Crime

Former U.S. Congressional Candidate Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Woman in Frederiksted, Taking Her Cellphone

ST. CROIX — Police on Tuesday arrested Gary B. Dodds, a former U.S. Congressional candidate convicted of faking an accident to win sympathy for his failing 2007 campaign. He was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman in Frederiksted and taking her cellphone on August 23. According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima, police arrested Dodds at 7:11 p.m. Tuesday and charged him with second-degree robbery stemming from the August 23 incident, which police say occurred on Strand Street in Frederiksted. Dodds is a known figure in the state of New Hampshire, where he once ran for office and was charged with causing a false public alarm, leaving the scene of a crash and falsifying evidence by altering the appearance of his feet. According to March 30, 2008 Associated Press report in the L.A. Times, prosecutors said that Dodds, suspected of being an adulterer desperate to boost his pitiful campaign, crashed his car and was picked up by an accomplice. He is believed to have ...