Man Who Backhanded Woman To The Face Surrenders To Police

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man wanted on a domestic violence charge surrendered to police without incident this weekend.

Tremoii Mills. 22, was arrested at 9:58 a.m. Saturday and charged with simple assault-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

“Mills admitted to striking a former acquaintance with an open back hand once to the face causing injury,” VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said.  

VIPD mugshot of Tremoi Mills, 22, on St. Thomas.

 Mills was not granted bail as per order of the court pending his advice-of-rights hearing scheduled for today, according to Dratte.  

This case is currently under active investigation by the Domestic Violence Unit/Criminal Investigation Bureau.   

Anyone having information about this crime can notify the Domestic Violence Unit at 340-774-2211 Ext. 5536  

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.