Help cops find Nelson Garcia wanted for domestic violence on St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — Police need your help today to find a St. Croix man wanted in connection to an incident of domestic violence.

Nelson Garcia, 37, is currently being sought by the Virgin Islands Police Department on a charge of second-degree assault.

Garcia is an Hispanic male with brown eyes, black hair and a light brown complexion. He stands 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs 200 pounds.

The suspect is known to frequent the D.C. Canegata Ballpark, Jiffy Mart, J & W Grocery, Estate Richmond, NAPA Auto Parts and New Castle Coakley areas of St. Croix.

Garcia has some distinguishing marks, such as a tattoo of a green rosary on his left upper arm.

The suspect works as a “construction worker” on St. Croix, according to the VIPD.

If you see Nelson Garcia you asked to please call 911 or contact Police officer Inais Borque at 340-778-2211. If you know his whereabouts please call Crime Stoppers USVI 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.