Help cops find fisherman wanted for domestic violence on St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — Police need your help today to find a St. Croix man wanted for an act of domestic violence on St. Croix.

Hiram Maldonado III, age 43, is being sought by the Virgin Islands Police Department on a charge of simple assault-domestic violence.

Maldonado is an Hispanic male with brown eyes, black hair and a light complexion. He stands 6-feet, 1-inches tall and weighs 195 pounds.

The suspect’s distinguishing features include a beard and a mustache, according to the VIPD.

Maldonado is known to frequent the Frederiksted Fish Market, Estate Whim, Amigo’s Service Station on St. Croix.

If you see Hiram Maldonado III please call 911 or contact Police officer Matthew Cundiff at the Wilbur Francis Command 340-778-2211.

If you know Maldonado’s whereabouts, you can contact 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.