CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Emergency 911 dispatchers received a call of a reported stabbing in the area of Tap and Still restaurant near the Havensight dock about midnight on Saturday, authorities said.
Members of the Virgin Islands Crime Initiative (VICI) team made an inspection of the area in an attempt to locate suspects and came upon a vehicle bearing the Tag “DEVO” attempting to leave the wrong way through a one way in the area of the former Gourmet Gallery.
A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle “DEVO” and a tan color 9mm, Glock and a thirty (30) round magazine containing 30 rounds were recovered in the vehicle, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
“One of the passengers, 20-year-old Ta’riq Springette who was in the vehicle stated that the items belonged to him,” VIPD spokesman Glen Dratte said. “Ta’riq Springette does not have a license to carry a firearm. Springette was charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition.”
Springette was placed under arrest, transported to Richard Callwood Command where he was booked and processed.
Unable to post bail of $25,000.00, he was turned over to the Bureau of Corrections pending an advice-of-rights hearing.
