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Driver Sought in St. Croix Hit and Run Cases

A 39-year-old woman is wanted for questioning in a series of hit-and-run incidents and assaults on St. Croix, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.

Police said Cleo Taylor is a person of interest in multiple cases involving a white Mercedes-Benz sedan, including an Oct. 23 incident at the Villa La Reine Pueblo parking lot where a pedestrian was struck, and the driver fled the scene. In another case on Nov. 28 in La Grange, Frederiksted, a woman was physically attacked around 6:30 a.m., causing injuries.

The vehicle linked to the investigations was impounded at Taylorโ€™s residence, police said. An arrest is pending.

Taylor is described as a Black woman with brown complexion, brown eyes and brown hair, about 5 feet 4 inches tall and approximately 155 pounds. She is known to frequent La Grange and Frederiksted town.


Anyone with information is asked to call 911, the Wilbur Francis Command Police Station at 340-778-2211, or Crime Stoppers USVI at 800-222-8477.

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