ST. CROIX, USVI – On December 16, at 2:58 p.m., police arrested 23-year-old Vernon Sackey, Jr. of Orange Grove, charging him with Simple Assault & Battery, Domestic Violence.

Vernon Sackey, Jr.

Sackey shared an apartment with the female victim who reported him entering their apartment on December 8, and assaulting her, causing visible injuries. Sackey, after evading police capture following the incident, eventually turned himself in and was placed under arrest.

Sackey was turned over to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections without bail, in accordance with the territory’s domestic violence statutes, pending his Advice of Rights hearing.

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