FREDERIKSTED — A homeless man has been arrested by police on rape charges after brutally beating and raping a woman on St. Croix, authorities said.
Nicholas Greaves, 26, of no fixed address, was arrested at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday and charged with first-degree rape, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
“Greaves allegedly physically assaulted, then forcibly raped, a female victim,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.
Derima was asked if the female who was raped was an adult or minor individual.
“Unfortunately, I was not given that information.,” he said.
Greaves was arrested by police after a Superior Court bench warrant was issued in his name, according to the VIPD.
Bail for Greaves was set at $100,000. Unable to post bail, he was remanded to the custody of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections pending an advice-of-rights hearing.
All individuals listed as arrested or charged with a crime in this report based on an official police press release are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law