St. Thomas Man Turns Himself In To Police, Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man wanted for attacking a family member earlier this month voluntarily surrendered himself to police without incident, authorities said.

Shawn Blake, 40, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with second-degree assault-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

“Blake reportedly assaulted a family member during a disagreement on April 9,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.

Blake surrendered himself to detectives of the Domestic Violence Unit.

Due to the territory’s domestic violence statutes, Blake was not offered bail.

He was remanded to the custody of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections (BOC) pending an advice-of-rights hearing.

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.