La Grande Princesse Man Accused Of Repeated Sexual Abuse and Rape Of Minor Arrested: VIPD

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CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man accused of the repeated sexual child abuse and rape of a minor was arrested on a warrant by Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives this morning.

Lyndon Tyson, 40, of La Grande Princesse, was arrested at 10:07 a.m. and charged with first-degree aggravated rape, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

“Tyson allegedly sexually abused a minor child on several occasions,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.

Tyson was turned over to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections after failing to post $150,000 bail, 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 McCarthy

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.