Surveillance video helped police identify and arrest a man accused of breaking a window and entering the McDonald’s restaurant at Lockhart Gardens on St. Thomas early Friday morning, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
Around 4:20 a.m. Friday, officers responded to a call from the 911 Emergency Call Center about property damage at the restaurant. When police arrived, they spoke with a Genesis Security guard who said he found a shattered glass window on the building’s northern side. The guard told officers the suspect, identified as Allen Springette, was not inside the restaurant but had been seen on surveillance footage breaking the window with a rock, entering the building, sweeping the floor with a broom, and then leaving through the same broken window, according to the police report.
Police later returned to Lockhart Garden after receiving another call and found Springette asleep on the ground in front of the Foot Locker store. He was arrested, advised of his rights, and taken to the Richard Callwood Command, Zone A, where he was charged with destruction of property and unlawful entry. Springette was booked and processed but unable to post $25,000 bail, police said. He was turned over to the Bureau of Corrections pending his advice of rights hearing, the police report stated.
