CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two bumbling idiots who flipped their car over on St. Thomas on July 22 have been arrested for murder one.
Rosokeomo Archibald, 39, of Estate Bovoni Apartments and Tyler Labbarie, 30, who was in the custody of the Bureau of Corrections on another violation were arrested on homicide charges, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
Archibald and Labbarie were charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault, third-degree assault, possession of an unlicensed firearm, and first-degree reckless endangerment, according to the VIPD.
“Archibald and Labbarie were identified as the individuals who shot and killed 29-year-old Khamal Desilvia on July 22 at a hotel in Smith Bay,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.
Desilvia was shot dead at Pavilions and Pools Villa Hotel in Smith Bay on July 22, Derima said previously.
Bail for Archibald and Labbarie was set at $1.000,000 each. They were unable to post bail, and therefore remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending their Advice of Rights hearings.
St. Thomas/St. John Chief of Police Steven Phillip commended the detectives of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, led by Lieutenant Shelly-Ann Cannonier, for the work that they did in securing the warrant that led to the arrests.
“I would like to thank members of the community for coming forward with tips that allowed us to get these guys,” Chief Phillip said.
Police Commissioner Trevor Velinor stated, “this case is a good example of effective police response, meticulous investigative capability, in addition to the use of technology to solve this crime.”
On July 24, the Virgin Islands Police Department said that Rosokeomo Archibald’s name was “Rosoromeo Archibald.” The VIPD called Tyler Labarrie “Tyler Lamarrie” at that time.
The VIPD has a long history of misspelling suspects’ names.