USVI Police Department: Police Investigating Robbery Spree On St. Croix

Press release from the US Virgin Islands Police Department:

August 2, 2021

ST. CROIX, USVI – Police are investigating four incidents of armed robbery that occurred on the island on July 31.

At 2:26 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to a residence in White Bay to investigate the first reported robbery. The female victim reported that as she was leaving her residence, an armed slim Black male – wearing a dark face covering, a red shirt, and a black hat - approached her, ordering her out of her white 2005 Toyota Camry. The victim complied, and the suspect left the area in the victim’s vehicle.
approached her and ordered her out of her vehicle, a white 2005 Toyota Camry. The victim complied, and the suspect, described as wearing a dark face covering, a red shirt, and a black hat, left the area in the victim’s vehicle.

At 5:38 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center received a call of an attempted robbery at the Kingshill Cemetery. Police were told that the suspects drove up in a white car and tried unsuccessfully to rob the victim.

At 6:10 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center received a call of a robbery that occurred at 4 p.m. in Estate La Vallee. The male victim reported that the suspects drove up in a white four-door sedan and robbed him of his motor scooter and his backpack. The suspects were described as 5 feet and 5 feet 10 inches tall and speaking with a local accent; wearing dark clothing - shorts, socks, slippers, and their faces covered.

Shortly after, officers recognized a white four-door Toyota Camry and a motor scooter being operated at a high rate of speed in Estate Morningstar. The officers followed the vehicles to Harbor View Apartments where two black males were seen exiting the vehicle. Officers lost sight of the suspects, but a check of the vehicle found that it was the vehicle stolen from the female victim in White Bay, and the same vehicle used in the other robberies. Officers searched the surrounding area and found the gray Jeep Wrangler that was stolen earlier in the nearby Carib Villas Apartments parking lot.

The investigation into these robberies continues. Anyone with information is asked to call 911, the Crime TipLine at (340) 778-4950, or Crime Stoppers USVI at (800) 222-TIPS.

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