Operation Clean Sweep Nets 3 Illegal Gun Arrests In St. Thomas

Operation Clean Sweep Nets 3 Illegal Gun Arrests In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police said that its Special Operations Bureau’s Clean Sweep Task Force made a total of three arrests over the weekend, resulting in three illegal guns being taken off the streets of St. Thomas.

Jah’Quan Nesbitt, 20, of St. Thomas was arrested and charged with possession of illegal ammunition and possession of illegal ammunition in a government housing community, according to the VIPD.

Bail for Nesbitt was set at $50,005.00. Unable to post bail, he was remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections pending an advice-of-rights hearing.

Operation Clean Sweep Nets 3 Illegal Gun Arrests In St. Thomas
VIPD mugshot of Jah’Quan Nesbill, 20, on St. Thomas.

VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said that officers were conducting surveillance near Bergs Home in Hospital Ground on Friday when they received “notification of a shot fired in Hospital Ground and an inspection was conducted.”

During this time, VIPD received notification of a shot fired in Hospital Ground and an inspection was conducted according to Dratte. During the inspection, officers made contact with Nesbitt, who was “found in possession of two loaded .40 caliber magazines loaded with live rounds in each.”

Members of the task force also arrested Maaziah Akimo Powell, 25, at 6:10 p.m. Saturday, while they conducted traffic enforcement on Rhymer Highway near the former O’Henry Laundromat.

Operation Clean Sweep Nets 3 Illegal Gun Arrests In St. Thomas
VIPD mugshot of Maaziah Akimo Powell, 25, of St. Thomas.

“During the enforcement, officers observed a red SUV with a tinted front license plate cover and an expired registration sticker traveling towards them. A traffic stop was initiated, officers conducted a search of the vehicle and Mr. Maaziah Akimo Powell was found to be in possession of a Glock 17 handgun,” VIPD spokeswoman Kishma Chichester said.

Powell now faces charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, possession of ammunition and possession of an unlicensed firearm within 1,000 feet from a school.

Also Saturday, around 7:46 p.m., the task force arrested Shervon Bobb-Duberry, 37, following a traffic enforcement om Alton Adams Drive and charged him in connection with gun possession. Police said that officers observed a gray Honda Civic with what appeared to be excessive tint on the driver and passenger side windows.

Operation Clean Sweep Nets 3 Illegal Gun Arrests In St. Thomas
Shervon Bobb-Duberry, 37, on St. Thomas.

Also on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 7:46 p.m., traffic enforcement was conducted on Alton
Adams Drive, where officers observed a gray Honda Civic with what appeared to be
excessive tint on the driver and passenger side windows.

Officer initiated a traffic stop where a search was conducted of the vehicle and officers found Shervon Bobb-Duberry to be in possession of a Springfield XDS 3.3 Model .45 caliber handgun, according to Chichester.

Bobb-Duberry was arrested and charged with possession of an unlicensed
firearm, possession of ammunition and possession of a firearm within a thousand feet of a
church/school.

Bail for Bobb-Duberry was set at $50,005.00. Unable to post bail, he was remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections pending an advice-of-rights hearing