FREDERIKSTED — Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of 23-year-old Cesario Carmona Cadiz, Jr. that occurred in Campo Rico about 4:42 p.m. Thursday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. “Officers traveled to the area and found an unresponsive male victim with gunshot wounds,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said. “It was confirmed the victim had […]
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VIPD Warns Public To Beware Of Robo Calls Claiming To Be WAPA Bill Collectors
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department is advising the community to guard against telephone calls from scam artists posing as employees of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA). WAPA management has indicated that scammers are using a computerized system, using the Authority’s main telephone numbers, to call residents to demand payment […]
Grove Place Man Ducks For Cover When Car Is Hit By Gunfire In Drive-By Shooting
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man said he was sitting in his car on his property when he suddenly heard the sound of gunfire and had to take cover because his vehicle was strafed in a drive-by shooting on Monday night. Officers were dispatched to Grove Place, near the Eulalie Rivera Elementary School after receiving […]
Paradise Woman Who Deposited Fraudulent $900+ Check Arrested: VIPD
FREDERIKSTED — The VIPD’s Economic Crime Unit arrested a Paradise woman on Tuesday evening for forgery and grand larceny in connection to a check kiting scheme, authorities said. Brittney Nicholas, ,21, of Louis E. Brown Villas, was arrested at 6:21 p.m. and charged with obtaining money by false pretense, passing forged bills or notes and grand […]
Boetzberg Man Arrested For Serving Alcohol To Minor, Then Touching Her ‘Inappropriately’: VIPD
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who allegedly served alcohol to a minor and then touched her unappropriated has been arrested by detectives based on a warrant, authorities said. Kevin Moran, 47, of Estate Boetzberg, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree unlawful sexual contact, aggravated assault & battery, simple assault & battery, and selling […]
Altered COVID-19 Tests Put Superior Court Judge At Odds With Prosecutors In Cases
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Three more U.S. Virgin Islands tourists have been arrested and charged with submitting altered COVID-19 tests to the territory’s online travel portal, but a Superior Court judge said it appears that two of the travelers may have been scammed by the people who administered their test. The first defendant, Kayla Evemarie Renee […]
Police Find Loaded Weapon Inside Concordia Woman’s Place During Search
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix woman was arrested on an illegal weapon charge after police investigating a robbery found a loaded gun inside her apartment, authorities said. Omolara Ngozi Simmonds, 40, of Concordia Manor, was arrested at 6:27 a.m. today and charged with carrying a firearm openly or concealed and possession of ammunition, the Virgin […]
Man Who Broke Into Apartment Complex And Started Beating Occupants Is Arrested
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man who broke into a Grove Place apartment and started beating some of the people he found inside has been arrested on a warrant three months after the fact, authorities said. Enrique Velasquez, 27, of Paradise Mills was arrested at 8:08 a.m. today and charged with first-degree burglary, the Virgin […]
2 Armed Men Steal Woman’s Purse At Condo Complex On Sunday Night: VIPD
CHRISTIANSTED — Police responded to a gunpoint robbery in the parking lot of a waterfront condominium complex in which a woman’s purse was stolen on Sunday night, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center received reports of shots fired in the Coral Princess condominiums area in La Grande Princesse at 8:57 p.m. Sunday, the Virgin […]
Traffic On Prince Street Diverted So Road Work Could Continue Today: VIPD
CHRISTIANSTED — Traffic on St. Croix was being diverted away from Prince Street this morning as needed roadwork continued. The north end of Prince Street near King Street in Christiansted was blocked off with orange traffic cones today by the Virgin Islands Police Department. A traffic control person was up the street near the Holy […]