Crime

Woman Says She Was Pressured by Threats to Facilitate Theft at Home Depot

ST. THOMAS - The man who allegedly threatened former Home Depot employee Makea Grant into letting him walk out of the store with free merchandise is now before the courts. Another man who reportedly participated in the scam was also arrested this week. Following Grant’s arrest earlier this year, she told police that Sherwayne Felix had approached her at a bar some time in 2023, and according to documents submitted to the court, “propositioned her about needing merchandise from the Home Depot,” where Grant worked part-time. She reportedly declined, but weeks later he reportedly approached her again.  The second time, she told police, Felix reportedly told her that he knew where she and her mother lived. Grant took this as a threat, told police that she agreed to Felix’s scheme, and on four different occasions allowed designated people to leave the store with unpaid merchandise. Felix was one of them, with Stevie Brown and Larry Webbe the other two.  When police contacted Felix on Feb...