CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested after police said he beat and raped his “partner,” authorities said.
Rhasanie Hendrickson, 20, of Mount Pleasant West, was arrested at 10:07 p.m. Sunday and charged with first-degree rape-domestic violence, second-degree assault and third-degree assault, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
“Hendrickson allegedly sexually and physically assaulted his partner,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.
In November 2020, Hendrickson was accused of beating his pregnant girlfriend, according to police records.
Hendrickson was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections without bail as per the territory’s domestic violence statutes pending an advice-of-rights hearing.
All individuals listed as arrested or charged with a crime in this report are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.