FREDERIKSTED — Virgin Islands Police said that a couple that was residing in Florida was arrested on a warrant and extradited to St. Croix to face charges in connection with a July homicide.
Jonathan “Clyde” Rivera, 30, and N’zinger Makeda “Plumpy” Williams, 28, were returned to the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, following their arrest on November 3.
According to a VIPD statement, the couple was arrested at 5 p.m. that day by the Polk County Sheriff Department in Florida upon request from its Criminal Investigations Bureau after securing an arrest warrant here.
Rivera is charged with first degree murder and Williams is charged as an “accessory after the fact for her role in helping him get away with murder,” VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said.
The case began on July 6, with the killing of 28-year-old Jah-Marley Christopher Alfred, according to Dratte.
“This homicide occurred on the Williams Delight Turf after Mr. Alfred and Mr. Rivera got into a verbal altercation and as a result Mr. Rivera ran down Mr. Alfred and shot him multiple times and he succumbed to his injuries,” the police spokesman said.
Rivera and Williams each “signed waivers of extradition and were brought back to the territory on November 22, 2022.”
Bail for Rivera was set at $1 million. Williams’ bail was set at $500,000. They are a couple.
Each suspect was unable to post bond and was remanded into the custody of the Bureau of Corrections pending an advice-of-rights hearing.