Crime

Man Given Suspended Sentence Now Charged With Double-Homicide; Kmart Employee Charged For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Customer; Man Punches Child's Mother in Face, Police Say

ST. THOMAS — The V.I. Police Department on Monday issued several press releases regarding alleged criminal activity in St. Thomas, including new information on the investigation into a February double homicide in St. Thomas. Detectives from the V.I. Police Department's Criminal Investigations Bureau on Monday provided additional details about the February double homicide that resulted in last week’s arrest of Ky-Mani Dolphin. That incident resulted in the deaths of Jequan George and Taheem Monsanto, both 21, and gunshot injuries to a third victim. Police now say that Monsanto was not one of the people inside the SUV George was driving when he was shot to death and his passenger injured. Monsanto reportedly turned up at Schneider Regional Medical Center’s emergency room after George and his unidentified passenger had been transported to hospital by emergency medical technicians, according to police. Detectives continue to investigate the case as Dolphin awaits his advice of rights he...