Federal and Territorial Cases Mount Against Terell Johnson Over Gunfire in Christiansted

ST. CROIX — A man already battling charges in the Superior Court now has to worry about federal prosecutors, who have also laid charges in a February 2024 incident at a Christiansted establishment.  According to court documents, just after midnight on February 10, 2024, the co-owners of Cruzian Bayou Bistro told police that two men walked into the bar. One of them was Terell Johnson, known to the business owners as “Inches.” One of the owners told police that it was “peculiar” to have Johnson walk into the business as he is a known nuisance to proprietors of King’s Alley establishments. When they saw Johnson reportedly rolling a marijuana cigarette, one of the owners asked him to stop, as smoking is not allowed inside the bistro.  Johnson allegedly became immediately upset, and in the verbal altercation that followed, took a gun from his bag and reportedly threatened to shoot the man that had asked him to put away his marijuana. Johnson then allegedly left the establishment but conti...