Crime

Man Enters Home of Ex-Girlfriend Through Kitchen Window, Confronts Her New Boyfriend Over Child Abuse Allegations

ST. CROIX — A man appeared before a V.I. Superior Court judge Monday to face multiple charges after allegedly entering his child’s mother’s home and attacking the mother’s new boyfriend over child abuse allegations. Jelani Ferdinand was arrested and charged on December 1 with first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, aggravated assault and battery, carrying or using a dangerous weapon during a crime of violence, and destruction of property. He was also charged with contempt of court as an act of domestic violence. Ferdinand's arrest follows a report of a burglary on November 29 at one of the units in the Louis E. Brown Apartment Buildings. According to the probable cause fact sheet, when police made contact with the victim, an adult male, he told police that about ten minutes before 10:00 a.m. on November 29, he was sitting on the living room couch at his girlfriend’s apartment when he heard someone knocking on the front door. The man said he was the only person in the apartment ...