Crime

Police Arrest and Charge Man With April Murder of Michael Petersen

ST. CROIX — V.I. Police Department officers on Thursday arrested a man and charged him with the murder of Michael Petersen who was shot to death on April 10. The suspect, identified by police as Steven Moore Jr., was arrested without incident on Thursday at approximately 4:41 a.m. by the V.I.P.D.'s Criminal Investigation and Special Operation Bureaus. The detectives executed an arrest for Moore on a search warrant for his home that was issued by a magistrate on Wednesday, September 28 in reference to the murder of  Petersen, according to the V.I.P.D. Background On April 10, 2022, at 4:56 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched the Wilbur Francis Command police units to a possible suicide in Estate Whim. Upon arrival, the father of the victim was interviewed and stated that he spoke to his deceased son on April 9, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. The victim advised his father that he was not feeling well, and the father provided him with some medication at about 3:00 p.m. That was the las...