VIPD Needs You To Identify Burglary Suspect In Freeze Frame Image

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Crime News, Police News, St. Croix News

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department is seeking a person of interest in connection with a burglary that occurred on St. Croix last month.

Police spokesman Glen Dratte said in a news release this week that the department is circulating a video to see if any members of the public recognize the person who is in it.

Dratte said a burglary occurred on July 24 at a residence in Hogensberg west of Golden Grove.

The suspect in the freeze frame is wanted for questioning in a second-degree burglary that occurred last month, according to the VIPD.

If recognize the person in this freeze frame image, please call the the CIB unit at 340-778-2211, the anonymous VIPD tip line at 469-475-3871, the paying anonymous tip line Crimestoppers USVI 1-800-222-8477 or 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.