A St. Thomas man was arrested early Monday morning after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend in the leg during a domestic dispute, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
Police said that at about 5:46 a.m. Sunday, a woman called 911, reporting that she had been stabbed near her knee and identified the suspect as her boyfriend, Achille Alexander. Officers responding to the call located Alexander at the couple’s residence and found the victim at a nearby home.
According to the report, the woman told police that she had rolled to one side of the bed to make room when Alexander woke up, began fighting her, and stabbed her in the outer thigh near her knee with a knife. She said she ran out of the apartment to seek help in fear for her life.
Police said Alexander resisted arrest but was detained, advised of his constitutional rights, and transported to the Richard Callwood Command, where he was charged with third-degree assault, simple assault, and disturbance of the peace, all under domestic violence.
He was taken to Roy L. Schneider Hospital for treatment of minor injuries before being returned to the command for booking and processing. Alexander was unable to post $27,000 bail and was turned over to the Bureau of Corrections pending his advice of rights hearing.
