Help Police Find Melanie Osorio-Navarro Wanted For Contempt of Court On St. Croix

KINGSHILL — Police need your help today to find a wanted woman on St. Croix.

Melanie Osorio-Navarro, 32, is wanted for contempt of court, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Osorio-Navarro is a black female with brown eyes, black hair and a light complexion. She stands 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs 160 pounds.

Melanie Osorio-Navarro is known to frequent the Candido Guadalupe Terrace area of St. Croix, according to the VIPD.

If you see Osorio-Navarro, or know her whereabouts, you are asked to call 911 or contact Detective Lester Mitchell at the Wilbur Francis Command 340-778-2211. You can also contact Crime Stoppers USVI in complete confidence at 1-800-222-8477.

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.