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WTJX NEWSFEED: July 9, 2024

By Isabelle Teare

Published July 9, 2024 at 5:58 PM AST

Community members gather at the “All Things ADA Expo” held on St. Thomas at the Eldridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed, the Virgin Islands Police Department releases the identity of the man who was shot and killed at Brewers Beach on St. Thomas Monday. Miguel Marrero, the man who admitted shooting a mother and her minor daughter at a housing community on St. Croix, has been detained in federal custody after a District Court judge determined him to be a danger to the community. And Governor Albert Bryan Jr. proclaimed July to be “Disability Pride Month,” with an “All Things ADA Expo” event on St. Thomas to provide education and resources to the community. Listen to these stories and more.

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Isabelle Teare

Isabelle Teare is the Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of WTJX. She also serves as a multi-media journalist for the System – writing print stories, reporting for the radio NewsFeed, and hosting <i>Trial Watch</i>, a live online program that covers high-profile cases in the territory. Isabelle is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she specialized in radio broadcast and audio storytelling. Born in Brooklyn but raised on St. Thomas since the age of seven, she attended and graduated from Antilles School before moving to Washington, D.C., where she earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in Justice and Peace Studies. Originally planning to pursue a career in law, Isabelle worked as a paralegal on St. Thomas for several years before deciding to follow her passion for storytelling.

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