Crime

St. Croix Mechanic Charged After Allegedly Giving Away Customer’s Motorcycle

ST. CROIX — A mechanic is now facing felony charges after he allegedly gave away a customer’s motorcycle to somebody else.‌ In the afternoon of Monday June 10, a man came to the Wilbur Francis Command police station to report that Bryan Christiansen, the owner of the Broken Toyz Body Shop, had reportedly given away his motorcycle to someone else. According to court documents, the man said that in the summer of 2023, he took his black 1997 Honda MC motorcycle to Christiansen’s shop in Estate Princess. After some time of failing to receive any updates, he began trying to contact the mechanic by phone, with no success. A frequent traveler, the man told police that he also tried to visit Christiansen at his place of business whenever he was on island, but had not been successful in that endeavor either. He finally made contact with the mechanic this January, the man told police. When he spoke to Christiansen, he was reportedly informed that some motorcycles had gotten damaged in a fire ...