Police Need Your Help To Find Darren Williams Wanted For Rape Of Minor

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Crime News, Police News, St. Thomas News

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a man in St. Thomas wanted for the rape of an underage girl, authorities said.

Darren Williams, 24, of Smith Bay, is wanted for the second-degree rape of a female minor, the Virgin Islands Police Department said on Facebook.

Williams is a Black male who stands 5-feet, 8-inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds.

Police said he is known to frequent the Smith Bay area of St. Thomas.

VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte did not immediately return an email request for comment.

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.