VIPD: Help Us Find Asheem ‘Kartel’ Charles Wanted For Assault

CHRISTIANSTED — Police said they need your help today to find a St. Croix man wanted for questioning about an assault incident.

The Virgin Islands Police Department cautions you not to approach 34-year-old Asheem Gregory “Kartel” Charles as he could be “armed with a weapon.”

Charles was described by the VIPD as being a light-complexioned black man standing about 6-foot, 2-inches tall and weighing about 170 pounds. His hair is black and his eyes are brown.

Some identifying marks on Charles are the scar under his left eye and his mop top hairstyle which he wears in the colors blond or black.

VIPD spokesman Glen Dratte said that Charles is currently unemployed and is known to frequent Sion Farm, Peter’s Rest and Christiansted town.

Dratte said Charles is wanted for an alleged first-degree assault.

If you come into contact with ASHEEM GREGORY CHARLES please do not approach him, he may armed with a weapon.

Instead, please call 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) 340-778-2211 or Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477

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.