.S. Virgin Islands have arrested a man for allegedly shooting his sister and a teenage niece to death aft...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — A Taiwanese couple in the U.S. Virgin Islands has received what the Justice Department says are the longest prison sente...
A former senator in the U.S. Virgin Islands has pleaded guilty to racketeering in a public corruption case.Alvin Williams entered the plea to one of nine charges aga...
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