Male Minor Arrested In Frederiksted For Possession Of Loaded .22 Caliber Magazine
- Staff
- December 11, 2015
Update 8:24 a.m. -- VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson, through an updated press release issued this morning, said last evening’s press release "was inadvertently omitted that officers observed and stopped a young man riding a bicycle and took him to the Newton Substation in Frederiksted. When making a check of his backpack, a loaded .22 caliber magazine was discovered inside of it. The minor stated that he had found the magazine along the beach, so he picked it up." ORIGINAL STORY: ST. CROIX -- A 17-year-old man was arrested Thursday for shooting at a home and car of someone he says owes him money, using a .22 caliber rifle that he stole, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson announced late Thursday. According to Mr. Jackson, at about 2:17 p.m. yesterday, the 911 emergency call center received notification of gunfire being discharged in the area of Sprat Hall. Arriving on the scene, responding officers stopped a young man who was riding a bicycle, and noticed the...
