A 19-year-old woman was arrested Friday after police say a domestic dispute on St. Croix escalated into a physical assault and damage to property in the early morning hours.
According to the V.I. Police Department, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a call around 3:34 a.m. on Nov. 21 from a woman who reported she had been assaulted and that the suspect had struck her vehicle before leaving the area. Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Bureau were assigned to the case.
Police said the investigation determined that during an argument, the suspect physically assaulted the victim, causing visible injuries. The suspect then allegedly struck the victim’s vehicle multiple times with an object and later collided her own vehicle with the victim’s.
The suspect, identified by police as Shania Frederick, 19, later appeared at the Wilbur Francis Command police station, where she agreed to provide a statement. She was subsequently arrested and charged with Assault Second Degree – Domestic Violence, Assault Third Degree, Simple Assault and Battery, and Destruction of Property.
Frederick was remanded to the John Bell Correctional Facility after no bail was set, pending her Advice of Rights hearing scheduled for Nov. 24 in Superior Court.
The case remains under investigation.
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