{"id":24013,"date":"2015-06-15T22:48:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T22:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=24013"},"modified":"2015-06-15T22:48:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T22:48:28","slug":"dominican-and-grenadian-arrested-after-attempting-to-smuggle-61-haitians-into-st-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=24013","title":{"rendered":"Dominican And Grenadian Arrested After Attempting To Smuggle 61 Haitians Into St. Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; Kendrick Christopher, 47, a Grenadian national, and Jeard Shillingford,\u00a033, a Dominican national, were arrested June 11, 2015, on a criminal complaint charging them with\u00a0encouraging and inducing aliens to enter the United States in violation of law, United States Attorney\u00a0Ronald W. Sharpe announced today.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of their detention hearing on June\u00a012, 2015, U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller remanded b o t h m e n to the custody of the United States\u00a0Marshals Service pending further proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, the United States Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border\u00a0Protection intercepted the S\/V vessel Annpurna off the coast of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands on June 10,\u00a02015. The complaint states that the vessel was operated by both Christoper and Shillingford contained 61 Haitian nationals seeking to enter the United States illegally. If convicted of\u00a0encouraging and inducing aliens to enter the United States illegally, Christopher and Shillingford face a\u00a0maximum sentence of not more than five years in prison. If the offense was done for the purpose of\u00a0private financial gain, the sentence is not more than 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>United States Attorney Sharpe reminds the public that a complaint is merely a formal charging\u00a0document and is not evidence of guilt. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven\u00a0guilty.<\/p>\n<p>The case is being investigated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Coast Guard, and\u00a0the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security\u00a0Investigations. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David White.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. 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