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A SEARCH is under way for a British woman who has gone missing from her yacht in the Caribbean.Sarm Heslop, 41, was last seen on board the 47ft

Police are investigating after a man was shot and injured Monday night on St. Croix, according to V.I. Police Department spokesman Toby Derima. The incident occurred at around 10:34 p.m. when the 911 call center received a report of multiple gunshots in Adventure Hill, in the vicinity of Paradise Road, Derima said in a news release. A man with gunshot wounds was brought to Luis Hospital in a private vehicle, where police interviewed the victim. “The victim reported that he did not have any...

A 34-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a shooting in a St. Croix neighborhood. Police also are seeking a 37-year-old man said to be an accomplice. Michelle Wakefield of Estate Concordia was arrested at 7:05 a.m. Wednesday on a warrant charging her with first-degree reckless endangerment, discharging or aiming a firearm, carrying of firearms openly or concealed, third-degree assault, possession of ammunition and third degree false reporting, V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima sa...

Rahkeem Swanston of Estate Whim, St. Croix, has been arrested a second time on illegal gun possession charges, after he was charged in connection with a shootout in July. Swanston, 20, also known as “Bobo,” was arrested Tuesday and charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm and possession and sale of ammunition, according to a news release from V.I. Police Department spokesman Toby Derima. Derima said officers working with “Phase 2 of the Virgin Islands Crime Initiativeâ�...