CHRISTIANSTED — A Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) enforcement officer was arrested just after midnight in connection with the alleged rape and sodomy of a St. Croix woman.
Carlos Ayolo, 52, of St. Croix was arrested after 12:05 a.m. Friday and charged with first-degree rape, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
A police investigation revealed that Ayolo used his service weapon to silence the victim before raping and sodomizing the female acquaintance, according to police.
Ayolo had come to the victim’s house under the auspices of delivering some of the victim’s personal belongings.
According to Superior Court records, Ayolo used his finger to sodomize the victim.
Doctors at the Juan F. Luis Hospital said that the victim had been “badly bruised” during the vicious attack.
The 911 Emergency Call Center called detectives from the VIPD’s Criminal Investigations Bureau, Domestic Violence Unit at the request of patrol officers just after midnight.
No bail was set as per the domestic violence law.
Ayolo was remanded to the Golden Grove Detention Center pending an advice-of-rights hearing.