Crime

Man Accused of Assaulting Entire Family, Using Racial Slurs and Admitting Marijuana, Cocaine Use

ST. CROIX — A man with a reported history of drug abuse is facing criminal charges for reportedly assaulting multiple members of his girlfriend’s family.  According to court documents, police were summoned to a Christiansted residence in the wee hours of Saturday morning following reports of a domestic disturbance. Responding officers met a woman who told them that her daughter’s boyfriend, Isaac Vigneaux, had attacked multiple family members after the daughter went to pick him up and brought him back home.  The younger woman had returned home crying, her mother said, and pleading for her grandfather to intervene. Both grandparents live in the upstairs apartment of the multi-family home. The older man came downstairs and questioned Vigneaux about what was going on. Vigneaux reportedly responded with profanities and racial slurs before lunging at the 73-year old, who was standing in front of his daughter — the mother of Vigneaux’s girlfriend. The altercation reportedly transitioned o...