POLICE: ‘Major’ Sewage Problem Closes Ann Schrader Command in La Reine Temporarily

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Community Affairs, Police News, St. Croix News

MID-ISLAND ST. CROIX — The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) said that effective at 7:00 p.m., Thursday April 19, 2018 the Ann Schrader Command (Zone A) at Estate La Reine, Kingshill will close to complete repairs to the building.

“The  building is experiencing a major sewage and plumbing problem which creates an unsafe working environment for the officers,” the VIPD said.

While the repairs are done, the Wilbur Francis Command (Zone B) in Mars Hill, Frederiksted and the Ancilmo D. Marshall Command (Zone C) in Bassin Triangle, Christiansted will be accessible to the public at all times or people can call 911.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.