Police & Courts

At about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, officers from the V.I. Police Department arrested Kwanza Pasha George, age 31 of Paul M. Pearson Gardens, and charged him with unauthorized use of a vehicle.

At about 8:30 a.m. Monday, detectives from the V.I. Police Department's Domestic Violence Unit arrested 36-year-old Isaiah Simmonds of Estate Bovoni and charged him with first-degree assault/domestic violence.

At approximately 8:32 a.m. Saturday, detectives from the VIPD's Economic Crime Unit arrested 35-year-old John Challenger of Estate Cane Carlton on an arrest warrant charging him with forgery and filing or recording forged instruments.

The VIPD is searching for Jimmy Davis of St. Croix, who is a suspect in the forcible rape of a 15-year-old minor that occurred on April 3. There is also a federal warrant for his arrest, charging him with violation of supervised release.

A Frederiksted fast-food-restaurant was robbed Thursday evening by two armed men who then fled on foot, the V.I. Police Department reported.

A 62-year-old woman was found Monday hanging in her yard, the V.I. Police Department reported. The woman had no vital signs.

The 2013 shooting death of a man who showed up for a tramp and dance party can be heard by a jury as a matter of wrongful death. This after a judge in the St. Croix Superior Court rejected a motion by the University of the Virgin Islands to have a civil claim of negligence resolved by a judge.

Police Commissioner Trevor Velinor on Wednesday announced the appointment of Detective Vivianne Newton to the position of deputy chief of police on St. John.

A 17-year-old male died of a gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon in the Good Hope Townhouses, the V.I. Police Department reported.

To enforce social distancing protocols, effective Friday, March 27, the judicial branch has further curtailed operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.