Help Police Find St. Croix Man Wanted For Attempted Murder

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FREDERIKSTED — Police need your help to find a St. Croix man wanted for attempted murder.

Patterson I. Alleyne III, 19, is wanted for attempted murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police Department said this morning.

Alleyne is a black male with black hair and brown eyes and a dark complexion, He stands 5-feet, 8-inches tall and weighs about 153 pounds.

The suspect has a distinguishing mark — a scar on his forehead.

Patterson Alleyne is known to frequent Croixville Apartments, Grove Place and Concordia East on St. Croix.


If you see Alleyne, please call 911 or contact the Criminal Investigation Bureau at 340-712-6042.

Or if you know Alleyne’s whereabouts, please call Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-TIPs (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.