Homeless man assaults USVI’s Police Commissioner
Julian Christopher Williams has been accused of assaulting the US Virgin Islands Commissioner of Police. Photo: VIC
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — A homeless man on Wednesday November 2, 2016 assaulted [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Commissioner Delroy Richards, VIPD Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — A homeless man on Wednesday November 2, 2016 assaulted [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Commissioner Delroy Richards, VIPD Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.
Mr Dratte, citing a police report, said that 38-year-old Julian Christopher Williams was arrested at 7:15 A.M. on Wednesday and charged with simple assault after he attacked the commissioner, who was at a local grocery store.
According to the release, Mr Richards was at the Jiffy Mart Store in Christiansted purchasing an item, when he encountered Mr Williams, who exhibited a strange behaviour and proceeded to assault the commissioner.
Mr Williams then fled the scene on foot, but he was later apprehended by police in the Market Square area of downtown Christiansted.
Mr Williams was remanded to the Golden Grove Detention Center pending his advise-of-rights hearing, after failing to make bail.
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