Help cops find Theodore Thomas wanted for check kiting in St. Croix

John McCarthyPosted oninBreaking News, Crime News, Police News, St. Thomas News

CHRISTIANSTED — Police need your help to find a man wanted in St. Croix for check fraud and related charges, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Theodore Thomas, 66, of Maine, is being sought for obtaining money by false pretense, grand larceny and filing or recording forged instruments, according to the VIPD.

Thomas is a Caucasian male with brown eyes, gray hair and a light complexion. He stand 6-feet, 0-inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds,

The suspect is known to frequent the Christiansted Town and Estate Cotton Valley areas of St. Croix, police said.

If you see Theodore Thomas, or know his whereabouts, you are urged to call 911 or 340-778-2211 and ask for the Economic Crime Unit (ECU).

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.