Crime Stoppers is asking for help in solving the following crimes. If you know something, say something, as law enforcement cannot control crime without the help of the entire law abiding community.
St. Croix: The Cold Case Unit needs additional information in solving the following murders. Tell us what you know:
• Around Feb. 24, 2000, Mario “Mensa” Daniels disappeared. Subsequently his skeletal remains were found.
• On Nov. 13, 2001, Leandre “Bobo Dred” Smith was gunned down in broad daylight by multiple assailants with high powered firearms in the vicinity of the Charles Howard Memorial Hospital in Richmond.
• On June 1, 2002, Edwin “Miller” Velasquez was reported missing. His body was found in a shallow grave in the area of William’s Delight.
• On Nov. 3, 2004, Tyrone Knight was killed inside the FNA Service Station in Sunny Isles by an assailant with a high powered firearm.
St. John: On the morning of June 13 the director of the Department of Public Works discovered that the warehouse at #6 Susannaberg was burglarized again. The burglar(s) gained entry through one of the windows and stole four wrecker tires.
St. Thomas: On May 17 about 12:40 a.m., a man in the area of Bethlehem House Hospital Ground was heading towards his safari taxi when he was held up by two masked men who were armed with a silver hand gun. The robbers stole his licensed black Taurus Millennium 40-caliber firearm, a black iPhone in a black Otter box case, a dark gray Xcover cell phone, $120 in cash and a black iPad. The robbers then fled the area on foot in an unknown direction.
Let’s continue to help make our community a safer place to live by submitting information on these or any other crimes at www.CrimeStoppersUSVI.org or by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Your tips are completely anonymous, and the stateside operators speak several languages.
The minimum reward for information that leads to the arrest of a burglar is $536. For an armed robber the reward is $900. For a murder suspect it is $1,500. For the recovery of stolen property the reward is 10 percent of its retail value.
