Help cops find Washington D.C. native wanted for assault on St. Croix

John McCarthyPosted oninBreaking News, Community Affairs, Crime News, Police News, St. Croix News

FREDERIKSTED Police are asking for your help to find a Washington D.C. native on St. Croix.

Cleo A. Taylor. 39, is wanted on a charge of third-degree assault, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Taylor is a Black female with brown eyes, black hair and a brown complexion. She stands 5-feet, 4-inches tall and weighs 155 pounds.

The suspect is known to frequent the Estate La Grange and Frederiksted Town areas of St. Croix, according to the VIPD.

If you see Cleo Taylor you are urged to please call 911, or P/Ofc. S. Hector at the Wilbur Francis Command 340-778-2211.

If you know her whereabouts, you can contact Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477.

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.