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WTJX NEWSFEED: October 14, 2026

By Isabelle Teare

Published October 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM AST

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Former police officer Aisha Sommersall was arrested after investigators say she stole a gold chain valued at $17,000 from Lavelle Campbell II when she arrested him in September 2024.

The Public Services Commission voted to approve WAPA’s emergency request to raise its Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause, or LEAC, by three cents per kilowatt-hour.

And Associate Justice Harold Willocks has been elected to serve a five-year term as Chief Justice of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, succeeding Chief Justice Rhys Hodge and becoming the second Chief Justice in the court’s 20-year history.

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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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