Help cops find Tina Phillips wanted for assault

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Crime News, Police News, St. Thomas News

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help tonight to find a woman wanted for an assault in St. Thomas.

Tina Phillips is wanted in connection to an instance of first-degree assault, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Phillips’ last known address on St. Thomas was in Simmonds Alley, according to the VIPD.

Tina Phillips was described by police as being a black female who was born in Florida.

If you see Phillips, or know her whereabouts, you are asked to call 911 along with the Criminal Investigation Bureau at 340-774-2211 Ext 5577.

“Please Note: Harboring a fugitive is a criminal offense,” the VIPD wrote on Facebook.

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.