On Jan. 11 46-year-old Reynaldo Rafael Rivera, who was incarcerated on unrelated charges in Atlanta, GA, was placed under arrest pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by the Superior Court after being extradited to St. Thomas. Rivera was charged with 1st Degree Murder in the killing of Kenric Troy Mason, who was shot and killed on Dec. 26, 2001 in the area of Market Square East. No bail was set for Rivera, and he was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending his Advice of Rights hearing.
On Jan. 11 at approximately 2:38 a.m., St Croix police responded to a call of shots fired at a residence in Estate Sion Farm. Officers arrived and found an unresponsive male with multiple gunshot wounds. The man was identified as 34-year-old Ray Thomas who was the resident at the location. Later that day, at 6:23 p.m., police arrested Malik Iles, age 20 of Barren Spot, and charged him with 1st Degree Murder, Domestic Violence in connection with Thomas’ killing.
I reached out to Clarance Payne, President of the Virgin Islands Alliance for Consumer Justice, to provide his opinion on the Public Services Commission's decision on the rate increase.
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. is scheduled to deliver his State of the Territory Address today, Monday, January 13th. The address will be simulcasted on WTJX-FM 93.1, streamed on facebook.com and www.wtjx.org, and televised on WTJX-TV, Channel 12/90.
A Parents Teacher Association (PTA) meeting for parents of 11th-grade students at Charlotte Amalie High School at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 14 in the school’s Ruth E. Thomas Auditorium. Reverend Nelson Copeland (V.I. College Tour 2020) will be the guest speaker.