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WTJX NEWSFEED: August 28, 2025

By Isabelle Teare

Published August 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM AST

An officer issues the e-citation system in a promotional video posted by the Virgin Islands Police Department.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The Virgin Islands Police Department says they’ve seen a jump in the citations being issued since launching their e-citation system. A man in a wheelchair has been arrested for assault on St. John after he pulled a gun out during a fight that broke out in broad daylight in the area of Cruz Bay. And GERS Administrator Angel Dawson, Jr. and board chair Dwane Callwood respond to Senator Kenneth Gittens’s press release urging the System to launch a Homeownership Program for government workers on GERS-owned land. 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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