U.S. Virgin Islands

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: Security Increased in Wake of Tourist Killing, Suspect in Custody

Date: July 21st, 2010 |

Authorities bolstered security in tourist areas throughout the island after the shooting death of a teenage Carnival Cruise Lines passenger July 12. The security measures included increased police foot and mobile patrols, upgraded surveillance equipment and 24-hour camera monitoring. One suspect was arrested after turning himself in to police and further arrests were [read more]

U.S. Virgin Islands: National Park Expands

Date: September 12th, 2006 |

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It took five years of negotiations, but the Virgin Islands National Park that covers more than half the island of St. John will add 415 acres of white-sand beaches and jungle by the end of the year. The deal was brokered by the San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land, which will buy the land and [read more]

U.S. Virgin Islands: Assaults in Havensight, St. Thomas

Date: April 23rd, 2008 |

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Tourists in almost any cruise ship port stand out like sore thumbs, so prudence suggests that to avoid trouble they should know where they are going. A U.S. citizen was pistol whipped and robbed by four assailants when he wandered into the Oswald Harris Court housing community near the Havensight cruise ship dock area on [read more]

St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands: Unprovoked Assault on Tourist, Racial Tensions

Date: September 5th, 2006 |

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A tourist from Chicago visiting St. John for a wedding was brutally beaten by a youth with a shovel Aug. 10 when he was walking to his hotel from a bar late at night. He was unaware that taxi service shut down before bars closed and was told to walk toward the Westin Hotel and [read more]

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