Hospital Ground Woman Arrested For Smashing Boyfriend’s Windows: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police arrested a St. Thomas woman after she allegedly smashed her boyfriend’s windows at his house, authorities said.

A’Jewel Creque, 23, of Hospital Ground, was arrested at 4:23 a.m. today and charged with destruction of property-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

“Creque is accused of breaking windows of the residence of her children’s father,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.

Creque was remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections without bail as per the territory’s domestic violence laws 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.

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.