St. Croix Wanted Man Tomas Melendez Captured By Police Sometime on Sunday

FREDERIKSTED — Police apprehended wanted man Tomas Melendez when they responded to a “disturbance” on Sunday.

Officers from the Wilbur Francis Command (Zone B) took the 39-year-old Melendez into custody two days ago, police said at 5:04 p.m. Monday.

The Virgin Islands Police Department did not state what time they effected the arrest on Sunday in a prepared statement.

Once in custody, Melendez was charged with contempt of court–domestic violence, according to the VIPD.

No bail was set as per the domestic violence statute, and he was remand to the Golden Grove Detention Facility.

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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.