Crime

Man Arrested On Weapon And Ammunition Charges Following Gun Battle

A report of shots fired Thursday resulted in the confiscation of two weapons and the arrest of Hector Castano Estrella, Jr., above, on weapon and ammunition charges, V.I. Department of Justice Public Media Officer Corliss Smithen announced this afternoon. Police took Estrella, 35, of Plantation Manor, into custody and charged him with one count each of possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition stemming from a shooting incident in the area of Altona & Welgunst Thursday afternoon. At Estrella’s advice-of-rights hearing Friday morning, V.I. Superior Court Magistrate Henry Carr III found probable cause to sustain the charges. Magistrate Carr maintained Estrella’s bail at $35,000, allowed him to be released on posting ten percent into the third-party custody of his mother and ordered him to abide by a number of court-imposed bail conditions. A probable cause fact sheet filed by Det. Alex Dorsett in support of Estrella’s arrest provides the following details: Police re...