Officers on St. Thomas arrested 18-year-old Keshawn A. Felicien Friday and charged him with possession of an unlicensed firearm, according to the V.I. Police Department.
Police said Felicien had been a passenger in a Ford Focus that was stopped Wednesday in Contant. During that stop police executed an arrest warrant on another male in the vehicle. A .38 caliber handgun and another weapon were found when the vehicle was impounded and inventoried.
Felicien was arrested at about 9:40 p.m. Friday. He was placed on a $25,000 bail and remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections pending further court action.