Just Right Trucking to continue trash collection following loss of five trucks to arson

ST. CROIX — Just Right Trucking & Trash Removal, a family-owned business on St. Croix since 2003, is committed to continuing garbage collection with its remaining vehicles following the loss of five trucks and heavy equipment to confirmed arson early this morning at its headquarters in Estate Orange Grove, according to the owners.

As the company prepares to open for business Monday and resume garbage collection with other available equipment, the owners are asking for patience from their customers as they anticipate delays. “It just happened this morning, and we are trying to put this thing together to figure out what’s the next step in order to continue providing this service,” Mitchell Matthew Sr., who owns the company with his wife, Lorraine Benjamin Matthew, said from the company’s headquarters this afternoon. “We don’t want to say that we’re out. We are not 100% out, but we’re down.”

The fire damage to three garbage trucks, two dump trucks, a backhoe, and an excavator located in different areas of the company’s property has been confirmed as arson following an initial investigation by Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services, according to a VIFEMS news release. Evidence suggests that arsonists trespassed onto the property and deliberately set fire to the equipment.