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Crime Stoppers Needs Your Help

Crime Stoppers is asking your help to solve the following crimes. If you know something, say something. Even the smallest bit of information may be just what is needed to solve these cases.

St. Croix: On Saturday, Jan. 22 at about 5:30 a.m., 29-year-old Omaya Leftewe was shot and killed as he was driving east on Queen Mary Highway near Estate Castle Burke. According to VIPD, a vehicle pulled up to the victim’s car and fired several shots into it, killing him. Help law enforcement identify and arrest the perpetrators of this senseless shooting. The minimum cash reward for the arrest of a homicide suspect is $1,500.

St. John: On Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 2:02 p.m., police were dispatched to Merchants Commercial Bank on St. John in response to a robbery. Sources stated that two armed men stormed into the bank, robbed it of an undisclosed sum of money, and escaped in a blue Suzuki Jimmy. Both suspects were masked. One was wearing a blue jump suit and white sneakers. The minimum cash reward for the arrest of a bank robber is $900 plus 10% of any cash recovered. The maximum cash reward is $2,500.

St. Thomas: On Thursday, Jan. 27 at 7:45 a.m. on 2nd Street, a woman who had just dropped her child off at day care was robbed of her gold chain as she was getting back into her car. The suspect, who ran east toward Oswald Harris Court, is described as a light-skinned Hispanic male, 18 to 25 years old and about 5’ 8” tall. The minimum cash reward for the arrest of a robber is $900.

Your tips helped law enforcement make five additional arrests in January. Let’s continue to make our community a safer place to live by telling law enforcement what you know about these or any other crimes at www.CrimeStoppersUSVI.org or by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Your tips are completely anonymous, and the stateside operators are multi-lingual. Only anonymous callers to Crime Stoppers are eligible for these cash rewards.

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