Mugshot of Edeikah Jacobs Photo Credit: THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT
ST. CROIX — Police on Saturday arrested a 22-year-old woman for allegedly following her ex-lover, who was riding in a vehicle with his new girlfriend, and assaulting the new couple.
According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima, on Saturday at roughly 11 p.m., police arrested Edeikah Jacobs of Work and Rest, and charged her with domestic violence and contempt of court, domestic violence.
The victims reported that they were driving in Christiansted when they noticed Jacobs in a vehicle following them. The male victim, Jacobs’s former lover, pulled over to see why she was following them, at which point Jacobs is said to have approached the car and threw a drink on her former boyfriend, according to Mr. Derima. The female victim exited the vehicle and Jacobs sprayed something in the female victim’s face, causing her pain, according to the police report.
The female victim notified officers of a court order against Jacobs for stalking and harassment. Jacobs was placed under arrest for assaulting her former partner and for violating the court order.
She was not offered bail as per the territory’s domestic violence statutes, and Jacobs was remanded to the Golden Grove Detention Center pending her advisement hearing.
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