Man arrested on firearms charge after police search attempted murder suspect’s home

FREDERIKSTED — Police arrested a 41-year-old St. Croix man today after searching an attempted murder suspect’s home, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

While executing the search warrant at the residence of 23-year-old Elijah Spencer, Tony “Big T” Elizee was detained and subsequently placed under arrest for unauthorized possession of a firearm, according to the VIPD.

Bail for Elizee was set at $50,000.00.

VIPD mug shot of Tony Elizee, 41, of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Elizee was booked and processed at the Police Operations building in Mars Hill.

Unable to post bail, he was transferred to the custody of the Bureau of Correction at the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility in Golden Grove.

Elizee is scheduled for an advice of rights hearing at the Superior Court in Kingshill at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.

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.