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Man Arrested After Ramming Ex-Girlfriend's Car in McDonald's Drive-Through, Threatens to Kill Her Parents

  • Staff Consortium
  • October 05, 2024

ST. CROIX — A man was arrested after reportedly threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend’s parents and then ramming her vehicle in a McDonald’s drive-through. According to court documents, the woman went to police on Thursday morning to report the incident. She said she was at the Golden Rock McDonald’s drive-through, between the payment window and the one at which customers receive their meals. Vincent Petrus, her ex-boyfriend, reportedly pulled up alongside her vehicle facing in the other direction, demanding that she roll down her passenger side window. The woman said she complied, but only rolled the window down part-way. She reportedly told her ex that he had threatened her too many times before, and she no longer wished to have any interactions with him. Upon receiving that message, Petrus reportedly reversed his silver Jeep Wrangler and then accelerated into the woman’s vehicle, ramming the Jeep’s front crash bar into her Toyota Corolla. The woman recounted feeling fearful for he...

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