Help cops find ‘Goldo’ Ayala wanted for gun crime on St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — Police need your help today to find a wanted man on St. Croix.

Joshawn “Goldo” Ayala, 23, is wanted for carrying a firearm openly or concealed, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Ayala is an Hispanic male with brown eyes, black hair and a light complexion. He stands 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs 113 pounds.

The suspect is known to frequent John F. Kennedy Terrace in Estate Richmond and The Meadows on St. Croix, according to the VIPD.

If you see Joshawn “Goldo” Ayala please call 911 or Det. S. Ross at 340-712-6040.

If you know his whereabouts 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.