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New York Man Charged with Making Bomb Threats

On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Gilbert Brady, 54, of New York, was arrested in St. Thomas on criminal charges for allegedly making bomb threats involving the Beach Bar in Wharfside Village, St. John.

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