Crime

St. Thomas Man Charged With Illegally Possessing Firearms in Hospital Ground Arrested During Oklahoma Traffic Stop

ST. THOMAS — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a complaint has been unsealed which charges Romeo Walter with felon in possession of a firearm; possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number; possession of a firearm within a school zone; possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number within the USVI; and unauthorized possession of a firearm within the USVI. The defendant was apprehended yesterday during a traffic stop, outside of Oklahoma City. He is expected to make his initial appearance on the federal complaint filed in the District of the Virgin Islands today in the Western District of Oklahoma. According to the affidavit filed in this case, on April 8, 2020, Virgin Islands police officers investigating recent shootings in the Hospital Ground neighborhood of St. Thomas pursued a group of men that fled as the officers entered the Jah Yard area. Walter was identified as one of the four men who fle...