CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas woman who allegedly struck her boyfriend with a cellphone was brought up on assault charges, authorities said.
Santa Carmona was arrested and charged with simple assault as an act of domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
Officers met with the male victim, who said that his girlfriend, Santa Carmona had assaulted him, court records show. The unnamed victim told police he was lying on a bed using his cellphone when Carmona started an argument with him, according to the probable cause fact sheet.
Carmona ordered him to get off the bed and then struck him with her cellphone on the back of his head, the sworn VIPD affidavit states. The alleged victim sustained a laceration to the back of his head as a result of the assault, Superior Court documents show.
Officers also contacted Carmona, who was standing on the roadway adjacent to her home. The suspect told police that the alleged victim willfully struck his head on the wall in the house and that’s how he became injured, according to the probable cause fact sheet.
But court documents also indicate that Carmona asked the male victim to prevent police from arresting her, and if he did, she promised to never assault him again.
In Superior Court, a judge ruled that Carmona was allowed to post bail as an unsecured bond of $1,000. But she is barred from leaving the St. Thomas-St. John district without the court’s written permission, and must remain gainfully employed in the interim.
The suspect must also report to the Office of Probation twice a week and is to have no contact, directly or indirectly with the complainant.
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