ST. CROIX — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced the return of an indictment on January 21, 2020, charging a St. Croix man, Mario Felix, with felon in possession of a firearm, felon in possession of ammunition and possession of a firearm within a school zone. Felix will be arraigned on January 27, 2020.
According to the indictment, on November 3, 2019, Felix, a convicted felon, possessed a firearm and ammunition and did so while in the vicinity of the Alternative Education School.
The case is being investigated by the Virgin Islands Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rhonda Williams-Henry.
An indictment is merely a formal charging document, and it is not evidence of guilt. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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