CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man was arrested after police said he hit his female companion with his hands — and a computer.
Gerard A. “Jerry” Brunn, 72, was arrested today and charged with simple assault and battery-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
Police said that Brunn allegedly hit a woman several times with his hands and a computer at about 10 p.m. on November 22.
No bail was set as per the domestic violence statute; Brunn was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections Detention Center.
This case is currently under active investigation by the Domestic Violence Unit, according to VIPD spokesman Glen Dratte.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) at (340) 774-2211 or (340) 715-5535. You can also call Crimestoppers USVI, at 1-800-222-8477 or 911.
If you are trying to keep tourists and other potential visitors from the Virgin Islands you,’re doing a great job. Why is all news from the VI’s about death, murder, assault with hideous mug shots? Isn’t there something uplifting, heartwarming and beautiful to show the world?
It’s a beautiful island but seemingly populated with ugly, vicious and obviously deranged people.
When I lived there from 1979 to 1989 it was a lovely place to live. What has happened to the islands? Has all the class and cultured gone elsewhere leaving only the criminally insane? What a pity!