Man Arrested For Sending Picture of His Penis To Minor Girl On Snapchat

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Crime News, Police News, St. Croix News1 Comment

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested Thursday after police said he sent a picture of his private parts to an underage girl on social media.

Myles Ventura, 28, was wanted by police for showing a picture of his penis from his Snapchat account to a female minor, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Ventura was charged with visual medium depicting sexually explicit conduct/attempt and distribution or exhibition to a minor and child abuse, according to the VIPD.

VIPD mugshot of Myles Ventura, 28, of St. Croix.

Members of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) executed an arrest warrant on Ventura on Thursday.

Bail for Ventura was set at $60,000. Unable to post bail, he was remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections at the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility pending an advice-of-rights hearing. 

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.