Home Invader Startled By Homeowners During Burglary Arrested By VIPD

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

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A home invader who was startled when he realized that people were home at the time he was burglarizing an Anna’s Retreat home on Saturday has been arrested by police.

Dionno Brooks, 25 of Anna’s Retreat, was arrested about 12:15 p.m. Tuesday and charged with second-degree burglary, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

“Brooks was positively identified as the individual who entered a home in Anna’s Retreat on April 18 without permission while the residents were there, taking cash and documents,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.

VIPD mugshot of Dionno Brooks of Anna’s retreat.

This case is still under active investigation.

Anyone with information on this matter is urged to call 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at (340) 774-2211 extension 5610, or the paying anonymous tip line Crime Stoppers USVI at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).

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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.