ST. THOMAS, USVI – On May 14, at approximately 11:30 a.m., officers of the COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force arrested ten persons at the Cyril E. King Airport. Officers arrested Savonne Hunter, age 38 of Lindenhood, NJ; Chalayaa Downing, age 29 of New Jersey; Sashay Clegg, age 36 of Morrisville, PA; Laurie Downing, age 60 of New Jersey; Kim Clegg, age 61; Deanna Brittingham, age 34 of New Jersey; Albonte Collins, age 51 of Pennsylvania; Daisy Fregoni, age 54 of Morrisville, PA; Michael Clegg, age 30 of New Jersey, and Raheem Thompson, age 24 of New Jersey. All ten individuals were charged with Fraudulent Claims Upon the Government, Access to a Computer for Fraudulent Purposes, Use of False Information, and Filing or Recording Forged Instruments.

The ten individuals were arrested for submitting altered COVID-19 test results to the USVI Travel Portal.

Bail for all ten individuals was set at $5,500 each. They all posted 10% of the bail amount and were released, pending their Advice of Rights hearings.

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