A 32-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning on St. Croix after a domestic altercation that left a 14-year-old boy injured, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
The 911 Emergency Call Center received a report around 9:44 a.m. from a man who said his teenage son had called about a fight between the boy’s mother and her boyfriend, identified as Erron Wallace. Officers were dispatched to Harborview Apartments, where they met the caller, who told police his son said Wallace had strangled him, police said.
Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Bureau were assigned to the case. The investigation revealed that the 14-year-old attempted to intervene during the fight between his mother and Wallace. Police said Wallace then grabbed the boy and held him down by his neck, leaving visible injuries.
Wallace was taken into custody and transported to the Wilbur H. Francis Command Police Station, where he provided a statement. He admitted that the teen tried to intervene during the altercation but denied strangling him, according to police.
Wallace was charged with assault in the second degree (domestic violence) and child abuse. No bail was set, and he was transported to the John Bell Correctional Facility pending his advice of rights hearing in Superior Court, police said.
