ST. THOMAS — My Brother’s Workshop, a nonprofit vocational training and counseling program for at-risk youth ages 16 to 24, was burglarized by 54-year-old Michael John Germain, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson announced on Thursday.
According to Jackson, Germain was arrested after being positively identified via surveillance camera as the man who burglarized the facility, located in Wimmelskaft Gade on Sunday, September 27.
Unable to make bail of $25,000, Germain was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending his advise-of-rights hearing.
My Brother’s Workshop exists to help the territory’s youth who have lost their way get back on track by offering them hope through mentoring, counseling, paid job training, education, and job placement services.
“It came from the need of seeing too many kids dying, not having any direction, dropping out of school, just basically with no direction,” explained Scott Bradley, founder, to The Consortium in February.
“We work with kids of all different backgrounds, but they are basically kids who have either dropped out of school or struggling, kids who may be court-involved, criminal justice, things of that nature,” he explained, adding that youth with learning disabilities are also welcomed.
The program has been active here, but Bradely made known that the organization intends to have a strong, positive impact on St. Croix. More details through the link above.
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