POLICE: Clifton Hill Boy Arrested Monday ‘For Pulling A Knife’ On His Brother

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FREDERIKSTED — Police said a boy was arrested on Monday for threatening to stab a family member with a knife in Clifton Hill.

According to the Virgin Islands Police Department, the arrest was effected for a previous incident in which the male minor “pulled a knife on one of his brothers.”

The VIPD arrested the boy based on a warrant and took him into custody.

The minor was charged with brandishing a deadly weapon.

He was remanded to the custody of the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Anna’s Hope pending further court action.

 

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.