Help Cops Find Dominican Taxi Driver Wanted For Assault On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help today to find a Dominican taxi driver wanted for an assault on St. Thomas.

Marlon Reyes, 46, of Vester Gade, is wanted for third-degree assault for a domestic violence incident that took place near Vester Gade on Saturday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Reyes is an Hispanic male with brown eyes, black hair and a light complexion. No information is available about his height and weight.

The wanted suspect is known to frequent the La Delecia Bar in Charlotte Amalie West and the Mi Bloque bar in Altona on St. Thomas, according to the VIPD.

Reyes is also known to be a gypsy taxi operator in the Savan area of St. Thomas, police said.

If see Marlon Reyes, or know his whereabouts, you are asked to immediately call 911 or the Domestic Violence Unit at 340-774-2211 Ext 5535 or 5534.

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.