FREDERIKSTED — A motorist speeding through an active accident zone hit a police officer directing traffic and sent him 85 feet in the air before landing in some nearby bushes. Traffic Investigation Bureau Officers were dispatched at 11:19 p.m. Saturday to investigate a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian (police officer) that occurred on Queen Mary […]
Category: Police News
Help Police Find Vernon Sackey Jr. Wanted For Burglary
CHRISTIANSTED — Police are asking for your help to find a St. Croix man wanted for burglary. Vernon Sackey Jr., 23, is being sought by the VIPD’s Criminal Investigations Bureau, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. Sackey is a black man with a medium-sized Afro and a dark complexion. He stands 5-feet, 6-inches tall and […]
Man Who Backhanded Woman To The Face Surrenders To Police
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man wanted on a domestic violence charge surrendered to police without incident this weekend. Tremoii Mills. 22, was arrested at 9:58 a.m. Saturday and charged with simple assault-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. “Mills admitted to striking a former acquaintance with an open back hand once to the […]
Photo of Harvey Project Shooting Victim Regaldo Cepeda
KINGSHILL — Police on St. Croix have elevated the probe of a shooting at Harvey Project two weeks ago to homicide after the 30-year-old victim succumbed to his injuries. Virgin Islands Police spokesman Glen Dratte, in a released statement tonight, identified the victim as Regaldo Cepeda. On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at 9:01 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call […]
Help Police Find 83-Year-Old Man Suffering From Alzheimer’s
CHRISTIANSTED — Police are asking for your help to find an 83-year-old St. Croix man suffering from dementia. Rawleigh A. Forbes was reported missing at about 4:45 p.m. today, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. Forbes’ wife said that her husband was last seen at their residence in Golden Rock 1E Community, just above McDonald’s […]
Harvey Project Shooting Upgraded To A Homicide After Victim Dies
KINGSHILL — Police on St. Croix have elevated the probe of a shooting at Harvey Project two weeks ago to homicide after the 30-year-old victim succumbed to his injuries. Virgin Islands Police spokesman Glen Dratte, in a released statement tonight, identified the victim as Regaldo Cepeda. On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at 9:01 p.m., the 911 […]
CBP and Coast Guard Respond To Haitian Smuggling Venture That Resulted In 5 Deaths In Mona Island
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Coast Guard and other law enforcement partners rescued 68 Haitian migrants Thursday after smugglers dropped them off near the shores of Mona Island. Five other Haitian migrants perished during the smuggling event. “Transnational criminal organizations continue to recklessly endanger the lives of individuals they smuggle for […]
St. Croix Murder Suspect’s Teen Rape Trial Delayed Indefinitely In Orlando
MIAMI — Jose Ledesma, an accused St. Croix identity thief, was free on bail in 2019 when the key witness in his upcoming trial was gunned down at a Hialeah, Florida strip mall. Although Hialeah detectives immediately suspected Ledesma of orchestrating the attack — his brother was charged for the shooting within days — Orlando […]
Coast Guard Takes 68 Haitian Survivors To Mayaguez After Deadly Illegal Voyage
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier completed the transport of 68 Haitian survivors to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Friday, who were abandoned offshore of Mona Island by smugglers Thursday morning. Among the survivors, there are two minors. Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action marine units also transported five deceased persons to the […]
Coast Guard Hands Off 36 Dominicans To A D.R. Navy Vessel
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos repatriated 36 Dominicans to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Friday, following the interdiction of two separate illegal voyages in Mona Passage waters near Puerto Rico. The interdictions are the result of ongoing local and federal multi-agency efforts in support of the Caribbean Border Interagency Group CBIG. The […]