Police arrested a man at Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas on Thursday after an investigation revealed that he had stolen and deposited checks totaling $14,117.56 from a local bar, the V.I. Police Department reported.
On Oct. 12, detectives from the Economic Crime Unit started investigating a complaint filed by St. Thomas Restaurant Group, which manages Sapphire Beach Bar. The investigation revealed that on Oct. 9, Ronald John Mosholder burglarized the Sapphire Beach Bar and took four checks in the amounts of $9,500.00, $2,200.00, $917.56, and $1,500.00 that were payable to vendors and an employee. Further investigation showed that on Oct. 10, Mosholder cashed the $9,500.00 check at Merchants Commercial Bank and deposited the remaining three checks ($1,500.00, $917.56, and $2,200.00) into his First Bank account using mobile deposit between Oct. 10 and 11, according to the police report.
On Thursday, Mosholder, 41, was apprehended by the Economic Crime Unit at the Cyril E. King Airport while attempting to leave St. Thomas. He was arrested and charged with burglary in the third degree, obtaining money by false pretense, and grand larceny. After being transported to the Richard Callwood Command for processing, his bail was set at $25,000. Mosholder was unable to post bail at the time of the arrest and was turned over to the Bureau of Corrections pending his advice of rights hearing, the police report stated.
