Crime Stoppers V.I. offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest of individuals responsible for past homicides on St. Thomas, St. Croix, or St. John, involvement in government corruption, manufacturing and/or distributing drugs and trafficking guns.
Sept. 24
At about 9:06 p.m., the 911 Emergency call center received notification from Shot Spotter of six shots fired in the vicinity of the Whim Shanty on Queen Mary Highway. Upon the investigator’s arrival in the area, contact was made with a Hispanic man who was lying on the ground bleeding from the left hip area.
Oct. 8
At approximately 6:00 a.m., the Virgin Islands Patrol Division responded to an assault at Jugos Naturals located on Kronprindsens Gade. The Criminal Investigation Bureau was notified and discovered that two Hispanic males were arguing when it turned physical, and the suspect took a machete out of his vehicle and struck the victim several times, causing deep lacerations to his hand and head. The suspect fled the area. The victim was transported to Schneider Regional Medical Center.
Emergency Medical Technicians arrived on scene and transported the victim to Juan F. Luis Hospital by ambulance. The victim said he was walking eastbound on Queen Mary when the suspect’s vehicle, a red Rio, drove up to him at the Whim intersection entrance and discharged three shots, with the third one striking him. He then heard two more shots and ran for cover.
Oct. 13
At approximately 1:00 p.m., two individuals were present at a restaurant located in Coral Bay, St. John, when three males armed with guns entered the restaurant and asked for money. The individuals gave the armed males their money and the males subsequently left the area in an unknown direction.
These cases are under investigation and we ask that you contact Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.crimestoppersvi.org or www.P3Tips.com with any information you may have regarding these incidents.
